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12 Aug 2015, 6:15 am by Tom Cummings
The Workers Compensation Bureau assigned the UR request to a Utilization Review Organization (URO). [read post]
12 Aug 2015, 6:15 am by Tom Cummings
The Workers Compensation Bureau assigned the UR request to a Utilization Review Organization (URO). [read post]
11 Aug 2015, 2:29 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
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]
3 Aug 2015, 12:07 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
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]
27 Jul 2015, 11:56 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Because of the potential legal risks under the Code and ERISA, employers evaluating compliance to determine whether to file a Form 8928 generally should consult with legal counsel about whether and how best to structure and conduct the health plan compliance review to preserve distinctions between their business operations and fiduciary activities performed on behalf of the plan, as well as any opportunities to use attorney-client privilege,… [read post]
11 Jul 2015, 2:14 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
The Resolution Agreement also illustrates how efforts to manage HIPAA compliance risks are complicated when before a health plan or other Covered Entity identifies or addresses a breach, an employee or other insider of the Covered Entity reports the suspected breech while board reporting and other corrective actions including in the “robust corrective action plan” imposed under the Resolution Agreement remind boards and other leaders of these organizations of the need for… [read post]
4 Mar 2015, 5:34 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Americans trying to predict how the Supreme Court will rule on King v. [read post]
3 Mar 2015, 10:26 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
  Congress and state governments almost certainly will be forced to deal with these broader challenges regardless of the outcome of King v. [read post]
3 Nov 2014, 8:07 am
Also, the psychologist admitted he did not meet the requirements issued by the Bureau of WorkersCompensation for a physician certified to perform IREs in PA. [read post]
19 Sep 2014, 3:29 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Employers using or considering using health risk assessments or other wellness programs should carefully monitor a new Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) lawsuit, EEOC v. [read post]
21 Jul 2014, 11:00 am by Schachtman
There is evidence that industry manipulation of scientific literature remains a continuing problem today, resulting in inadequate regulation and compensation and perpetuating otherwise preventable worker and consumer injuries and deaths. [read post]
17 Jun 2014, 4:28 am by David DePaolo
WCAB, which requires multiple work-related injuries to be separately rated, and the requirement under Senate Bill 899 that doctors apportion how much of the injured worker’s disability is attributable to the injury and how much is caused by degenerative conditions. [read post]