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26 Jul 2013, 1:17 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Her insights on these and other matters appear in the Bureau of National Affairs, Spencer Publications, the Wall Street Journal, the Dallas Business Journal, the Houston Business Journal, Modern and many other national and local publications. [read post]
22 Jul 2013, 10:34 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Her insights on these and other matters appear in the Bureau of National Affairs, Spencer Publications, the Wall Street Journal, the Dallas Business Journal, the Houston Business Journal, and many other national and local publications. [read post]
12 Jul 2013, 8:49 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
WellPoint $1.7 M HIPAA Settlement Expensive Lesson On HIPAA Risks Of Leaving PHI Too Accessible In Web-Based Applications As health plans and health care organizations increasingly jump on the Web-based application bandwagon, managed care company WellPoint Inc. [read post]
11 Jul 2013, 3:33 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) yesterday (July 10, 2013) shared its first “formal” guidance officially implementing the Obama Administration’s decision to delay until 2015 enforcement of certain of the employer shared responsibility or “pay-or-play” rules of new Internal Revenue Code (Code) Section 4980H first informally announced by Department of Treasury Assistant Secretary for Tax Policy Mark Mazar in this July 2 Blog. [read post]
2 Jul 2013, 12:28 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Her insights on these and other matters appear in the Bureau of National Affairs, Spencer Publications, the Wall Street Journal, the Dallas Business Journal, the Houston Business Journal, Modern and many other national and local publications. [read post]
26 Jun 2013, 6:21 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Her insights on these and other matters appear in the Bureau of National Affairs, Spencer Publications, the Wall Street Journal, the Dallas Business Journal, the Houston Business Journal, Modern and many other national and local publications. [read post]
14 Jun 2013, 12:53 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Health plans, health care providers, health care clearinghouses (covered entities) and their business associates should confirm their existing policies, practices and training for communicating with the media and others comply with the Privacy Rule requirements of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Rule in light of a Resolution Agreement with Shasta Regional Medical Center (SRMC) announced by the U.S. [read post]
6 Jun 2013, 3:43 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
 Among other things, the Omnibus Regulations: Revise OCR’s HIPAA regulations to reflect the HITECH Act’s amendment of HIPAA to add the contractors and subcontractors of health plans, health care providers and health care clearinghouses that qualify as business associates to the parties directly responsible for complying with and subject to HIPAA’s civil and criminal penalties for violating HIPAA’s Privacy, Security, and Breach Notification rules; Update previous interim… [read post]
29 May 2013, 10:51 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
  In addition to the amendments to the group health plan nondiscrimination and Privacy Rules of HIPAA, GINA’s employment discrimination rules generally prohibit employment discrimination based on “genetic health information. [read post]
5 Mar 2013, 1:51 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
While most employer and union health plan sponsors, fiduciaries and administrators are bracing to cope with “pay or play” and other mandates of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2014, most report frustration with the continuing lack of clarity and uncertainty about rules and costs. [read post]
1 Mar 2013, 9:10 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Her insights on these and other matters appear in the Bureau of National Affairs, Spencer Publications, the Wall Street Journal, the Dallas Business Journal, the Houston Business Journal, and many other national and local publications. [read post]
25 Feb 2013, 8:28 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Under GINA, employers, employment agencies, labor organizations and joint labor-management committees face significant liability for violating the sweeping nondiscrimination and confidentiality requirements of GINA concerning their use, maintenance and disclosure of genetic information. [read post]
25 Feb 2013, 11:49 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Her insights on these and other matters appear in the Bureau of National Affairs, Spencer Publications, the Wall Street Journal, the Dallas Business Journal, the Houston Business Journal, and many other national and local publications. [read post]
23 Feb 2013, 5:00 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Thinking about or using mobile devices and applications in your heath care, health plan, workforce or related operations or struggling to meet the demands of employees, plan members or others to allow use of these tools? [read post]
28 Jan 2013, 1:13 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Her insights on these and other matters appear in the Bureau of National Affairs, Spencer Publications, the Wall Street Journal, the Dallas Business Journal, the Houston Business Journal, and many other national and local publications. [read post]
28 Jan 2013, 10:31 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Her insights on these and other matters appear in the Bureau of National Affairs, Spencer Publications, the Wall Street Journal, the Dallas Business Journal, the Houston Business Journal, and many other national and local publications. [read post]
27 Jan 2013, 8:45 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Her insights on these and other matters appear in the Bureau of National Affairs, Spencer Publications, the Wall Street Journal, the Dallas Business Journal, the Houston Business Journal, and many other national and local publications. [read post]
25 Jan 2013, 2:12 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
If you have any questions or need help reviewing and updating your organization’s employment and/or employee practices in response to the ADAAA, GINA or other applicable laws, or if we may be of assistance with regard to any other workforce management, employee benefits or compensation matters, please do not hesitate to conta [read post]
25 Jan 2013, 8:50 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
The Department of Labor has extended the deadline for employers to notify employees about the existence of and their rights under the health exchanges required by new Section 18B of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), as added by Section 1512 of the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act (ACA). [read post]
17 Jan 2013, 4:12 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
  Among other things, the 2013 Regulations: Revise OCR’s HIPAA regulations to reflect the HITECH Act’s amendment of HIPAA to add the contractors and subcontractors of health plans, health care providers and health care clearinghouses that qualify as business associates to the parties directly responsible for complying with and subject to HIPAA’s civil and criminal penalties for violating HIPAA’s Privacy, Security, and Breach Notification rules; Update previous interim… [read post]