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20 Mar 2012, 7:42 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Most health plans will need significant time to complete the analysis needed to prepare a SBC appropriately tailored to their health plan. [read post]
12 Mar 2013, 11:27 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
    This definition of expatriate health plan will not extend to all health coverage provided for employees of U.S. companies working outside the United States. [read post]
1 May 2023, 12:27 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
The Department of Labor Employee Benefit Security Administration (“EBSA”) has identified MHPAEA autism and other mental health and substance abuse coverage enforcement as a key priority in its current a fiscal year enforcement plan. [read post]
Another step employers can take is bringing health care to their employees through worksite clinics, whether permanent, pop-up, or mobile units. [read post]
20 Mar 2020, 5:41 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
  In contrast, CMSenforces MHPAEA and other applicable provisions of Title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act (PHS Act) with respect to non-federal governmental group health plans, such as plans for employees of state and local governments. [read post]
10 Jan 2013, 1:21 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
  Concerning retiree-only coverage, the Preamble states: Although group health plans that have fewer than two participants who are current employees (such as retiree-only plans) are excluded from the requirements of Code chapter 100 (setting forth requirements applicable to group health plans such as portability, nondiscrimination, and market reform requirements), this exclusion does not apply to Code §§ 4375 and 4376 because these… [read post]
12 Feb 2021, 1:33 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
  Employers and employee benefit plan fiduciaries and vendors should get up to speed on a new mandate to subsidize health coverage continuation and other requirements of the Act that the House Ways & Means Committee voted on February 11, 2021 to include in the lasted COVID-19 relief package the Democrat Majority plans to fast track through Congress. [read post]
2 Mar 2020, 11:04 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
As part of this efforts, employer sponsors, plan fiduciaries, administrators, and vendors of self-insured plans should keep in mind that the fiduciary responsibility rules of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act generally require plan fiduciaries to prudently evaluate compensation and other arrangements with plan vendors as well as to take action to identify and protect the plan against breaches of loyalty by plan vendors or… [read post]
29 Mar 2022, 5:04 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Second Booster Authorization Health Plan Implications Group health plans, their sponsors, fiduciaries, administrators and insurers need to evaluate their existing group health plan language to determine if and when their group health plan will cover second COVID-19 booster doses. [read post]
12 Jun 2017, 5:00 am by Vandenack Weaver LLC
On June 5, 2017, the United States Supreme Court unanimously adopted a “broad” interpretation of the exemption allowed under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”) for “church plans. [read post]
3 Mar 2022, 9:32 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
As alleged in the complaint, the proposed transaction would give United, a massive company that owns the largest health insurer in the United States, access to a vast amount of its rival health insurers’ competitively sensitive information. [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]
12 Jun 2017, 5:00 am by Vandenack Weaver LLC
On June 5, 2017, the United States Supreme Court unanimously adopted a “broad” interpretation of the exemption allowed under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”) for “church plans. [read post]
11 Apr 2019, 4:21 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Employers and their health plans should encourage employees, health plan members and their families to dispose of outdated and unused medications cost effectively on the upcoming National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on April 27, 2019. [read post]
8 Jan 2024, 2:10 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
  Coupled with OCR’s Right of Access Rule settlement agreement with United Health Insurance Group last August, the latest settlement agreement sends a strong message to health plans and other Covered Entities about the risks of failing to deliver protected health information as required by the Right of Access Rule. [read post]
6 Mar 2019, 6:10 am by Lindsay Offutt
United Behavioral provides “mental health and substance use disorder benefits for commercial welfare benefit plans. [read post]
17 Oct 2017, 9:15 am by Richard S. Zackin
., the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit upheld a forum selection clause requiring a participant in a benefits plan governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”) to bring suit in the Central District of Illinois. [read post]
30 Apr 2019, 10:23 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
With health plans and their sponsors and insurers increasingly offering or promoting the use of apps to plan members members to access, maintain and use their health information, health plans, health care providers, health care clearinghouses and their business associates (“covered entities”) covered by HIPAA must understand and be prepared meet their HIPAA responsibilities to provide and protect ePHI to and on these… [read post]
27 Apr 2016, 9:01 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Act To Verify Compliance, Leverage Opportunities FAQ 31 and the other guidance presents a two-edged sword for health insurers and group health plans and their sponsors. [read post]