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12 Oct 2017, 4:22 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Solutions Law Press, Inc. is preparing initial analysis of this Executive Order and will be closely monitoring and updating this analysis. [read post]
6 Oct 2017, 1:04 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
These involvements often give rise to duties to conduct investigations and potentially provide notification or other responses to employees, applicants, benefit plan members, contractors or customers whose data may have been impacted under the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (FACTA), the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) Fiduciary Responsibility rules or various other federal and state laws and… [read post]
19 Sep 2017, 3:55 pm by Kevin LaCroix
  A complaint filed last December against Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. illustrates this point. [read post]
13 Sep 2017, 4:00 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Employers beware of potential National Labor Relations Act unfair labor practices risks that may arise from their adoption or enforcement of overly broad or restrictive workplace recording, acceptable use, workplace conduct, commitment-to-integrity or other policies that might be construed to prohibit or deter employees from exercising protected organization or other collective bargaining rights under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) in light of the Fifth Circuit’s July 25, 2017 … [read post]
20 Aug 2017, 3:29 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Likewise, they do not establish an attorney-client relationship or other fiduciary, contractual or other relationship between Solutions Law Press, Inc. and/or any of its authors or contributors and any other party. [read post]
8 Aug 2017, 8:54 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Stamer also shares her thought leadership, experience and advocacy on these and other concerns by her service as a management consultant,  business coach and consultant and policy strategist as well through her leadership participation in professional and civic organizations such her involvement as the Vice Chair of the North Texas Healthcare Compliance Association; Executive Director of the Coalition on Responsible Health Policy and its PROJECT COPE: Coalition on Patient Empowerment; former… [read post]
2 Aug 2017, 4:23 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Employers operating in the United States should evaluate potential workforce and implications of proposed immigration law reforms The Reforming American Immigration for a Strong Economy Act (RAISE Act) in light of the joint announcement of plans to prioritize the proposed reforms for enactment announced jointly by RAISE Act sponsors Senators Tom Cotton and David Perdue and President Donald Trump earlier today (August 2, 2017). [read post]
1 Aug 2017, 2:34 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
While many vendors offer similar tools and materials sold to employers and employee benefit plans, employers or benefit plan fiduciaries generally must pay fees, share promotional materials or meet at the requirements to deliver those resources as part of a vendor-supplied package. [read post]
20 Jul 2017, 4:34 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Likewise, they do not establish an attorney-client relationship or other fiduciary, contractual or other relationship between Solutions Law Press, Inc. and/or any of its authors or contributors and any other party. [read post]
10 May 2017, 3:14 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Healthcare providers, health plans, healthcare clearinghouses and their business associates (Covered Entities) can’t disclose the name or other protected health care information about a patient in press releases or other announcements without prior authorization from the patient. [read post]
10 May 2017, 10:20 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
 Examples of her many highly regarded publications on these matters include the “Texas Payday Law” Chapter of Texas Employment Law, as well as thousands of other publications, programs and workshops these and other concerns for the American Bar Association, ALI-ABA, American Health Lawyers, Society of Human Resources Professionals, the Southwest Benefits Association, the Society of Employee Benefits Administrators, the American Law Institute, Lexis-Nexis, Atlantic… [read post]
26 Apr 2017, 6:14 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
A new Department of Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights (OCR) CardioNet Resolution Agreement and Corrective Action Plan  (Resolution Agreement) settling OCR charges of violations of the Privacy and Security Rules of the Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act against remote cardiac monitoring provider CardioNet provides important lessons for health plans, health insurers telemedicine and other healthcare providers, healthcare clearinghouses (Covered… [read post]
25 Apr 2017, 3:21 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Beyond benefit litigation, the employer or representatives of the sponsoring employer, if any, named or acting as fiduciaries, insurer or third-party service providers named or acting as fiduciaries, also could face fiduciary lawsuits seeking damages, equitable relief, and attorneys’ fees and costs of court, for failing to prudently administer the plan in accordance with its terms and the law brought by covered persons or their beneficiaries or the DOL as well as… [read post]
24 Apr 2017, 5:08 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Health plans, their fiduciaries and sponsors, health insurers, health care providers, health care clearinghouses (“covered entities”) and their business associates must get and keep your business associate (BA) agreements (BAAs) in place, up- to-date, and readily available for inspection in accordance with the Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Rule, 45 C.F.R. [read post]
1 Mar 2017, 12:55 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Heads up tax-exempt and governmental entities, employer and other qualified employee benefit plan sponsor, fiduciaries, administrators, and recordkeepers and their management, accountants, attorneys, and other service providers and advisors. [read post]
16 Feb 2017, 3:01 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
In response to the MHS settlement, health plans, their sponsors, fiduciaries and business associates should take documented action to audit and correct as needed both their written policies, procedures and notices as well as their operational compliance with HIPAA to mitigate theirexposure to similar enforcement action for HIPAA violations. [read post]