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11 Aug 2015, 2:29 pm
She also continuously helps employers, insurers, administrative and other service providers, their officers, directors and others to manage fiduciary and other risks of sponsorship or involvement with these and other benefit and compensation arrangements and to defend and mitigate liability and other risks from benefit and liability claims including fiduciary, benefit and other claims, audits, and litigation brought by the Labor Department, IRS, HHS, participants and… [read post]
3 Aug 2015, 12:07 pm
Employer and other sponsors of non-grandfathered group health plans, their insurers, administrators and fiduciaries should adjust the co-payment, deductible and out of pocket limits applicable for the 2015 plan year to reflect the recent adjustment in the out-of-pocket limits on essential benefits allowed by that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) § 1302(c)(1). [read post]
28 Jul 2015, 8:05 am
Stamer uses her deep and highly specialized health, insurance, labor and employment and other knowledge and experience to help employers and other employee benefit plan sponsors; health, pension and other employee benefit plans, their fiduciaries, administrators and service providers, insurers, and others design legally compliant, effective compensation, health and other welfare benefit and insurance, severance, pension and deferred compensation, private exchanges, cafeteria plan… [read post]
27 Jul 2015, 11:56 am
While most employers that sponsor group health plans historically have assumed that the insurers or other health plan vendors hired to administer their programs have designed and administer claims and appeals in compliance with these mandates, the processes and notices of many health plan insurers and self-insured plan claims and appeals vendors typically fall far short of meeting the requirements of even the pre-existing ERISA claims and appeals requirements as implemented by Labor… [read post]
11 Jul 2015, 2:14 pm
“Organizations must pay particular attention to HIPAA’s requirements when using internet-based document sharing applications,” said OCR Director Jocelyn Samuels. [read post]
7 Jul 2015, 5:00 am
Gelman of Wayne NJ is the author of NJ Workers’ Compensation Law (West-Thompson-Reuters) and co-author of the national treatise, Modern Workers’ Compensation Law (West-Thompson-Reuters). [read post]
1 Jul 2015, 9:48 am
Gehlawat has been an associate with the personal injury and workers’ compensation* law firm since 2012, where he focuses his practice on personal injury, wrongful death, sexual harassment and wrongful termination cases. [read post]
30 Jun 2015, 2:43 pm
”; Increase the total annual compensation requirement needed to exempt highly compensated employees (HCEs) to the annualized value of the 90th percentile of weekly earnings of full-time salaried workers ($122,148 annually); and Establish a mechanism for automatically updating these qualifying standard salary and HCE total annual compensation requirements. [read post]
30 Jun 2015, 10:53 am
This compares to BLS showing that in March 2014, In March 2014, total employer compensation costs for private industry workers averaged $29.99 per hour worked, with wages and salaries averaging $20.96 per hour (69.9 percent) and benefits averaging $9.03 per hour (30.1 percent). [read post]
26 Jun 2015, 12:25 pm
She also continuously helps employers, insurers, administrative and other service providers, their officers, directors and others to manage fiduciary and other risks of sponsorship or involvement with these and other benefit and compensation arrangements and to defend and mitigate liability and other risks from benefit and liability claims including fiduciary, benefit and other claims, audits, and litigation brought by the Labor Department, IRS, HHS, participants and… [read post]
25 Jun 2015, 3:02 pm
Businesses brace yourself for health plan enforcement!. [read post]
16 Jun 2015, 6:00 am
The full text of the industry notice is below: To speed delivery of benefits to injured workers covered by the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (LHWCA), and its extensions, the Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs (OWCP), Division of Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation (DLHWC), now offers an alternative electronic option for service of compensation orders. [read post]
15 Jun 2015, 7:55 am
In these instances notice to the employer liability carrier, the negligence carrier as well as the Directors and Officer Liability carrier needs to be made at once. [read post]
11 Jun 2015, 7:53 am
It would extend the World Trade Center (WTC) Health Program indefinitely, remove the cap on payments under the September 11 Victim Compensation Fund (VCF), continue that fund until 2041, extend support for the WTC Health Registry, and exempt the VCF and WTC Health Program Fund from budget sequestration.James Zadroga was a NYPD officer who responded for the rescue and recovery efforts at ground zero. [read post]
12 May 2015, 5:30 am
This program will help ensure employers provide the necessary training and safety equipment to protect their workers on the job. [read post]
6 May 2015, 6:30 am
Overall drug trend for workers’ compensation increased 1.9%, according to the 9th Annual Express Scripts Workers’ Compensation Drug Trend Report. [read post]
16 Apr 2015, 5:27 am
With the Zadroga bill’s two critical programs – the World Trade Center (WTC) Health Program and the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund – set to expire in October 2015 and October 2016 respectively a bipartisan group of lawmakers from across the country today introduced the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Reauthorization Act to permanently extend these programs. [read post]
27 Mar 2015, 3:42 pm
Stamer annually leads the Joint Committee on Employee Benefits (JCEB) HHS Office of Civil Rights agency meeting. [read post]
27 Mar 2015, 1:08 pm
Stamer annually leads the Joint Committee on Employee Benefits (JCEB) HHS Office of Civil Rights agency meeting. [read post]
Do pregnant workers get ‘most-favored-employee’ status in High Court’s pregnancy accommodation case?
26 Mar 2015, 11:05 am
It appeared to the Court that that the employee argued that the PDA grants pregnant workers a most-favored-nation status—as long as it accommodates one or two workers, it must provide similar accommodations to all pregnant workers, irrespective of the nature of their job or other factors. [read post]
