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14 Aug 2023, 5:36 am by Guest Author
This paper is much narrower—Sunstein is really unpacking some of the conservative SCOTUS bloc’s internal debates about the MQD in Biden v. [read post]
23 Jan 2017, 2:47 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Employer and other health plan sponsors, fiduciaries and insurers generally should be prepared to prove that they are maintaining and administering their health plans to comply with many Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) mandates pending Congressional repeal or reform of the ACA, despite President Trump’s January 20, 2017 Executive Order on “Minimizing the Economic Burden of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Pending Repeal” (Executive Order) because the… [read post]
28 Jul 2016, 2:30 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Employers, insurers and other health plan sponsors or issuers (health plans), health care providers, healthcare clearinghouses (covered entities) and their business associates should reevaluate the adequacy of their practices and procedures for the protection of electronic protected health information (ePHI) on or accessible through laptops or other mobile devices in light of the $2.75 million penalty and other schooling the Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) just… [read post]
30 Jun 2015, 2:43 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
U.S. should brace for potentially huge increases in their federal minimum wage overtime costs and liabilities if the U.S. [read post]
28 Jul 2015, 8:05 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Businesses that did not file required retirement plan returns should contact legal counsel about whether  they can come into compliance and avoid painful penalties by taking advantage of a newly announced Internal Revenue Service (IRS)  low-cost penalty relief program  for IRS penalties and a Department of Labor (DOL) voluntary compliance resolution program for Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) penalties. [read post]
16 Oct 2018, 3:55 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Health plans, their employer and other sponsors and fiduciaries, health insurers, health care providers, health care clearinghouses and their business associates should study and learn from the just announced, record-setting $16 million resolution agreement between health insurance giant, Anthem, Inc., to resolve Department of Health & Human Services Office of Civil Rights (OCR) charges that Anthem, Inc. [read post]
14 Apr 2016, 8:41 am by Marty Lederman
Following the oral argument in Zubik, the Court directed the parties to file supplemental briefs addressing whether the employees of petitioners with "insured plans" could receive contraceptive coverage "through petitioners’ insurance companies," without requiring the objecting employers to provide either of the forms of "opt out" notice (to the government or to the insurance company) that the current accommodation regulation prescribes. [read post]
27 Jul 2015, 11:56 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Employers sponsoring group health plan coverage now or in 2014, check the adequacy of your insurer or third party administrator’s claims and appeals processes and notices. [read post]
17 Oct 2018, 4:19 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Following on the heels of Monday’s announcement that Anthem, Inc. is paying a record setting $16 million to resolve charges its violations of the enterprise risk assessment and other requirements of the Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act (HIPAA) Security Rule allowed cybercriminals to breach the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of more than 79 million patients, physicians and other health care providers, health plans and health insurers, health care… [read post]
28 Sep 2015, 2:10 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Oil and gas service giant Halliburton, has agreed to pay $18,293,557 to 1,016 employees nationwide to settle charges by the U.S. [read post]
19 Oct 2015, 8:46 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Ranching businesses that employ foreign workers with H-2A VISAs to herd sheep, goats, cattle or other range livestock (“Herders”) should begin preparing to comply with significant changes in the Labor Department regulations governing the recruitment and employment of Herders made in the new Labor Department Final Regulation on Temporary Agricultural Employment of H-2A Foreign Workers in the Herding or Production of Livestock on the Range (Final Rule). [read post]
25 Apr 2017, 3:21 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
 See, Businesses Must Confirm & Clean Up Health Plan ACA & Other Compliance Following Supreme Court’s King v. [read post]
18 Jul 2014, 11:33 am by Marty Lederman
  Take the religious objection to the federal minimum wage at issue in Tony and Susan Alamo Foundation v. [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]
10 May 2017, 10:20 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
While Congress continues to debate the future of the Obamacare health reforms and its exchanges, the Department of Health & Human Services is reminding employers with less than 50 employees that wish to offer group health coverage for their employees to check out their coverage options offered the Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP) Marketplace established as part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). [read post]