School Business Managers or School Business Officials are finance professionals who lead and manage district resources, making sure those resources are used effectively and efficiently. NIS recently...

Valerie Ortiz
Recent Articles by Valerie Ortiz
Before the introduction of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), early retirees from schools, cities and counties had few viable alternatives to the group health plan which made staying on the health plan...
On Monday (Dec. 28th, 2015), the U.S. Treasury and Internal Revenue Services extended the due dates for the 2015 Forms 1094 and 1095 for two months. Small to medium sized organizations will file...
Schools, Cities and Counties across the country have found Health Reimbursement Arrangements (HRAs) to be a better fit than Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) for their employees. Here are four reasons...
Moving to self-funding is an ACA strategy that many schools and local governmental employers are embracing in order to save money and control costs. When using a self-funded plan, employers assume...
Next year, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will be changing its definition of small group employer. Currently, an employer with 1-50 employees is considered a small group. As of January 1, 2016, the...
On June 25, 2015, the Supreme Court issued a final ruling in King v. Burwell. This case challenged the availability of subsidies in federally-run Health Insurance Exchanges (i.e. Health Insurance...
With the second quarter earnings figures coming in for major hospital operators, figures show that earnings were up for two companies that saw a growth in patients from the Affordable Care Act (ACA),...
Americans who don't receive health insurance benefits from their employers and then don't buy coverage on either the federal or state marketplaces are required under the Affordable Care Act to pay a...
While the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has shown some signs of success in its initial year, Drew Altman, president of Kaiser Family Foundation, explained the process of getting more people to sign up...