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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… [read post]
29 Nov 2022, 6:35 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
LinkedIn SLP Health Care Risk Management & Operations Group, HR & Benefits Update Compliance Group, and/or Coalition for Responsible Health Care Policy. [read post]
17 Mar 2024, 5:42 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Change Healthcare Ransomware Attack On February 21, 2024, a ransomware attack executed by the Blackcat1234 ransomware group took control of and shut down the payment, revenue cycle management and related tools and systems of UHG Subsidiary Change Healthcare. [read post]
30 Jun 2015, 10:53 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
  Businesses and their leaders who have held off updating their health plan compliance and expect to delay completion of these activities until the beginning of their upcoming health plan year are likely to be in for a rude awakening, however, particularly since a much underappreciated Sarbanes-Oxley style provision of the Internal Revenue Code will require employer or other group health plan sponsors to self-report, self-assess and pay stiff excise tax… [read post]
16 Oct 2018, 3:55 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Board certified in labor and employment law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, a Fellow in the American College of Employee Benefit Counsel, Scribe for the American Bar Association (ABA) Joint Committee on Employee Benefits (JCEB) Annual Agency Meeting with the Office of Civil Rights and a former JCEB Council Representative; former Chair of the ABA Health Law Section Managed Care & Insurance Interest Group; and past Chair, former Welfare… [read post]
27 Jul 2015, 11:56 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Since federal group health plan violations that trigger the Form 8928 requirement of a sponsoring employer also generally create potential exposures for the ERISA exposures for the group health plan, parties acting as the “plan administrator” or other “fiduciary” role with respect to the plan or both under ERISA, the group health plan and its plan administrator or other responsible… [read post]
26 May 2013, 1:33 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
A Fellow in the American College of Employee Benefit Council, immediate past Chair of the American Bar Association (ABA) RPTE Employee Benefits & Other Compensation Group and current Co-Chair of its Welfare Benefit Committee, Vice-Chair of the ABA TIPS Employee Benefits Committee, a council member of the ABA Joint Committee on Employee Benefits, and past Chair of the ABA He [read post]
4 Feb 2023, 3:20 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Under the corrective action plan, Banner has agreed to take the following steps: Conduct an accurate and thorough risk analysis to determine risks and vulnerabilities to electronic patient/system data across the organization Develop and implement a risk management plan to address identified risks and vulnerabilities to the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of ePHI Develop, implement, and distribute policies and procedures for a risk analysis… [read post]
19 Sep 2013, 6:52 am by Greg Daugherty
  These controlled group issues also could affect other qualified plans, executive compensation plans, and health and welfare plans of employers. [read post]
12 Apr 2016, 3:50 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Employer and other employee benefit plan sponsors, benefit plan committees and fiduciaries, and the broker-dealers, financial advisors, insurance agents and other plan service providers that provide investment-related platforms, advice, recommendations or other services for employee benefit plans need to reevaluate the fiduciary status of their service providers and begin restructuring as necessary their associated relationships, service… [read post]
12 Apr 2016, 3:50 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Employer and other employee benefit plan sponsors, benefit plan committees and fiduciaries, and the broker-dealers, financial advisors, insurance agents and other plan service providers that provide investment-related platforms, advice, recommendations or other services for employee benefit plans need to reevaluate the fiduciary status of their service providers and begin restructuring as necessary their associated relationships, service… [read post]
27 Oct 2016, 8:48 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
” OCR’s announcement of the OHSU Settlement emphasizes its determination that a lack of commitment and oversight by C-level management resulted in the failure by OHSU to periodically perform a comprehensive enterprise risk analysis and to reevaluate and update that analysis and its policies, practices, procedures and training as warranted by changing events and guidance. [read post]
8 Dec 2023, 10:02 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
The resolution agreement with LaFourche Medical Group (“LaFourche”) announced December 7, 2023, resolves the first HIPAA charges OCR has classified officially as arising from a phishing attack warns health plans, health care providers, health care clearinghouses (“Covered Entities”) and their business associates (collectively, “HIPAA Entities”) to ensure the adequacy of their risk analysis, safeguards, training and other processes for… [read post]
27 Apr 2014, 12:57 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
To resolve OCR’s charges it violated HIPAA, QCA agreed to a $250,000 monetary settlement and is required to provide HHS with an updated risk analysis and corresponding risk management plan that includes specific security measures substantially similar to those imposed on the Concentra Resolution Agreement to reduce the risks to and vulnerabilities of its ePHI. [read post]
3 Jan 2013, 12:46 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
  Over the course of the investigation, OCR discovered that HONI had not conducted a risk analysis to safeguard ePHI or have in place policies or procedures to address mobile device security as required by the HIPAA Security Rule. [read post]
21 Nov 2023, 3:15 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Furthermore, since the Employee Benefit Security Administration now views HIPAA compliance and other prudent steps to protect PHI and other sensitive health information as part of fiduciaries and plan administrator’s ERISA compliance obligations, the management of these and other HIPAA obligations also is critical to ERISA compliance. [read post]
30 Mar 2016, 10:08 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
  While HHS has not yet published proposed regulations defining the requirements that it plans to impose to address these concerns, it is inviting public input and comment. [read post]