Month: October 2016

Three Minneapolis hospitals have been rated based on the quality of health care services each offers. The results: Hennepin County Medical CenterSCORE = D University of Minnesota Medical Center FairviewSCORE = C Abbott Northwestern HospitalSCORE = A The Leapfrog Group, the organization that performed the examination, reviews occurrences of infection, surgical mistakes, and safety issues, […]

In order to compensate for the increase in financial inflation, the United States Department of Labor (DOL) increased penalties regarding specific violations of the Employee Income Retirement Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). These penalties were developed under the Federal Civil Monetary Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 (2015 Inflation Adjustment Act). The adjustments […]