By Allissa Kline  – Reporter, Buffalo Business First Aug 7, 2018, 6:29am EDT Updated a day ago Health insurance rates for individuals will rise next year at three of four health insurers that do business in Western New York. The New York State Department of Financial Services has released fin...

Background The Secretaries of the Treasury, Labor, and Health and Human Services published a proposed rule to consider allowing short-term, limited-duration insurance to cover longer periods and be renewed by the consumer on February 21, 2018 in response to both stakeholder input in the Request f...

New York state lawmakers want to require businesses to give workers three months of paid bereavement leave so they have ample time to mourn when a loved one dies. The Senate and Assembly have already passed the bill, which is currently under review by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, WCBS-TV reported. If final...

600-plus charged for unlawful opioid prescriptions, other crimes Federal agents carried out the biggest health care fraud takedown “in history” on Thursday, the Department of Justice said, charging more than 600 people across the country with bilking taxpayers for $2 billion through fake medi...

Stephen Miller, CEBS Jun 20, 2018 Small businesses can avoid some small group market requirements A rule finalized by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) on June 19 will make it easier for small businesses to band together to buy health insurance without some of the regulatory requirements that in...

Employers in 7 States Lose Exemption The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently announced that covered establishments in all states—including establishments in California, Maryland, Minnesota, South Carolina, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming—must electronically sub...

Speaking at a campaign-style rally in Michigan last week, President Trump declared Obamacare dead. “Essentially, we are getting rid of Obamacare. . . . Some people would say, essentially, we have gotten rid of it.” Um, no. Whatever those mysterious “some people” might think, not only is O...

State Expected to Produce Model Policy and Training Program A new law requires employers in New York to adopt a sexual harassment policy and training program that meet certain standards. Details of the new requirements are presented below. Model Policy The state is expected to create and publish ...

Insurers will again be able to sell short-term health insurance good for up to 12 months under a proposed rule released Tuesday by the Trump administration that could further roil the marketplace.