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25 Feb 2013, 11:49 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
  Among other thing, the Final Regulations: Clarify the approach HHS will use to enforce the applicable requirements of the Affordable Care Act with respect to health insurance issuers and group health plans that are nonfederal governmental plans Amend the standards for health insurance issuers and states on reporting, utilization, and collection of data under the federal rate review program Revise the timeline for states to propose state-specific thresholds for review and approval by the… [read post]
2 Jul 2013, 12:28 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Announced Grants Target Increased CHIP & Medicaid Enrollment In Preparation For Health Care Marketplace In amounts ranging from $190,000 to $1 million out of the $140 million included in the Affordable Care Act and the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (CHIPRA) of 2009 for enrollment and renewal outreach,  HHS Reports the grants awarded to the grantees listed here focus on 5 areas: Engaging schools in outreach, enrollment and retention activities (9… [read post]
11 Jul 2013, 3:33 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Beyond having an appropriate understanding of what individuals are considered common law employees, businesses also should seek to track accurately all hours worked, regardless of whether the employees are non-exempt workers that the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) requires the employer pay hourly, or exempt employees under the FLSA that the employer pays on a salaried, commission or other non-hourly basis. [read post]
19 Sep 2014, 3:29 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
  Privacy requirements also can be a challenge under these laws unless information collected from screening and other wellness and disease management activities is carefully collected, routed and handled to comply with HIPAA, GINA and other privacy rules. [read post]
5 Aug 2013, 11:31 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
  Because security precautions generally delay delivery of mail to members of Congress for 7-10 days, concerned individuals generally are encouraged to contact the Committee or other members of Congress via fax or e-mail. [read post]
19 Feb 2013, 10:50 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
  Recognized in International Who’s Who, the founder and Executive Director of Project COPE:  The Coalition on Patient Empowerment and its affiliate, the Coalition on Responsible Health Policy; a Fellow in the American College of Employee Benefits Counsel, American Bar Association, and State Bar of Texas; Past Chair of the ABA Health Law Section Managed Care & Insurance Interest Group, Immediate Past Chair of the ABA RPTE Employee Benefit & Other Compensation… [read post]
28 Jul 2016, 2:30 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
In keeping with its announced policy of investigating all breach reports impacting 500 or more individuals, OCR opened an investigation into UMMC’s breach report. [read post]
6 Oct 2017, 1:04 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Beyond helping their workforce understand and cope with the news, many businesses and employee benefit plans also face the added headache of needing to investigate and respond to concerns about their own potential responsibilities to provide breach notification or take other actions. [read post]
15 Aug 2013, 12:45 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Affinity estimated in its breach report that up to 344,579 individuals may have been affected by this breach. [read post]
10 Nov 2014, 3:47 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Obama’s lame duck presidency and other factors could impact each Party’s ability to pursue its agenda Share tips management leaders can use to help monitor developments and to help shape legislation, regulation and enforcement through Dallas HR, SHRM and other organizations as well as individually; Learn tips for anticipating and maintaining flexibility to respond to legislative, regulatory and enforcement developments; and More To register or get more details about the program,… [read post]
28 Jan 2013, 1:13 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
™ human resources news here including the following: Employers ACA Health Reforms Prohibit Using HRAs To Pay Individual Medical Policy Premiums & Impact Other HRA Arrangements ADA May Require Food Allergy Accommodation By Employers, Schools & Businesses Employer Deadline To Give ACA Notice of Exchange Coverage Options Delayed Hear Stamer Speak On “Coping With Health Care Reform Now” At 2/14 Dallas ICEBS Meeting BNSF OSHA… [read post]
15 Jun 2010, 7:44 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
  Details about what routine changes insurers and employers can make without losing their grandfathered status, and the projected impact on large and small employer plans and the individual plan market can be found here. [read post]
1 Mar 2013, 9:10 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
™ human resources news here including the following: FTC, HIPAA Rules Require Health Plans & Employers Strengthen Data Security on Mobile Devices and Applications 3/13 JCEB Teleconference Explores Foreign Transferees: Outbound, Inbound, Equity And Treaty Issues Stamer Talks on “What the Wind Blew In: Coping with Health Care Reform: 2013 and Beyond” May 2 At 24th Annual RPTE Spring Symposia In Washington, D.C. [read post]
28 Jan 2013, 10:31 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
™ human resources news here including the following: Employers ACA Health Reforms Prohibit Using HRAs To Pay Individual Medical Policy Premiums & Impact Other HRA Arrangements ADA May Require Food Allergy Accommodation By Employers, Schools & Businesses Employer Deadline To Give ACA Notice of Exchange Coverage Options Delayed Hear Stamer Speak On “Coping With Health Care Reform Now” At 2/14 Dallas ICEBS Meeting BNSF OSHA… [read post]
16 Sep 2013, 3:21 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
A week before the September 23, 2013 deadline for all health care providers, health plans, health care clearinghouses (Covered Entities) and their business associates to have updated their business associate agreements to comply with the Final Omnibus HIPAA Rule, the Department of Health & Human Services Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) and the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) today (September 16, 2013) released Model Notices of Privacy Practices (Notices)… [read post]
30 Jul 2012, 9:29 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Health care providers and payers should ensure that practices for billing private payers can withstand the scrutiny of federal and state health care fraud enforcers after the July 26, 2012 announcement of a ground-breaking new public-private antifraud initiative between federal and state health care fraud fighters and a private insurers under which  private insurers will share an unprecedented amount of private health claims data, fraud detection practices, and other coöperation… [read post]
22 Mar 2016, 6:57 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
“For individuals to trust in the research process and for patients to trust in those institutions, they must have some assurance that their information is kept private and secure. [read post]
1 Jul 2016, 12:23 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
A list of each agency’s individual penalty adjustments is available here. [read post]