Search for: "ABA Civil Rights and Social Justice Section"
Results 81 - 100
of 180
Sort by Relevance
|
Sort by Date
10 May 2017, 3:14 pm
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that the largest not-for-profit health system in Southeast Texas, Memorial Hermann Health System (MHHS) is paying to settle charges it violated the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Rule by issuing a press release with the name and other protected health information (PHI) about a patient without the patient’s prior HIPAA-compliant authorization under a Resolution Agreement and Corrective Action Plan (Resolution… [read post]
10 May 2017, 10:20 am
Stamer also shares her thought leadership, experience and advocacy on these and other concerns by her service in the leadership of a broad range of other professional and civic organization including 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 Board President of the early childhood development intervention agency, The Richardson… [read post]
26 Apr 2017, 6:14 pm
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… [read post]
25 Apr 2017, 3:21 pm
Regardless of what, if anything, the existing Congress or the Trump Administration does to repeal or reform the ACA or other federal health plan rules, all health plan sponsors, insurers, fiduciaries and administrators should act to mitigate their substantial and ever-growing health plan exposures by arranging for an independent compliance audit of their health plan terms, materials and operations for potential uncorrected past or current violations of the 40 federal mandates covered by the Form… [read post]
24 Apr 2017, 5:08 pm
Violations of the Privacy Rule can carry stiff civil or even criminal penalties Pursuant to amendments to HIPAA enacted as part of the HITECH Act, civil penalties typically do not apply to violations punished under the criminal penalty rules of HIPAA set forth in Social Security Act , 42 U.S.C § 1320d-6 (Section 1177). [read post]
20 Apr 2017, 10:13 am
Work for Good Database with social justice jobs. [read post]
12 Apr 2017, 9:35 pm
Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights (OCR) charges it violated the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Security Rule by failing to implement a security management process to safeguard electronic protected health information (ePHI). [read post]
1 Mar 2017, 12:55 pm
A Fellow in the American College of Employee Benefit Counsel, the American Bar Foundation and the Texas Bar Foundation, current American Bar Association (ABA) International Section Life Sciences Committee Vice Chair, Scribe for the ABA Joint Committee on Employee Benefits (JCEB) Annual OCR Agency Meeting, former Vice President of the North Texas Health Care Compliance Professionals Association, past Chair of the ABA Health Law Section Managed Care &… [read post]
16 Feb 2017, 3:01 pm
This information consisted of the affected individuals’ names, dates of birth, and social security numbers. [read post]
2 Feb 2017, 6:04 pm
The Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) Office of Civil Rights (OCR) imposed the $3,217,000.00 Civil Monetary Penalty (CMP) under a January 18, 2017 Final Determination based upon findings that Children’s for years knowingly violated HIPAA by failing to encrypt or otherwise properly secure ePHI on laptops and other mobile devices and failing to comply with many other HIPAA requirements. [read post]
9 Oct 2016, 11:55 am
From colleagues over at the Surly Subgroup, this notice of a free webinar co-sponsored by the ABA Tax Section and the ABA Civil Rights and Social Justice Section: 20 Years After ‘The End of Welfare:’ Workfare Delivered Through Federal and State EITC Systems Format: Webinar Date: October 24, 2016 Time: 2:00 PM – 3:35 PM ET Sponsors: Section of Civil Rights and Social… [read post]
27 Apr 2016, 1:00 am
The ABA Section of Civil Rights and Social Justice and the ABA Tax Section are offering a free teleconference today at 3:30 - 5:00 EST on The Tax Code and Income Inequality: Limitations and Political Opportunities: “Welfare” has become “workfare,” delivered through the Tax Code, e.g., the Earned Income Tax... [read post]
2 Mar 2016, 5:00 pm
A Fellow in the American College of Employee Benefit Counsel, past Chair and current Welfare Benefit Committee Co-Chair of the American Bar Association (ABA) RPTE Section Employee Benefits Group, Vice Chair of the ABA Tort & Insurance Practice Section Employee Benefits Committee, former Chair of the ABA Health Law Section Managed Care & Insurance Interest Group, an ABA Joint Committee on Employee Benefits Council Representative… [read post]
26 Jan 2016, 9:09 am
Department of Labor’s Civil Rights Center (CRC). [read post]
28 Sep 2015, 2:10 pm
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]
4 Aug 2015, 10:46 am
NNABA member Jerry Gardner and NNABA board member Lauren van Schilfgaarde assisted in the drafting and initial push for the resolution through the ABA Section of Individual Rights and Responsibilities, newly renamed as the Section on Civil Rights and Social Justice, which also sponsored the Resolution. [read post]
14 May 2015, 7:04 pm
In fact, that’s exactly why you were “timid” about it, right? [read post]
11 Jan 2015, 9:01 pm
They are right to be concerned. [read post]
11 Jan 2015, 9:01 pm
They are right to be concerned. [read post]
26 Oct 2014, 8:23 pm
At the national level, the UN supports a rule of law framework that includes a Constitution or its equivalent, as the highest law of the land; a clear and consistent legal framework, and implementation thereof; strong institutions of justice, governance, security and human rights that are well structured, financed, trained and equipped; transitional justice processes and mechanisms; and a public and civil society that contributes to strengthening the rule of law… [read post]
