Richard NicholasHow Health Plans Can Furnish Face Masks to Their Members and Adhere to the ACA’s MLR Rebate Rules.This article provides guidance on how health insurers can use the ACA’s MLR rules, and other means, to help their members, stakeholders…Oct 20, 2020Oct 20, 2020
Richard NicholasAre Face Masks Infused with Metals Effective, Safe and Ecofriendly?Every night, I am bombarded with TV ads for reusable face masks that feature a copper- or silver-based finish and I wonder do the…Sep 2, 2020Sep 2, 2020
Richard NicholasPosting Unconscionable Profits, Shouldn’t Health Plans Cover Face Masks for their Members?Are face masks really much different than many other covered preventive products?Aug 12, 2020Aug 12, 2020
Richard NicholasThe Need to Establish a Company Standard Face Mask (and Policy)As employers prepare for their employees to return to work, they would be wise to establish and communicate a company face mask policy and…Aug 5, 2020Aug 5, 2020
Richard NicholasShould We Demand More from Our Face Mask…Like Wearer Protection?By now, most know that face masks are a critical tool in our defense against COVID-19. However, are we really mounting much of a defense…Aug 3, 2020Aug 3, 2020
Richard NicholasReimagining Physical Distancing to Include a “ Temporal ” DimensionBy now ─ a full six months into a pandemic that’s claiming a million new victims each week ─ you would think that everyone would be an…Jul 29, 2020Jul 29, 2020
Richard NicholasNope — You’re Not (Entirely) Safe from COVID-19 Outside Either !We have known for quite some time, from numerous studies, that viruses like COVID-19 are transmitted by particles that travel through the…Jul 25, 20201Jul 25, 20201
Richard NicholasIt’s not if you will become infected with COVID-19…it’s when and by how much!The ease and speed by which COVID-19 can be spread can’t be overstated. Indeed, the reason why a coronavirus tsunami is occurring in the…Jul 25, 2020Jul 25, 2020
Richard NicholasOn the Virtue of Buying AmericanI’ll address the relevance of the quotation above in a moment…Jul 25, 2020Jul 25, 2020