In December 2022, President Joe Biden signed into law the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023, which increased the maximum Pell Grant by $500. The maximum Pell Grant award for 2023-2024 is $7,395 and the minimum is $750. The maximum EFC a student can have and still qua...
Beginning in July 2023, the SAI replaced the term “Expected Family Contribution (EFC)” on all FAFSA forms, thanks to the 2021 Consolidated Appropriations Act. The change is an attempt to clarify what this figure actually is: an eligibility index for student aid, not a reflection of what a...
Corpus Christi, TX, USA –The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023, approved by Congress in December 2022, includes project closeout funding of $157.3 million for the Port of Corpus Christi Ship Channel Improvement Project (CIP) for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE...
Analysis: Final 2024 Medicare Physician Payment and Quality Reporting Changes Provisions Impacting Medical Groups in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 2023 MIPS Value Pathways Impact of Payment Reductions to Medicare Rates in 2023 No Surprises Act (Surprise Billing) Implementing the No Surpr...
Under the Consolidated Appropriations Act and the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), the FPUC was extended at a reduced rate, allowing unemployed individuals to receive an additional $300 per week.34 The CARES Act also established the Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC) program, which...
CONSOLIDATED APPROPRIATIONS ACT On December 27, 2020, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (CAA) was signed into law. The CAA provides additional COVID-19 focused relief and extends or amends certain provisions of the CARES Act, including those related to the PPP and troubled debt ...
annual y that is provided in Public Health Service Act (PHSA) Section 330B, for the Special Diabetes Program for type 1 diabetes, most recently extended through FY2023 with an annual funding level of $150 mil ion by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (P.L. 116-260; ...
The Health and Human Services (HHS), Labor, and Treasury Departments released guidance on August 20 that delays certain compliance deadlines in the No Surprises Act (which Congress enacted as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, in December 2020, and prohibits “surprise” bil...
Made possible through the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, employers and health benefit leaders are facing increased legal pressure to ensure the cost of drugs are affordable for the employees. That is exemplified through lawsuits targeting Wells Fargo andJohnson & Johnson, which highl...
Some form of a limit on federal government debt has been in existence since the inception of the U.S. government. Prior to World War I, Congress consolidated all of the methods the U.S. could accumulate debt into a single debt limit (commonly known as a debt ceiling), which has ...