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6 May 2013, 8:19 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Employer and other group health plan sponsors, insurers, fiduciaries and administrators should brace to cope with difficulties in upcoming 2014 health plan enrollment challenges in light of sweeping health plan changes, process and system disruptions complicated by incomplete and delayed guidance, and other changes arising from the rollout of the Patient Protection &… [read post]
2 Mar 2016, 5:00 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
A Fellow in the American College of Employee Benefit Counsel, past Chair and current Welfare Benefit Committee Co-Chair of the American Bar Association (ABA) RPTE Section Employee Benefits Group, Vice Chair of the ABA Tort & Insurance Practice Section Employee Benefits Committee, former Chair of the ABA Health Law Section Managed Care & Insurance Interest Group, an ABA Joint Committee on Employee Benefits Council… [read post]
17 Mar 2015, 2:49 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Notice of the Premera and Anthem breaches are likely to trigger obligations for health plans and their sponsoring employers or unions, administrators, insurers, and other vendors and service providers to take immediate steps to conduct documented investigations, take corrective action and provide breach notifications the  Privacy, Security and Breach Notification rules of the Health Insurance Portability… [read post]
7 Feb 2019, 3:03 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Health plans and their employer and other sponsors, fiduciaries, administrators and other service providers, as well as health care providers, health care clearinghouses and their business associates (“Covered Entities”) should reconfirm the adequacy of their Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”) compliance and risk management in light the U.S Department of Health… [read post]
30 Jul 2012, 9:29 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Independence Blue Cross National Association of Insurance Commissioners National Association of Medicaid Fraud Control Units National Health Care Anti-Fraud Association National Insurance Crime Bureau  New York Office of Medicaid Inspector General Travelers Tufts Health Plan UnitedHealth Group U.S. [read post]
16 Jul 2009, 10:46 am
And folks coming off group plans would be barred from purchasing individual cover.That's right: when individual health insurance is outlawed, only outlaws will have their own insurance.MORE FROM BOB: From the House Ways and Means markup, page 17 & 18 . . . [read post]
16 Feb 2017, 3:01 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
A $5.5 million settlement payment that Memorial Healthcare Systems (MHS) just paid the U.S. [read post]
30 Apr 2019, 10:23 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
With health plans and their sponsors and insurers increasingly offering or promoting the use of apps to plan members members to access, maintain and use their health information, health plans, health care providers, health care clearinghouses and their business associates (“covered entities”) covered by HIPAA must understand and be prepared meet their HIPAA responsibilities to provide and… [read post]
21 Aug 2015, 6:07 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Of course, health insurance issuers, administrative service providers, brokers and consultants also face risks when health programs they sell or help administer are not properly designed, documented or administered in compliance with federal health plan rules. [read post]
12 Aug 2014, 4:59 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Group health plan sponsors and third party administrators of certain group health plans who already filed their Form 8963, “Report of Health Insurance Provider Information,” who expect that their group health plan will be  exempt in the 2014 fee year from the temporary risk adjustment fee assessment imposed by the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act… [read post]
10 May 2017, 3:14 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that the largest not-for-profit health system in Southeast Texas, Memorial Hermann Health System (MHHS) is paying to settle charges it violated the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Rule by issuing a press release with the name and other protected health information (PHI) about a patient without the patient’s prior HIPAA-compliant authorization… [read post]
21 Aug 2015, 11:24 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Employers, Insurers & Plan Fiduciaries Face Big Risks From Federal Health Plan Rule Violations As amended by ACA, health plan violations of ACA and various other federal health plan mandates carry big risks for health plans, their sponsoring employers, and representatives of sponsoring employers, insurers and third party administrators responsible as fiduciaries for administering a… [read post]
24 May 2023, 5:16 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
While MedEvolve’s customers generally were medical practices or other health care providers, self-insured health plans, health insurers and health plan service providers subject to HIPAA as covered entities and business associates often also rely upon third-party systems or services that involve sharing of health plan PHI with or rely upon third party provided servers,… [read post]
6 Nov 2014, 4:49 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
 plan administrators and other services providers,  and governments on health care, retirement, employment, insurance, and tax program design, administration, defense and policy. [read post]
12 Mar 2013, 11:27 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
  Employers and administrators of self-insured health plans providing coverage for expatriate employees take note, however. [read post]
8 Jul 2009, 12:08 pm
The nation's hospitals have agreed to contribute $155 billion towards providing insurance coverage for Americans without health care, according to Reuters. [read post]
26 Apr 2012, 4:38 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
 The Affordable Care Act provides that a group health plan fails to provide the required minimum value if the plan covers less than 60 percent of the total allowed costs of benefits provided under the plan. [read post]
20 Mar 2012, 7:42 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
  In addition, most group health plans and insurers, their sponsors, administrators and fiduciaries also generally want to identify and make changes to their health plan design, documents, summary plan descriptions and other materials and practices in response to the new requirements. [read post]
26 Apr 2017, 6:14 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
A new Department of Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights (OCR) CardioNet Resolution Agreement and Corrective Action Plan  (Resolution Agreement) settling OCR charges of violations of the Privacy and Security Rules of the Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act against remote cardiac monitoring provider CardioNet provides important lessons for health plans, health… [read post]
2 Jul 2012, 7:32 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Learn Latest On 2012/2013 Federal Health Plan Requirements  The Coping With Healthcare Reform: 2012 Health Plan Update Workshop will cover the latest guidance on Affordable Care Act and other federal health plan regulatory changes impacting employment-based group health plans and other key information employer and other group health plan sponsors, group health… [read post]