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2 Mar 2020, 11:04 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Today (March 2, 2020) is the deadline for employers and other health benefit program sponsors, insurers, plan administrators and fiduciaries, health care providers, PBMs and other interested persons to comment on proposed federal rule change that would require insured health plans to count drug rebates and price concessions retained by pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) as administrative expenses for purposes of determining if the issuing insurer is required to rebate premiums under the medical loss… [read post]
22 Mar 2016, 6:57 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Employer and union sponsored health plans, their sponsors, fiduciaries, and business associates should brace for audits and enforcement of the Privacy, Security, and Breach Notification rules by the Department of Health & Human Service Office of Civil Rights (OCR) follow OCR’s 2016 audit program on the heels of its announcement last week of two large HIPAA settlements last week. [read post]
4 Jan 2021, 2:02 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
U.S. businesses should raise their guard as well as encourage employees and others they deal with to avoid and take steps to avoid getting caught up in potentially fraudulent novel coronavirus (“COVID-19”) related or leveraged scams while also taking steps to ensure the defensibility of their own COVID-related dealings with respect to COVID relief programs and Federal Sentencing Guideline and other exposures heightened by the COVID-driven operational changes and events. [read post]
22 Mar 2016, 6:57 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Employer and union sponsored health plans, their sponsors, fiduciaries, and business associates should brace for audits and enforcement of the Privacy, Security, and Breach Notification rules by the Department of Health & Human Service Office of Civil Rights (OCR) follow OCR’s 2016 audit program on the heels of its announcement last week of two large HIPAA settlements last week. [read post]
16 Jun 2020, 5:42 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
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]
26 May 2016, 12:05 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
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]
6 Dec 2018, 4:16 pm by INFORRM
McCallum said that if the jury was misled as to whether Ms Russell had given inconsistent accounts, that was due to the defendants’ conduct of the trial. [read post]
4 Jan 2012, 9:09 am by Ed Wallis
The whistleblower suit was originally filed by Dawn Richardson and Marsha Brown, former employees of AseraCare Hospice. [read post]
11 Oct 2021, 7:59 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Federal government contractors and grant recipients should tighten cyber security policies, practices and internal controls to mitigate their exposure to civil False Claims Act claims by the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) under a new DOJ Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative announced by DOJ last week. [read post]
28 Feb 2022, 9:51 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
The U.S Department of Homeland Security is inviting public comment on proposed regulations (the “Proposed Rule”) defining the rules DHS will apply to decide when a noncitizen is inadmissible to the United States under section 212(a)(4) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) because the person is likely at any time to become a “public charge. [read post]
24 Feb 2022, 9:05 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
U.S. employers of employees returning to the workplace after working remotely during the COVID-19 emergency should include verifying the physical presence and all other Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification (Form I-9) requirements for complying with Section 274A of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) are met by each employee returning to the workplace to minimize the risk of liability arising from failing to physically examine eligibility and identity documentation of employees hired… [read post]
19 Oct 2021, 10:10 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Businesses, their employee benefit plan fiduciaries, their employer and other sponsors, their record keepers, financial advisors and other service providers and other business partners face growing pressure to shore up cyber security and cyber breach compliance and other safeguards to defend against a slew of  new and ongoing federal cyber security and breach regulatory and enforcement the Biden-Harris Administration is rolling out in its effort to stem the rising tide of  cybersecurity… [read post]
12 Apr 2018, 7:42 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Restaurant employers should audit and tighten the employee wage, timekeeping and other wage and hour practices to minimize their exposure to heightened enforcement of the Fair Labor Standards Act and other federal wage and hour laws by the U.S. [read post]
5 Nov 2023, 3:10 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
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]
13 Jan 2020, 6:33 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
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]