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13 Jan 2021, 10:00 pm
The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a Final Rule on January 12, 2021 on Transparency and Fairness in Civil Administrative Enforcement Actions that amends 45 CFR Part I to set forth rules for appropriate reliance on guidance documents and requirements to give fair notice of relevant agency positions before taking a civil enforcement action that relies on any such position. [read post]
13 Jan 2021, 1:12 pm
On November 15, 2020, Michigan’s Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) issued an emergency epidemic order limiting gatherings and imposing restrictions, which included closing entertainment venues, recreational facilities, indoor dining at food service establishments, and in-person instruction at schools, colleges and universities. [read post]
This new safe harbor requires that, when calculating fines, evaluating audits or reviewing proposed mitigation steps, the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) must consider whether the covered entity or business associate adequately demonstrated that it had in place “recognized security practices” for at least 12 months prior that would: (1) Mitigate HIPAA fines. (2) Result in the early, favorable termination of a HIPAA audit. (3) Mitigate… [read post]
13 Jan 2021, 6:19 am by Wachler & Associates, P.C.
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued new guidance on the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). [read post]
12 Jan 2021, 11:53 am
  Those interlinkages, in turn, suggest consequences for the character of each and their respective role in the organization and management of human collectives (states, global production chains, civil society, and the like). [read post]
Department of Health and Human Services released Advisory Opinion 22-01  entitled On The Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act Scope of Preemption Provision. [read post]
12 Jan 2021, 5:58 am by Joy Waltemath
In contrast to the EEOC’s 2016 ADA wellness final rule, this proposed rule would apply the ADA’s statutory safe harbor provision to a subset of wellness programs, and thus, health-contingent wellness programs that are part of, or qualify as, group health plans to which the Departments of Labor, Treasury, and Health and Human Services wellness regulations apply are an exception to the de minimis standard. [read post]
11 Jan 2021, 9:03 pm by News Desk
A total of 31 closure orders, two improvement orders and nine prohibition orders were issued by environmental health officers in the Health Service Executive (HSE), veterinary inspectors in local authorities, and FSAI officials to food companies. [read post]
11 Jan 2021, 2:29 pm by Tia Sewell
Perform duties similar to other Congressional staff by applying your experience in technology to a variety of work, including: Researching relevant policymaking (on issues like encryption, autonomous vehicle regulations, facial recognition privacy, health IT, election security, disinformation, open data, cyber/data security and many others) Helping educate Members and staff about these issues. [read post]
11 Jan 2021, 1:48 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Solutions Law Press, Inc. 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]
11 Jan 2021, 12:42 pm by Adam S. Forman and Brenna R. McLean
The law also permits the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services to exempt workers identified as “necessary to ensure the continuation of essential public health services, or to avoid serious harm or danger to public health or public safety. [read post]
11 Jan 2021, 11:59 am by admin
Health-contingent wellness programs that are part of, or qualify as, group health plans to which the Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and Treasury wellness regulations apply are exempt from the de minimis standard. [read post]
On Friday, January 8, 2021, the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) released a final rule that would provide HHS with five years to review existing regulations that are more than ten years old, subject to certain exceptions, to determine if each regulation is still necessary. [read post]
11 Jan 2021, 10:21 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Solutions Law Press, Inc. 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]
11 Jan 2021, 9:00 am by Julie LaVille Hamlet
Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) recently issued two highly-anticipated final rules (collectively, the “Final Rule”) to modernize and clarify the regulations that interpret the Physician Self-Referral Statute (“Stark”) and the Anti-Kickback Statute (“AKS”). [read post]
The Dialogue emphasised the role that employers, public service providers and other stakeholders play in assessing qualifications, and the need for these stakeholders to create partnerships with equivalent third-country organisations. [read post]
With less than two weeks left in office, Donald Trump’s administration announced on Friday a new rule that narrows nondiscrimination protections for LGBTQIA individuals seeking services of health and welfare programs that are funded by the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). [read post]
9 Jan 2021, 9:42 am by Matt Gluck, Tia Sewell
Lester Munson shared a conversation on the Fault Lines Podcast with Jim Danoy, NSI Visiting Fellow and former Defense Intelligence executive, about the role of the Intelligence Community in pandemics and whether the Department of Health and Human Services is part of the Intelligence Community: Antti Ruokonen argued that decaying infrastructure can present serious national security vulnerabilities, not just local health and economic problems. [read post]