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Will I Be Fired Is Biggest Employee Concern In Workers Compensation

31 Mar 2014, 8:55 am by Michael B. Stack

Work Comp Roundup - http://reduceyourworkerscomp.com/

promotion of expensive device for off-label uses not shown likely to deceive

31 Mar 2014, 6:06 am by Rebecca Tushnet

Zeltiq Aesthetics, Inc. v. [read post]

43(B)log - http://tushnet.blogspot.com/

[Nita Farahany] Reining in FDA regulation of mobile health apps

25 Mar 2014, 8:59 am

IMS Health Inc., No. 10-779 131 S.Ct. 2653 (2011)). [read post]

The Volokh Conspiracy - http://www.volokh.com/

Invasion of the Data Snatchers: Big Data and the Internet of Things Means the Surveillance of Everything

25 Mar 2014, 8:18 am by By Catherine Crump, Staff Attorney, ACLU Speech, Privacy and Technology Project & Matthew Harwood, Media Strategist, ACLU

Another company, Turnstyle Solutions Inc., has placed sensors around Toronto that surreptitiously record signals emitted by WiFi-enabled devices and can track users' movements. [read post]

American Civil Liberties Union Blog of Rights - https://www.aclu.org/blog

Don’t Hire Your Next Workers Compensation Claim

25 Mar 2014, 6:30 am by Michael B. Stack

Work Comp Roundup - http://reduceyourworkerscomp.com/

Use Care Before Using “Skinny Plan” Option As Code Section 4980H Tool

9 Mar 2014, 1:12 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer

Enthusiasm for the skinny plan option has been fueled by IRS guidance originally in IRS Notice 2013-54 and its subsequent publication in February 2014 of its final regulations implementing Code Section 4980H that reflect that most plans that pay or provide for reimbursement of medical care costs might qualify as the “minimum essential coverage” necessary to avoid triggering the penalty under Code Section 4980H(a) as long as the arrangement… [read post]

HR & Benefits Update - http://slphrbenefitsupdate.com/

HHS Extends Proposed EDI Rule Time to 4/3 To Get More Input From Self-Insured Plans, TPAs

6 Mar 2014, 3:10 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer

Limited, non-exclusive right to republished granted to Solutions Law Press, Inc. [read post]

HR & Benefits Update - http://slphrbenefitsupdate.com/

New OCR Guidance Assigns More HIPAA Homework Health Plans, Providers, Business Associates and Employers

5 Mar 2014, 11:06 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer

Stamer has extensive experience advising and assisting health care providers, health plans, their business associates and other health industry clients to establish and administer medical privacy and other compliance and risk management policies, to health care industry investigation, enforcement and other compliance, public policy, regulatory, staffing, and other operations and risk management concerns. [read post]

HR & Benefits Update - http://slphrbenefitsupdate.com/

Agencies Clarify Applicability of ACA Out-Of-Pocket Versus Deductible Cost Sharing Limitations

4 Mar 2014, 5:50 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer

Accordingly, while the FAQ generally allows plans using separate vendors to separately apply out-of-pocket maximums to prescription drug coverage from medical benefits generally, this is not allowed to be accomplished where the effect would be to impose an annual out-of-pocket maximum on all medical/surgical benefits and a separate annual out-of-pocket maximum on all mental health and substance use disorder benefits in violation of the MHPAEA. [read post]

HR & Benefits Update - http://slphrbenefitsupdate.com/

Medicare Secondary Payer Mandatory Reporting Threshold Clarified

4 Mar 2014, 9:51 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer

Limited, non-exclusive right to republished granted to Solutions Law Press, Inc. [read post]

HR & Benefits Update - http://slphrbenefitsupdate.com/

3/3 Deadline To Comment On HHS Proposed Health Plan Certification of EDI Compliance Rule

3 Mar 2014, 8:08 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer

Limited, non-exclusive right to republished granted to Solutions Law Press, Inc. [read post]

HR & Benefits Update - http://slphrbenefitsupdate.com/

Ohio Bureau of Workers Compensation Recognizes City’s Safety Efforts

28 Feb 2014, 5:30 am by Kori Shafer-Stack

Work Comp Roundup - http://reduceyourworkerscomp.com/

Ohio’s BWC Awards City for Safety Efforts

25 Feb 2014, 5:30 am by Kori Shafer-Stack

Work Comp Roundup - http://reduceyourworkerscomp.com/

Careless Lack of Employer Safety Led to Employee Death

11 Feb 2014, 5:30 am by Kori Shafer-Stack

Work Comp Roundup - http://reduceyourworkerscomp.com/

Statistics, OSHA Lawsuit Against AT&T Operator & Other DOL Action Highlights Rising Retaliation Exposures

10 Feb 2014, 4:16 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer

OSHA enforces the whistleblower provisions of 22 statutes protecting employees who report violations of various airline, commercial motor carrier, consumer product, environmental, financial reform, food safety, motor vehicle safety, health care reform, nuclear, pipeline, public transportation agency, railroad, maritime and securities laws. [read post]

HR & Benefits Update - http://slphrbenefitsupdate.com/

Proper Safety Planning For Extreme Weather Conditions

6 Feb 2014, 6:30 am by Michael B. Stack

Work Comp Roundup - http://reduceyourworkerscomp.com/

Another Decision to Allow the Use of Publicly Available FDA Documents on a FRCP 12(b)(6) Motion to Dismiss

27 Jan 2014, 11:40 am

Stryker Sustainability Solutions, Inc., 2014 U.S. [read post]

Drug and Device Law - http://druganddevicelaw.blogspot.com/

Employers Wrongly Have Fear of Communicating Work Comp

22 Jan 2014, 6:30 am by Michael B. Stack

Work Comp Roundup - http://reduceyourworkerscomp.com/

Rules For Reporting ACA Health Insurance Provider Information Are Out