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1 Jul 2016, 12:23 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
A list of each agency’s individual penalty adjustments is available here. [read post]
23 Jun 2016, 10:21 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
As such, when the adverse action is taken against a worker using a H-2A visa for eligibility to work, the action is based on eligibility to work required by the I-9 verification rules, and not based on the ancestry, place or origin, race or other elements of national origin. [read post]
17 Jun 2016, 12:00 pm by John Elwood
Now we have yet another group of capital cases from the Gulf Coast that look like potential GVR candidates that instead keep getting relisted: Floyd v. [read post]
31 May 2016, 4:05 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
The Vermont law challenged in Gobeille required health insurers and other payers to disclose treatment information about Plan members as well as other certain health care claim payment and other data to an all payer claims database, which under the law is made “available as a resource for insurers, employers, providers, purchasers of health care, and State agencies to continuously review health care utilization, expenditures, and performance in Vermont. [read post]
26 May 2016, 12:05 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Health plans and health insurers, health care providers, healthcare clearinghouses (Covered Entities) and their business associates should verify that their copying charges and other policies and practices for responding to requests of individuals for copies and other access to protected health information (PHI) comply with the Privacy and Security Rules (Privacy Rule) of the Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) as construed in a new Frequently Asked Question (FAQ… [read post]
6 May 2016, 11:45 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
  Alongside monitoring emerging proposals to enact federal or state paid leave legislation, employers and others concerned with paid leave mandates also need to keep a close eye on the actions that President Obama and government agencies take to require paid leave through executive action, government contracting mandates or other non-legislative efforts. [read post]
27 Apr 2016, 9:01 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
FAQ 31 supplements this previous Agency guidance by confirming that group health plans and health insurers may develop a standard exception form with instructions that an attending provider may use to prescribe a particular service or FDA-approved item based on a determination of medical necessity with respect to the individual involved and suggests the Medicare Part D Coverage Determination Request Form as an appropriate model for the development of such forms. [read post]
27 Apr 2016, 9:01 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
FAQ 31 supplements this previous Agency guidance by confirming that group health plans and health insurers may develop a standard exception form with instructions that an attending provider may use to prescribe a particular service or FDA-approved item based on a determination of medical necessity with respect to the individual involved and suggests the Medicare Part D Coverage Determination Request Form as an appropriate model for the development of such forms. [read post]
21 Apr 2016, 10:07 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
The Resolution Agreement and Corrective Action Plan (Resolution Agreement) with Raleigh Orthopaedic Clinic, P.A. of North Carolina (Raleigh Orthopaedic) announced by OCR on April 20th requires Raleigh Orthopaedic to pay $750,000 to settle  charges OCR it violated the Privacy Rule by handing over protected health information of approximately 17,300 patients to a potential business partner without first executing a business associate agreement. [read post]
21 Apr 2016, 10:07 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
The Resolution Agreement and Corrective Action Plan (Resolution Agreement) with Raleigh Orthopaedic Clinic, P.A. of North Carolina (Raleigh Orthopaedic) announced by OCR on April 20th requires Raleigh Orthopaedic to pay $750,000 to settle  charges OCR it violated the Privacy Rule by handing over protected health information of approximately 17,300 patients to a potential business partner without first executing a business associate agreement. [read post]
12 Apr 2016, 3:50 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
The Rule specifies that a “recommendation” is a communication that, based on its content, context, and presentation, would reasonably be viewed as a suggestion that the advice recipient engage in or refrain from taking a particular course of action. [read post]
12 Apr 2016, 3:50 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
The Rule specifies that a “recommendation” is a communication that, based on its content, context, and presentation, would reasonably be viewed as a suggestion that the advice recipient engage in or refrain from taking a particular course of action. [read post]
11 Apr 2016, 10:15 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Health Plans must begin using SBCs updated to comply with the 2017 SBC template released by the Agencies on April 6, 2016 beginning on the first day of the first open enrollment period that begins on or after April 1, 2017. [read post]
11 Apr 2016, 10:15 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Health Plans must begin using SBCs updated to comply with the 2017 SBC template released by the Agencies on April 6, 2016 beginning on the first day of the first open enrollment period that begins on or after April 1, 2017. [read post]
30 Mar 2016, 10:08 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
  With U.S. employees with young children already facing difficult choices finding and maintaining affordable childcare, employees with children requiring childcare and their employers generally share concerns about government regulations or other actions that could drive up costs or further restrict the availability of affordable childcare. [read post]
30 Mar 2016, 10:08 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
  With U.S. employees with young children already facing difficult choices finding and maintaining affordable childcare, employees with children requiring childcare and their employers generally share concerns about government regulations or other actions that could drive up costs or further restrict the availability of affordable childcare. [read post]
25 Mar 2016, 12:58 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
., extra time for the hydraulic fracturing (fracking) industry to install new engineering controls and for all general industry employers to offer medical surveillance to employees exposed between the PEL and 50 micrograms per cubic meter and the action level of 25 micrograms per cubic meter. [read post]
25 Mar 2016, 12:58 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
., extra time for the hydraulic fracturing (fracking) industry to install new engineering controls and for all general industry employers to offer medical surveillance to employees exposed between the PEL and 50 micrograms per cubic meter and the action level of 25 micrograms per cubic meter. [read post]
23 Mar 2016, 2:38 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Broadening Of Actions Subject To Persuader Rule Presently, the Labor Department generally only required reporting of an employer-consultant agreement only if the consultant communicated directly to the workers. [read post]
23 Mar 2016, 2:38 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Broadening Of Actions Subject To Persuader Rule Presently, the Labor Department generally only required reporting of an employer-consultant agreement only if the consultant communicated directly to the workers. [read post]