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8 Jul 2014, 11:51 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
  The proposed change is one of a series of regulatory changes that the Obama Administration has proposed or adopted since the Windsor decision. [read post]
7 Jul 2014, 8:34 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Late last month, the Department of Health & Human Services Office of Civil Rights (HHS) announced that complaints of a retiring physician over the mishandling of her patient records by Parkview Health System, Inc. [read post]
7 Jul 2014, 8:18 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Registration is now open for a series of webinars that the Department of Health & Human Services will host on “The Transitional Reinsurance Program: Contributing Entities and Counting Methods” on July 14, July 18 and July 23, 2014 from 2:00 p.m. [read post]
30 Jun 2014, 8:52 am by WIMS
<> Energy Department Sponsored Project Captures One Millionth Metric Ton of CO2 - Energy Department Sponsored Project Captures One Millionth Metric Ton of CO2 An Energy Department-funded project captured its millionth metric ton of carbon dioxide in Port Arthur, Texas. [read post]
2 Jun 2014, 2:32 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Becky is an active member of the Austin Association of Health Underwriters where she was president in 2003 and also served on the Texas Association of Health Underwriters board as their liaison to the Texas Department of Insurance and was honored nationally for her work. [read post]
31 May 2014, 9:07 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Becky is an active member of the Austin Association of Health Underwriters where she was president in 2003 and also served on the Texas Association of Health Underwriters board as their liaison to the Texas Department of Insurance and was honored nationally for her work. [read post]
28 May 2014, 2:48 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
The Guide for Employers explains how protections for veterans with service-connected disabilities differ under the ADA and the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA), and how the EEOC perceives employers can prevent disability-based discrimination and provide reasonable accommodations. [read post]
12 May 2014, 4:49 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
  Meanwhile, many employers also need to update family medical leave and other employment policies to respond to Labor Department regulatory and enforcement changes, which call for employers to recognize certain domestic partnerships or same-sex marriages that are valid in the state performed as marriages for purposes of leave and other laws. [read post]
1 May 2014, 9:30 pm by RegBlog
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) grants permit to Texas Clean-Energy Electricity Plant to construct a natural gas fired plant that would promote clean energy and add jobs. [read post]
27 Apr 2014, 12:57 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
“Encrypt your laptops and other mobile devices” is only one of the key lessons leaders of health plans, health care providers, health care clearinghouses (“Covered Entities”) and their business associates should take away from  the Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR)’s April 22 announcement that Concentra Health Services (Concentra) and QCA Health Plan, Inc. of… [read post]
25 Mar 2014, 8:35 am by WIMS
<> Coast Guard Update 5: Texas City "Y" incident response - TEXAS CITY, Texas — As of this evening, the Port of Houston remains closed. [read post]
16 Mar 2014, 6:07 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Health Department HIPAA Violations Cost County $250,000, Requires Sweeping HIPAA Reforms Hear Update On Resolution Agreement & Other New HIPAA Developments At 3/18 North Texas Healthcare Professionals Association Meeting Skagit County, Washington will pay a $215,000 monetary settlement and work closely with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Civil Rights (OCR) to correct deficiencies in its HIPAA compliance program to settle… [read post]
9 Mar 2014, 1:12 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
The Code Section 4980H rules are only one of a plethora of federal mandates and rules applicable to group health plans and their employers under federal law as a result of the health care reforms of the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act (ACA) as well as a host of previously enacted federal laws. [read post]
5 Mar 2014, 11:06 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
A series of supplemental guidance issued by the Department of Health & Human Services Office of Civil Rights (OCR) in recent weeks is giving health care providers, health plans, health care clearinghouses (Covered Entities) and their business associates even more to do in reviewing and updating their policies, practices and training for handing protected health information (PHI) beyond bringing their policies and practices into line with OCR’s restatement and… [read post]
4 Mar 2014, 5:50 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Non-grandfathered self-insured and large group health plans must comply with the out-of-pocket limits in 2014 but pending further guidance are excused from the duty to comply with deductible limitations imposed by the cost-sharing limitations of the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act (ACA) according to new guidance jointly published February 20, 2013 by the Departments of Labor (DOL), Health and Human Services (HHS), and the Treasury (collectively, the… [read post]
3 Mar 2014, 8:08 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Today (March 3, 2014) is the deadline for controlling health plans  (“CHPs) and other concerned parties to comment on the “Administrative Simplification: Health Plan Certification of Compliance” rule (Proposed Rule) published by the Department of Health & Human Service (HHS) on January 2, 2014. [read post]
27 Feb 2014, 8:25 am by WIMS
<> NCDC's Snow Cover Products - NCDC produces several products that can be used to monitor snowfall and snow cover throughout the winter.Waste Information & Management Services, Inc. [read post]
10 Feb 2014, 4:16 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
    One example of this commitment to this priority is the brief the Labor Department filed in Lockheed Martin Corp. v. [read post]