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Kickin' COVID-19: Reopening Texas Summit - Doing Business Safely During COVID-19 and Other Pandemics 10/8/2020 2017 Federal Group Health Plan Mental Health Rules Update 6/27/2017 Same-Sex Marriages and Domestic Partnerships: Lessons Learned, Unanswered Questions and Best Practices 5/1/2017 4th Annual Healthcare Privacy and Security Forum 5/20/2016 2016 Benefits & Beyond: Navigating Employee Benefit Plans 4/5/2016 HIPAA UPDATE: THE LATEST ON SECURITY, PATIENT ACCESS & OTHER HIPAA DEVELOPMENTS 3/30/2016 Stamer To Moderate & Speak At 3/17 ABA Telemedicine- Fad or The Future of Healthcare Webinar 3/14/2016 IRS Notice 2015-87 12/17/2015 EXECUTIVE BRIEF - OCTOBER 2015 10/16/2015 HealthCare Reform 2015 Survival Bootcamp 10/1/2015 Health Plan Advice: Ethics, Technical & Practical Challenges 9/18/2015 EBSA Insights On Healthcare Organizations Health Plan Rights & Responsibilities 9/15/2015 Rising Risks of Medicare Audits.pdf 8/17/2015 The Hidden Traps In Same Sex Ruling 6/27/2015 Firms Now Must Clean Up Health Plans 6/26/2015 Obergefell v. Hodges Same Sex Decision.pdf 6/26/2015 New Document - King v. Burwell Decision July 25 2015.pdf 6/25/2015 3rd Annual Healthcare Privacy & Security Forum 6/4/2015 Stamer Quoted IN DOTmed.com - Lapsed storage fee sends 65 boxes of medical records to dumpste.pdf 6/3/2015 Healthcare Governing Board Best Practices For Compliance Oversight 5/19/2015 Sox For Health Plans 4.30.2015 4/30/2015 IRS Excise Tax Requirements For Failing to Report Plan Violations Who Must File the IRS Form 8928, Requirement for Self-Reporting? 4/29/2015 New Document - sllHealthcare Breaches_ How to Respond.pdf 4/7/2015 3/18 OCR Civil Rights & Privacy Update NTHCPA Study Group Meeting 3/18/2015 Stamer, Others Discuss Employer, Health Plan Implications Of Anthem Breach on 4/2 3/18/2015 Welfare Benefit Plans Round-Robin Discussion 3/5/2015 Fraud & Abuse Refresher and Recent Government Enforcement Actions 2/17/2015 2015 Federal Legislative, Regulatory & Enforcement Update: What HR & Benefit Leaders Should Expect & Do Now 1/13/2015 Notice 2014-69 Implications On Skinny & Other Limited Health Benefit Plan Designs 11/13/2014 OSHA Compliance Strategies for Health Care Organizations 9/16/2014 Nine In Ninety 9/9/2014 ABA RPTE Groups & Substantive Committee Members 2014-2015 9/1/2014 State Law Provides Relief for Victims of HIPAA Violations.pdf 7/11/2014 DOL Health Plan Audits: What You Must Know to Prepare 6/23/2014 Getting Businesses Ready for the Affordable Care Act Rollout 6/17/2014 Post-Windsor Same-Sex Participant Guidance May Require Mid-Year Plan Amendments 5/24/2014 ISSA Certificate of Appreciation 5/16/2014 Getting Businesses Ready for the Affordable Care Act Rollout 5/16/2014 The 2nd Annual 2014 Healthcare Privacy and Security Summit 5/16/2014 Information Systems Security Association Certificate of Appreciation 5/16/2014 HIPAA Privacy Bootcamp Preconference Workshop 5/15/2014 HIPAA Compliance: Are You Ready If A Breach Occurs? Privacy, Security, HITECH, Record Retention 4/29/2014 DOMA: Health & Cafeteria Plan Design & Administration In A Post-Windsor World 4/2014 Action Steps When A Client Stops Funding Claims 4/18/2014 More Issues With Healthcare Privacy 3/11/2014 Use Care Before Using "Skinny Plan" Option As Code Section 4980H Tool 2014 Stamer 4th Annual HIMSS Socal Privacy & Security Forum Speech Video 12/4/2013 4th Annual HIMSS Socal Privacy & Security Forum Flyer2013 12/4/2013 Health Care Data Breaches When, what & how to report 12/4/2013 Sex, Drugs & Rock N Role: Managing Physician Conduct In Health Care 9/17/2013 Should You Reconsider Giving FLSA Exchange Notices Given New DOL Guidance? 