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6 May 2019, 5:44 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Health plans, their sponsoring employers and unions, insurers, fiduciaries, administrators, insurers and other service providers should learn from the $3 million lesson a Franklin, Tennessee-based diagnostic medical imaging services provider is learning about the heavy penalties a health plan, health care provider, health care clearinghouse  or business associate  (“Covered Entity”) risks if a post-data breach investigation by the U.S. [read post]
1 May 2019, 4:39 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Cooper paid a professional tax return preparer to complete returns for those years, but Cooper never filed them. [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]
29 Apr 2019, 7:21 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
In Metalcraft of Mayville, Inc., a Board Majority made up of Board Chairman John Ring and Board member William Emmanuel ruled found that the Wisconsin based employer Metalcraft of Mayville, Inc. [read post]
11 Apr 2019, 4:21 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Stamer has provided thought leadership; policy and program design, statutory and regulatory development design and analysis; drafted legislation, proposed regulations and other guidance, position statements and briefs, comments and other critical policy documents; advised, assisted and represented health care providers, health plans and insurers, employers, professional. and trade associations, community and government leaders and others on health care, health, pension and retirement,… [read post]
1 Apr 2019, 12:07 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
  Over the past twenty years, the rise in the use of staffing, professional employment, manpower, independent contractor and other outsourcing relationships have prompted growing enforcement and regulatory interest by both Democrat and Republic Administrations and Congress including under the FLSA and other wage and hour laws. [read post]
30 Mar 2019, 2:28 pm by Kristen Marquis Dennis, Esq.
Five Guys, the popular East Coast-based burger chain was actually in the process of redesigning its website when it was hit with a class action. [read post]
28 Mar 2019, 2:54 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Employers frustrated with the current Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) rules defining what forms of payment employers must count as part of an employee’s “regular rate” when calculating overtime should evaluate and consider expressing support for the Department of Labor’s proposal announced today (March 28, 2019) to update its more than 50-year old regulations implementing the regular rate requirements under section 7(e) of FLSA  in 29… [read post]
27 Mar 2019, 8:13 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
The 2019 Annual Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) hiring benchmark for federal government contractors and subcontractors changes to 5.9% on March 31, 2019. [read post]
27 Mar 2019, 6:24 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Adding employee recess to the workday schedule could be a cost effective wellness tool based on recently health research recently reported by the National Institutes on Health (“NIH”). [read post]
26 Mar 2019, 10:24 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Employers, health plans and others concerned about managing the high medical, disability and other costs of Type 2 Diabetes should use today’s annual Diabetes Awareness Day observances and resources to beef up their efforts and tools. [read post]
22 Mar 2019, 12:17 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Stamer also contributes her service and leadership to a professional and civic organizations and efforts including her involvement as the Founder and Executive Director of the Coalition on Responsible Health Policy and its PROJECT COPE; Coalition on Patient Empowerment, a founding Board Member and past President of the Alliance for Healthcare Excellence; Vice Chair of the ABA Tort & Insurance Practice Section Employee Benefits Committee; Vice Chair, Policy for the Life Sciences… [read post]
20 Mar 2019, 7:24 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Employers, employees and other taxpayers should use care to properly take into account recent changes in Internal Revenue Code (“Code”) rates and deduction rules reporting or when projecting, reporting or claiming mileage reimbursements or deductions for 2018 and 2019. [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]
19 Mar 2019, 3:25 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Employers concerned about minimum wage, overtime and other liability from the Proposed Salary Threshold Rule (“Proposal”) that if adopted will increase the minimum salary for the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) “white collar” overtime exemption from $23,660 annually to $35,308 annually. [read post]
19 Mar 2019, 7:24 am by Katherine Kelley
Amazon CEO and Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos may now be the most famous victim of sextortion: In a Feb. 7 Medium post, Bezos shared the details of his alleged blackmail by American Media, Inc., the publisher of the National Enquirer tabloid. [read post]
15 Mar 2019, 8:19 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Stamer also shares her thought leadership, experience and advocacy on these and other related concerns by her service in the leadership of the Solutions Law Press, Inc. [read post]
14 Mar 2019, 5:08 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Beginning April 1, 2019, applicants seeking to resolve employee benefit tax qualification issues via the Voluntary Compliance Resolution (VCR) program must submit applications electronically through Pay.gov. [read post]
14 Mar 2019, 7:29 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Stamer also shares her thought leadership, experience and advocacy on these and other related concerns by her service in the leadership of the Solutions Law Press, Inc. [read post]
7 Mar 2019, 4:40 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Employers concerned about managing their overtime liability should review and provide prompt feedback to the U.S. [read post]