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28 Mar 2019, 2:54 pm
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]
13 Jan 2020, 6:33 pm
No business wants to get hit with a bill or judgement for unpaid overtime or other wages and penalties under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). [read post]
1 Apr 2019, 12:07 pm
U.S. businesses should move quickly to express strong support for the Joint Employer Status under the Fair Labor Standards Act Rule proposed by the Department of Labor today to help reduce their exposure to liability to pay overtime or other liabilities of subcontractors or other businesses under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). [read post]
17 Oct 2018, 4:19 pm
Following on the heels of Monday’s announcement that Anthem, Inc. is paying a record setting $16 million to resolve charges its violations of the enterprise risk assessment and other requirements of the Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act (HIPAA) Security Rule allowed cybercriminals to breach the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of more than 79 million patients, physicians and other health care providers, health plans and health insurers, health care… [read post]
9 Mar 2022, 7:47 pm
Public companies and other market participating or influencing companies and their leaders should begin preparing to comply with enhanced cybersecurity risk management, disclosure, strategy, governance and incident reporting and response requirements of a Proposed Rule the Security and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) published in today’s (March 9, 2022) Federal Register. [read post]
19 Oct 2015, 8:46 pm
For Help With Investigations, Policy Updates Or Other Needs Recognized as a “Top” attorney in employee benefits, labor and employment and health care law extensively involved in health and other employee benefit and human resources policy and program design and administration representation and advocacy throughout her career, Cynthia Marcotte Stamer is a practicing attorney and Manag [read post]
16 Jun 2020, 5:42 pm
While most COVID-19 test results won’t draw the widespread coverage and public interest that Elliott’s diagnosis did, businesses generally and health care providers, health plans, health care clearinghouses specifically need to recognize that coverage of the Elliott outrage will heighten awareness and therefore their need to properly handle and protect COVID-19 or other infectious disease and other testing, diagnosis, treatment and other medical and disability information collected or… [read post]
16 Dec 2019, 3:13 pm
The $1.6 million civil monetary penalty (“CMP”) assessed against the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (“TX HHSC”) for violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”) Privacy and Security Rules between 2013 and 2017 committed by a predecessor agency, the Department of Aging and Disability Services (“DADS”) illustrates the critical need for health plans and insurers and all other HIPAA covered entities… [read post]
27 Jul 2015, 11:56 am
Employers sponsoring group health plan coverage now or in 2014, check the adequacy of your insurer or third party administrator’s claims and appeals processes and notices. [read post]
27 Apr 2016, 9:01 am
About The Author A practicing attorney and Managing Shareholder of Cynthia Marcotte Stamer, P.C. [read post]
26 May 2016, 12:05 pm
Health plans and health insurers, health care providers, healthcare clearinghouses (Covered Entities) and their business associates should verify that their copying charges and other policies and practices for responding to requests of individuals for copies and other access to protected health information (PHI) comply with the Privacy and Security Rules (Privacy Rule) of the Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) as construed in a new Frequently Asked Question (FAQ… [read post]
5 Jan 2018, 5:35 am
Continuing Fallout of 2015 Data Breach Provides Many Lessons For Other Businesses & Their Health Plans The $2.3 million (Resolution Amount) data breach settlement and other post breach fallout now bankrupt radiation oncology and cancer care provider 21st Century Oncology, Inc. (21CO) is experiencing after data thieves hacked into the names, social security numbers and other private health and financial data of more than 2,213,597 individuals illustrates why your company and its… [read post]
21 Aug 2015, 6:07 pm
Employers sponsoring health plans and members of their management named as plan fiduciaries or otherwise having input or oversight over the health plan should verify their company’s group health plan meets the out-of-pocket maximum rules of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) § 1302(c)(1) as well as a long list of other federal health benefit rules to minimize the risk that violations will obligate the sponsoring employer to self-assess, self-report on IRS Form 8928, and… [read post]
11 Jul 2015, 2:14 pm
The heavy reliance by group health plans and health insurers upon internet based applications and portals to carry out online enrollment, claims administration and payment, reporting and a host of other key health plan functions makes it particularly important for health plans, their employer or other sponsors, fiduciaries, vendors, and other involved in health plan administration or using or accessing health plan data to verify and ensure the internet data sharing and other applications and portals… [read post]
12 Apr 2018, 7:01 pm
With the Trump Administration U.S. [read post]
10 Oct 2019, 6:27 am
Dáire McCormack-GeorgeIn a series of posts on this blog, I have emphasised the centrality of skills to work. [read post]
25 Jun 2015, 3:02 pm
Businesses brace yourself for health plan enforcement!. [read post]
29 Apr 2019, 7:21 am
A Wisconsin employer did not violate the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”) by ceasing to deduct union dues from employees’ paychecks for remittance to their certified union in response to Wisconsin’s enactment of a right-to-work law that curtailed dues checkoff, or communicating with employees about this action according the National Labor Relations Board ruling in Metalcraft of Mayville, Inc. [read post]
10 Nov 2023, 1:35 pm
quickly to implement and communicate 2024 health spending account (“HFSA”), high deductible health plan amounts relevant to determining eligibility to contribute to a medical savings account (“MSA”), adoption credit and exclusion limits, and other inflation-adjusted limitations relevant to the annual enrollment, withholding and other year-end tax and benefit planning of workers and their families to assist workers to take into account these adjustments during 2024 benefit… [read post]
5 Nov 2023, 3:10 pm
Health plans, health care providers, healthcare clearinghouses and their business associates (“Covered Entities” should check out this new Office of Civil Rights (“OCR”) video intended to educate health care industry players about real world cyber-attack trends from OCR breach reports, OCR investigations and how implementation of appropriate Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act (“HIPAA”) Security Rile compliance can mitigate their exposure to… [read post]
