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16 Feb 2017, 3:01 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
MHS, a nonprofit corporation which operates six hospitals, an urgent care center, a nursing home, and a variety of ancillary health care facilities throughout the South Florida area with affiliated physician offices through an Organized Health Care Arrangement (OHCA) also agreed to implement a robust corrective action plan as part of the Resolution Agreement. [read post]
2 Feb 2017, 6:04 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
A just-announced $3.2 million Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act (HIPAA) Civil Monetary Penalty (CMP) paid by Children’s Medical Center of Dallas (Children’s)  for failing to adequately secure electronic protected health information (ePHI) and correct other HIPAA compliance deficiencies teaches many key lessons for employer and other health plans and insurers, healthcare clearinghouses, healthcare providers and their business associates (“Covered… [read post]
30 Jan 2017, 9:42 am by Quinta Jurecic
Wednesday, February 1st at 10am: The Senate Committee on Homeland Security will hold a hearing on Fencing Along the Southwest Border, featuring testimony by Former Acting Commissioner of U.S. [read post]
23 Jan 2017, 2:47 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Stamer also shares her thought leadership, experience and advocacy on these and other concerns by her service in the leadership of a broad range of other professional and civic organization including her involvement as the Vice Chair of the North Texas Healthcare Compliance Association; Executive Director of the Coalition on Responsible Health Policy and its PROJECT COPE: Coalition on Patient Empowerment; former Board President of the early childhood development intervention agency, The… [read post]
2 Dec 2016, 11:10 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
™ provides human resources and employee benefit and other business risk management, legal compliance, management effectiveness and other coaching, tools and other resources, training and education on leadership, governance, human resources, employee benefits, data security and privacy, insurance, health care and other key compliance, risk management, internal controls and operational concerns. [read post]
21 Nov 2016, 5:56 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Stamer also shares shared her thought leadership, experience and advocacy on these and other concerns by her service in the leadership of a broad range of other professional and civic organization including her involvement as the Vice Chair of the North Texas Healthcare Compliance Association, 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,… [read post]
27 Oct 2016, 8:48 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Develop and present to OCR for approval a comprehensive written risk management plan that explains OHSU’s strategy for implementing security measures sufficient to reduce the risks and vulnerabilities identified in the risk analysis to a reasonable and appropriate level based on OHSU’s circumstances as well as a comprehensive, enterprise-wide plan to implement effective oversight of OHSU workforce members to ensure their adherence to HIPAA Rules and OHSU’s internal privacy… [read post]
19 Oct 2016, 1:04 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Well known for her extensive work with health care, insurance and other highly regulated entities on corporate compliance, internal controls and risk management, her clients range from highly regulated entities like employers, contractors and their employee benefit plans, their sponsors, management, administrators, insurers, fiduciaries and advisors, technology and data service providers, health care, managed care and insurance, financial services, government contractors and government… [read post]
1 Jul 2016, 1:49 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
The company also ignored its own corporate safety manuals and its safety manager’s warnings that workers lacked the training to protect themselves. [read post]
1 Jul 2016, 12:23 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Well known for her extensive work with health care, insurance and other highly regulated entities on corporate compliance, internal controls and risk management, her clients range from highly regulated entities like employers, contractors and their employee benefit plans, their sponsors, management, administrators, insurers, fiduciaries and advisors, technology and data service providers, health care, managed care and insurance, financial services, government contractors and government… [read post]
23 Jun 2016, 10:21 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
A $180,000 wrongful termination settlement that Foothill Packing, Inc. just paid to settle Department of Labor charges illustrates the potential Catch-22 tightrope that employers must walk when choosing between citizens and resident aliens with visas for hiring and firing decisions. [read post]
31 May 2016, 4:05 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
  Well-known for her extensive work with health care, insurance and other highly regulated entities on corporate compliance, internal controls and risk management, her clients range from highly regulated entities like employers, contractors and their employee benefit plans, their sponsors, management, administrators, insurers, fiduciaries and advisors, technology and data service providers, health care, managed care and insurance, financial services, government contractors and… [read post]
6 May 2016, 11:45 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
  As part of their efforts to monitor and respond to state law developments, employers and others interested in more information about the Funding Opportunity Announcement can learn more here. [read post]
27 Apr 2016, 9:01 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
FAQ 31 supplements this previous Agency guidance by confirming that group health plans and health insurers may develop a standard exception form with instructions that an attending provider may use to prescribe a particular service or FDA-approved item based on a determination of medical necessity with respect to the individual involved and suggests the Medicare Part D Coverage Determination Request Form as an appropriate model for the development of such forms. [read post]
27 Apr 2016, 9:01 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
FAQ 31 supplements this previous Agency guidance by confirming that group health plans and health insurers may develop a standard exception form with instructions that an attending provider may use to prescribe a particular service or FDA-approved item based on a determination of medical necessity with respect to the individual involved and suggests the Medicare Part D Coverage Determination Request Form as an appropriate model for the development of such forms. [read post]
21 Apr 2016, 10:07 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Health Plans, Sponsors & Business Associates Should Verify Plan’s HIPAA Compliance Employers and other health plan sponsors and the health plan fiduciaries and business associates providing services involving dealings on behalf of the plan with protected health information just received another reminder to confirm and be prepared to prove all required business associate agreements are in place and that the health plans otherwise properly are administering all policies, practices,… [read post]
21 Apr 2016, 10:07 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Health Plans, Sponsors & Business Associates Should Verify Plan’s HIPAA Compliance Employers and other health plan sponsors and the health plan fiduciaries and business associates providing services involving dealings on behalf of the plan with protected health information just received another reminder to confirm and be prepared to prove all required business associate agreements are in place and that the health plans otherwise properly are administering all policies, practices,… [read post]
12 Apr 2016, 3:50 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
    Subject to this cautionary proviso, the following are some of the activities that the Rule identifies as activities that might fall outside the Rule’s covered investment activities in the manner required by the Rule: “Education” as defined and provided in accordance with the Rule; “General communications that a reasonable person would not view as an investment recommendation;” Simply making available a platform of investment alternatives… [read post]
12 Apr 2016, 3:50 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
    Subject to this cautionary proviso, the following are some of the activities that the Rule identifies as activities that might fall outside the Rule’s covered investment activities in the manner required by the Rule: “Education” as defined and provided in accordance with the Rule; “General communications that a reasonable person would not view as an investment recommendation;” Simply making available a platform of investment alternatives… [read post]