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28 Sep 2015, 2:10 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Oil and gas service giant Halliburton, has agreed to pay $18,293,557 to 1,016 employees nationwide to settle charges by the U.S. [read post]
11 Jul 2015, 2:14 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
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]
9 Mar 2016, 5:06 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Health plans, health care providers, healthcare clearinghouses and their business associates (Covered Entities) under the Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) should review and update practices on protecting the security of and providing protected health information (PHI) and record access to patients, plan members and other subjects of that information in response to new guidance and enforcement actions of the Department of Health & Human Services Office of… [read post]
20 Mar 2020, 5:41 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Employer and union-sponsored health plans, their sponsors, fiduciaries and administrators should heed the reminder of the importance of ensuring their health plans properly comply in form and operation with the mental health and substance abuse parity mandes of the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA)  in when the  U.S. [read post]
9 Mar 2016, 5:06 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Health plans, health care providers, healthcare clearinghouses and their business associates (Covered Entities) under the Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) should review and update practices on protecting the security of and providing protected health information (PHI) and record access to patients, plan members and other subjects of that information in response to new guidance and enforcement actions of the Department of Health & Human Services Office of… [read post]
26 Jun 2020, 9:16 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Earlier this week, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) announced that employee benefit plan participants that already took a required minimum distribution (RMD) in 2020 from certain retirement accounts now has the opportunity through August 31, 2020 to roll those funds back into a retirement account following the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act RMD waiver for 2020. [read post]
17 May 2023, 11:05 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Updated guidance published by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) warns employers that the end of the COVID-19 health care emergency did not automatically end employers’ responsibilities to provide accommodations granted during the COVID-19 health care emergency, to consider new requests for accommodation from applicants or employees claiming disability from COVID-19 or other pandemic related conditions, or to comply with the medical confidentiality, interference… [read post]
1 Oct 2021, 9:19 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
While noting the Health Breach Rule “imposes some measure of accountability on tech firms that abuse our personal information, Ms. [read post]
24 May 2023, 5:16 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
A newly announced Department of Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights (“OCR”) Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”) settlement agreement with a medical practice manager business associate highlights the need for health plans and other HIPAA covered entities ensure servers are properly secured and that that they and every third party administrator, technology, audit, accounting and other plan service provider with access to protected health… [read post]
11 Mar 2020, 2:07 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Following up on the White House’s announcement yesterday that by major health insurers, Medicare and Medicaid to cover medically necessary testing and expand coverage for treatment of 2019 Novel Coronavirus (“coronavirus), without applying deductibles or coinsurance and offer expanded telemedicine and other coverage for coronavirus care, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) today issued guidance giving health plans confirming health plans waiving deductibles won’t… [read post]