states. The Retail Industry Leaders Association has filed a lawsuit against the Maryland on the grounds that the law, which requires employers to earmark 8% of payroll spending for health care costs or divert money into the state's fund for low-income individuals, is pre-empted by the ...
Earlier this year, the Supreme Court of India upheld the constitutional validity of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act 2009 and the Supreme Court of the United States likewise upheld the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, 2010. The two pieces of legislation attempt...
In March 2010, after a bitter partisan battl e, a global and potentially far-reaching bill for healthcare reform was passed by the U.S. Congress and Senate and subsequently signed into law by President Barrack Obama. The impetus for initiating this enormous task and pervasive legislation was ...
India has a specific legislation for the scheme of industrial designs which mandates statutory registration as a prerequisite to obtain IP rights in design... Lukose, Lisa P.,Abrol, Chahat - Journal of Intellectual Property Rights 被引量: 0发表: 2024年 Green Unions, Green Workplaces: Unions an...
ByRebecca Pifer•Dec. 11, 2024 New bipartisan legislation would force insurers, PBMs to sell pharmacy businesses The PBM Act would make companies like CVS and UnitedHealth that own health insurers or PBMs sell pharmacy assets. That would help independent pharmacies, but may not help patients, ...
Some U.S. states utilize NHSN as a means for healthcare facilities to submit data on healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) mandated through their specific state legislation. NHSN enables healthcare facilities to collect and use data about healthcare-associated infections, adherence to clinical ...
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) is legislation that is designed to make it easier for US workers to retain health insurance coverage when they change or lose their jobs. The legislation also seeks to encourage electronic health records to improve the efficienc...
informed consent for sharing with third parties). The draft provides that companies in compliance with laws like HIPAA (defined below) could be deemed in compliance with APRA. Whether APRA becomes law or dies on the vine, as has occurred with other proposed national privacy legislation, remains ...
The majority of countries in the Union have responded by reinforcing the responsibility of professionals to reduce HCAI through national strategy.48 Table 1.1. Examples of UK Legislation LegislationRelevance Health and Safety at Work Act (1974) Requirement to take measures that are reas...
In addition, the increase in the production of expensive drugs protected by patents will also cause spending increases unless cost-containment measures—much if not all of which will probably require legislation—are adopted.14 Baby boomers and the larger insured population:Demographics constitute a sig...