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29 Aug 2015, 6:28 am by Jim Walker
Nassau's tourism business is in a precarious position with murders and crime increasing dramatically and Cuba about to open to U.S. tourists. [read post]
22 Aug 2015, 3:00 am by Daily Record Staff
Larry Hogan as a “passionate and competent public servant,” Maryland’s Department of Housing and Community Development secretary was subjected to calls for his resignation this week over comments perceived as racially motivated about parents who may intentionally use lead fishing weights to poison their children. [read post]
21 Aug 2015, 6:07 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
  Consequently, sponsoring employers and their management generally will want to ensure that their plan documents are properly updated to comply with the out-of-pocket maximum and other federal requirements, to require contractual commitments to administer the health plan in compliance with and to report, correct, and indemnify for violations of these requirements in vendor contracts with their health plan insurers, administrators and other vendors, and conduct documented audits to verify the… [read post]
21 Aug 2015, 11:24 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Consequently, sponsoring employers and their management generally will want to ensure that their plan documents are properly updated to comply with the out-of-pocket maximum and other federal requirements, to require contractual commitments to administer the health plan in compliance with and to report, correct, and indemnify for violations of these requirements in vendor contracts with their health plan insurers, administrators and other vendors, and conduct documented audits to verify the health… [read post]
11 Aug 2015, 2:29 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
The Departments of Labor (DOL), Health and Human Services (HHS), and the Treasury (collectively, the Departments) today (August 11, 2015) jointly released updated information about how the Departments plan to develop rules to implement the data reporting rules needed to implement the transparency provisions of section 1311(e)(3) of the Affordable Care Act with respect to non-Exchange coverage, including health insurance issuers offering group and individual health… [read post]
3 Aug 2015, 12:07 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Since violation of these out-of-pocket maximums (as well as many other federal health benefit rules) can trigger an obligation for the employer to self-assess, self-report by filing a Form IRS Form 8928, and pay excise taxes of up to $100 per day, as well as expose the plan and its fiduciaries to ERISA lawsuits from covered persons, the Department of Labor or both, insurers and administrators also should review their group health plan provisions and their administration in operation to… [read post]
28 Jul 2015, 8:05 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
She is particularly recognized for her leading edge work, thought leadership and knowledgeable advice and representation on the design, documentation, administration, regulation and defense of a diverse range of self-insured and insured health and welfare benefit plans including private exchange and other health benefit choices, health care reimbursement and other “defined contribution” limited benefit, 24-hour and other occupational and non-occupational injury and accident, ex-patriate… [read post]
27 Jul 2015, 11:56 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
  As implemented by current Department of Labor Regulations, these ACA claims and appeals procedures require that group health plans (other than grandfathered plans) both comply with: All of the pre-existing ERISA claims and appeals rules; and Notify members or their beneficiaries of their rights to and provide for independent review of coverage rescission decisions and medical judgment-based claims denials in accordance with detailed rules set forth in the Labor… [read post]
21 Jul 2015, 7:53 am by Marty Kaiser
Department of Commerce Economic Development award to begin its operations. [read post]
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 internet data sharing and other applications and portals… [read post]
30 Jun 2015, 2:43 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division (WHD) implements a Proposed Fair Labor Standards Act Rule Change (Proposed Rule) that would extend overtime pay rights to nearly 5 million additional workers by guaranteeing overtime pay to most salaried workers earning less than an estimated $50,440 next year. [read post]
30 Jun 2015, 10:53 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
  President Obama made clear last week he views the King ruling as giving the Internal Revenue Service, Department of Labor and Department of Health & Human Services the all clear for full implementation and enforcement of ACA and other federal health plan rules. [read post]
30 Jun 2015, 9:19 am by Eric Goldman
Parten’s development of her civil-rights mobile app was intimately interrelated with her duties as the Tourism Department’s Public Information Manager, and the separation between her private Twitter account and the Tourism Department’s Twitter account was murky at best. [read post]
28 Jun 2015, 12:17 pm
Recent legislation has directed the New York Department of Environmental Conservation ("DEC") to prepare regulations addressing projections of sea level rise, along with adaptation strategies. [read post]
26 Jun 2015, 12:25 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
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 beneficiaries, service… [read post]
25 Jun 2015, 3:02 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Burwell decision, the three agencies charged with enforcement of its provision – the IRS, Department of Labor and Department of Health and Human Service has been gearing up to enforce those provisions of ACA already in effect and to finalize implementation of others in the expectation of today’s ruling in favor of the Obama Administration. [read post]
17 Jun 2015, 10:42 am
If you think that’s far-fetched, recall what I said last week about the FIFA scandals, where the US prosecutors are asserting jurisdiction (criminal, in that case) over the extraterritorial activities of a Swiss corporation on the basis, apparently, of its bank accounts in the US: As the Times story notes, “United States law gives the Justice Department wide authority to bring cases against foreign nationals living abroad, an authority that prosecutors have used… [read post]