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26 Nov 2012, 11:26 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Stamer is recognized, internationally, nationally and locally for her more than 24 years of work, advocacy, education and publications on cutting edge health and managed care, employee benefit, human resources and related workforce, insurance and financial services, and health care matters. [read post]
6 Jun 2008, 12:45 am
The CDC announced today, in collaboration with public health officials in several states, the Indian Health Service, and the U.S. [read post]
16 May 2018, 6:17 am by Matthew Kolken
The Washington Post reports that the Trump administration intends to rip immigrant children from the arms of their mothers when they arrive at our borders and detain them on military bases.From The Washington Post:According to an email notification sent to Pentagon staffers, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will make site visits at four military installations in Texas and Arkansas during the next two weeks to evaluate their suitability to… [read post]
20 Mar 2012, 7:42 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Stamer is recognized, internationally, nationally and locally for her more than 24 years of work, advocacy, education and publications on cutting edge health and managed care, employee benefit, human resources and related workforce, insurance and financial services, and health care matters. [read post]
17 Dec 2022, 12:53 pm by Bill Marler
The Texas Department of State Health Services and the Florida Department of Health notified the FDA of illnesses associated with eating raw oysters harvested from TX 1, Galveston Bay, Texas. [read post]
4 Aug 2012, 9:47 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Stamer is recognized, internationally, nationally and locally for her more than 24 years of work, advocacy, education and publications on cutting edge health and managed care, employee benefit, human resources and related workforce, insurance and financial services, and health care matters. [read post]
9 Sep 2013, 11:30 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Health plans and their employer or union sponsors, health insurers, health care providers and others concerned about the regulatory and enforcement activities of the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) can make their concerns known by speaking up now. [read post]
22 Jun 2017, 12:57 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
After a long period of lax oversight and enforcement of these federal group health plan mental health rules, the Departments of Labor (DOL), Health and Human Services (HHS), and the Treasury (collectively, the Departments) since October, 2016 have begun both tightening the rules and acting to increase oversight and enforcement. [read post]
16 Oct 2018, 3:55 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Health plans, their employer and other sponsors and fiduciaries, health insurers, health care providers, health care clearinghouses and their business associates should study and learn from the just announced, record-setting $16 million resolution agreement between health insurance giant, Anthem, Inc., to resolve Department of Health & Human Services Office of Civil Rights (OCR) charges that Anthem, Inc. [read post]
15 Feb 2018, 4:41 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Health plans and insurers, their service providers that act as business associates within the meaning of the Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act (HIPAA) and employer and other health plan sponsors, fiduciaries, and other management leaders should heed the warnings contained in the new Resolution Agreement (FileFax Resolution Agreement) with former HIPAA business associate FileFax, Inc. announced by the Department of Health &… [read post]
10 Sep 2018, 9:01 pm by Joanna L. Grossman
The new rules were rolled out first as regulations from the Texas State Department of State Health Services (DSHS). [read post]
3 May 2012, 2:52 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Stamer is recognized, internationally, nationally and locally for her more than 24 years of work, advocacy, education and publications on cutting edge health and managed care, employee benefit, human resources and related workforce, insurance and financial services, and health care matters. [read post]
1 Aug 2012, 10:02 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
 The Internal Revenue Service interprets Internal Revenue Code § 6039D as obligating employers sponsoring health plans that violate these and certain other federal health plan rules to self-identify, self-report, and self-assess and pay excise and other taxes due under the Internal Revenue Code as a result of this non-compliance. [read post]
17 Mar 2024, 5:42 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) on March 13, 2023, alerts health plans and health insurers, their fiduciaries and plan sponsors, health care providers, health care clearinghouses, and their business associates (covered entities) against overlooking their own potential HIPAA responsibilities arising from the February 21 Choice Health attack or other similar events. [read post]
28 May 2020, 9:28 am by Alanah Lockwood
The Working Group accused Texas, Oklahoma, Alabama, Iowa, Ohio, Arkansas, Louisiana and Tennessee of committing human rights violations by infringing on reproductive rights and endangering women’s health. [read post]
19 Dec 2018, 12:07 pm by Kate Fort
In the Brackeen case, foster and adoptive parents, and the states of Texas, Louisiana, and Indiana filed suit against the United States, United States Department of the Interior and its Secretary, Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and its Director, BIA Principal Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs, and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and its Secretary seeking a declaration that Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) was unconstitutional. [read post]
1 May 2018, 8:27 am by Jerri Lynn Ward, J.D.
Effective since September 1, 2017, a Health and Human Services (HHSC) inspector may not cite a facility during an initial LSC inspection for a violation related to accessibility standards: If an on-site inspection of the facility has been completed by a Registered Accessibility Specialist (RAS) licensed by TDLR. [read post]
2 Aug 2011, 4:24 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Board certified in labor and employment law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization with extensive leading edge health plan experience, Ms. [read post]
29 Mar 2022, 5:04 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
  Health plan and human resources staff should be trained both to provide the appropriate substantive responses and to follow appropriate processes and procedures to contain the spread of fiduciary liability and to minimize the retaliation and other risks. [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… [read post]