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8 May 2019, 12:44 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
In his comments this morning, Representative Brady noted the need to tailor paid mandates to account for differences in employer needs, stating: “As we work to expand access to paid medical leave, there are real concerns that a new one-size-fits-all Washington mandate limits family flexibility, could be extremely costly, and will lead to higher taxes on workers, reduced job benefits, or harmful cuts in education, Social Security, or Medicare to pay for the new mandate. [read post]
28 Dec 2011, 4:08 am by Ray Mullman
Also, changes in federal Medicare payments hurt homes’ balance sheets. 1999: The state asks courts to name trustees to run 13 nursing homes owned by Fort Worth-based Sensitive Care Inc., after its federal Medicare payments are cut off. [read post]
14 Nov 2013, 1:04 pm by Roshonda Scipio
Fontham.Fontham, Michael R.Boulder, CO : National Institute for Trial Advocacy, (c) 2013.KF8915 .F64 2013 Evidence Lights, camera, evidence! [read post]
27 Mar 2019, 6:24 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Highly valued for her rare ability to find pragmatic client-centric solutions by combining her detailed legal and operational knowledge and experience with her talent for creative problem-solving, she is nationally recognized for her leading edge work, publications, advocacy and programs on making compliant wellness and disease management programs that work and other health and disability plans and management strategies and concerns. [read post]
19 Apr 2007, 1:11 am
The court said the rate awarded by a federal judge in Connecticut did not pass muster under the requirements of the Equal Access to Justice Act, but gave the Center for Medicare Advocacy a victory by awarding fees for forcing improvements in the notification process for home health care beneficiaries. [read post]
7 Dec 2018, 4:55 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
File a complaint with the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center. [read post]
26 Mar 2019, 10:24 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
She regularly helps employer and other health benefit plan sponsors and vendors, health industry, insurers, health IT, life sciences and other health and insurance industry clients design, document and enforce plans, practices, policies, systems and solutions; manage regulatory, contractual and other legal and operational compliance; vendors and suppliers; deal with Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP, Medicare/Medicaid Advantage, ERISA, state insurance law and other private payer rules and… [read post]
2 Jul 2013, 12:28 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
The Connecting Kids to Coverage Outreach and Enrollment Grants were awarded to 41 state agencies, community health centers, school-based organizations and non-profit groups in 22 states; two grantees are multistate organizations. [read post]
19 Mar 2019, 4:28 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Foster Poultry Farms, Inc., 743 F.3d 1236, 1244 (9th Cir. 2014) that an employee may use non-FMLA leave for an FMLA-qualifying reason and decline to use FMLA leave in order to preserve FMLA leave for future use. [read post]
7 Jan 2012, 4:48 am by Ray Mullman
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25 Apr 2017, 3:21 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
 Among other things, group health plans and their fiduciaries can face audits, litigation and enforcement actions by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and other health plans for improperly coordinating plan claims with other coverage as well as lawsuits from covered persons, their health care providers or other beneficiaries, the Department of Labor and CMS, or others seeking to enforce rights to benefits, penalties in the case of CMS or the Department of Labor,… [read post]
1 May 2023, 12:27 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
For example, EBSA assisted HHS’ Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in investigating an improper appeals process following the denial of coverage for autism treatment by a plan for a large school district. [read post]
30 Apr 2019, 10:23 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Health plans must deliver electronic protected health information (“ePHI”) to electronic applications or software (“apps”) used by plan members, and are responsible under the Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act (“HIPAA”) Privacy and Security Rules for the security of electronic protected health information (“ePHI”) on apps they sponsor or provide, according to new guidance from the Department of Health & Human Services… [read post]
10 May 2017, 3:14 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
The Resolution Agreement resolves OCR charges the operator of 13 hospitals, eight Cancer Centers, three Heart & Vascular Institutes, and 27 sports medicine and rehabilitation centers violated the Privacy Rule that resulted from an OCR compliance review of MHHS triggered by multiple media reports suggesting that MHHS improperly disclosed the name and other details about a patient arrested and charged with presenting an allegedly fraudulent identification card to office staff at… [read post]
6 Nov 2018, 10:56 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
She regularly helps employer and other health benefit plan sponsors and vendors, health industry, insurers, health IT, life sciences and other health and insurance industry clients design, document and enforce plans, practices, policies, systems and solutions; manage regulatory, contractual and other legal and operational compliance; vendors and suppliers; deal with Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP, Medicare/Medicaid Advantage, ERISA, state insurance law and other private payer rules and… [read post]
14 Mar 2019, 5:08 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
About the Author Recognized by her peers as a Martindale-Hubble “AV-Preeminent” (Top 1%) and “Top Rated Lawyer” with special recognition LexisNexis® Martindale-Hubbell® as “LEGAL LEADER Texas Top Rated Lawyer” in Health Care Law and Labor and Employment Law; as among the “Best Lawyers In Dallas” for her work in the fields of “Labor & Employment,” “Tax: ERISA & Employee Benefits,” “Health Care” and… [read post]