9/12/2013 Should You Reconsider Giving FLSA Exchange Notices Given New DOL Guidance? 9/12/2013 10/1 Exchange Notice & Other New Notice Deadlines Shorten Deadlines For Employers To Finalize 2014 Health Plan Terms & Contracts 8/22/2013 Coping with Health Care Reform Now: A Webinar on Getting Ready for ACA 2014 6/26/2013 Stamer on WFAA On Comfort Dogs Under Ada 6/21/2013 HIPAA/HITECH Act: OCR Speaks 6/18/2013 Deadline To Send ACA Summary of Benefits & Coverage (SBC) Adds Pressure For Employers To Finalize 2014 Plan Designs As Agencies Add MEC & MV Disclosures To SBC 6/14/2013 Deadline To Send ACA Summary of Benefits & Coverage (SBC) Adds Pressure For Employers To Finalize 2014 Plan Designs As Agencies Add MEC & MV Disclosures To SBC 6/14/2013 Making Wellness Programs Work Under New Tri-Agency Final Wellness Regulations 6/4/2013 Healthcare HITECH Privacy and Security Summit 5/21/2013 What the Wind Blew In: Coping with Health Care Reform: 2013 and Beyond 5/2/2013 Getting Ready for ACA Reform -13 Steps to Take Now 3/13/2013 Coping With Health Care Reform Now 2/14/2013 Solutions Law Press HIPAA Update Workshop 12/12/2012 PRELIMINARY OUTLINE OF PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT PROPOSED REGULATIONS PUBLISHED BY AGENCIES ON 11/26/12 AND UPDATE ON NEW OCR DEIDENTIFICATION GUIDANCE 12/7/2012 PCI In Health Care 12/4/2012 Complimentary WEB Briefing On 11/20 ACA Wellness, Pre-Ex & Essential Benefits Guidance 11/27/2012 After November-Lame Duck Sequestration Implications For Health Care 11/20/2012 Stamer Speaks About Things Plan Committees Must Do Differently In 2012 At SWBA Meeting In November 11/15/2012 PCI In the Hospital/Healthcare Setting 11/1/2012 Benefit Plan Triage: 12 STEPS EVERY EMPLOYER WITH A HEALTH PLAN SHOULD DO NOW 10/26/2012 Brace For New Disability Discrimination Claims 10/11/2012 Current Challenges To Pre-Hire Screening Procedures 9/2012 The Practical Nitty Gritty For Coping With Health Care Reform NOW 9/25/2012 Employer Heads Up: NLRA Loss In Arizona Secret Ballot Rule Challenge Only Temporary Setback In Obama Administration's Ongoing Pro-Union Enforcement & Regulatory Campaign 9/6/2012 12 Steps Businesses Should Take Now To Manage Health Plan Risks 8/2012 Supreme Court Decision Means Heallth Plans Under Fire 8/2012 HIPAA Update Workshop 8/14/2012 Employers & Plan Fiduciaries Reminded To Confirm Credentials & Bonding For Internal Staff, Plan Fidiciaries & Vendors Dealing With Benefits 8/13/2012 Where ERISA Intersects With Other Areas Of The Law 8/4/2012 Claims & Appeals Bootcamp 7/31/2012 Coping With Health Care Reform: 2012 Health Plan Update 7/24/2012 Coping with Health Care Reform - Health Plan-U Workshop Series 7/24/2012 Record $2.3 Million+ Backpay Order 7/16/2012 Risks Plan Sponsors and Fiduciaries Face When Employee BEnefit Responsibilities Are Mishandled 7/9/2012 Arizona Physicians Group To Pay $100,000 To Settle HIPAA Charges 4/18/2012 Arrest of Dallas Doctor, Office Manager & 5 Home Health Agency Owners Highlights Data Mining Power In Health Care Fraud Fight Alert 2/29/2012 Arrest of Dallas Doctor, Office Manager & 5 Home Health Agency Owners Highlights Data Mining Power In Health Care Fraud Fight 2/29/2012 New IRS Worker Classification Settlement Program and its Risks 1/2012 Eddie Reeves On Managing The Message: Effective Crisis & Other Communications 1/18/2012 Severance and Other Termination Arrangements: Planning and Executing Defensible Goodbyes 1/17/2012 Stamer Dallas Bar Journal Article Cautions Employers Must Take Holistic Approach To Address Worker Misclassification Risks 12/29/2011 Comment Deadline 1/31 Om HHS Plan To Let States define ACA 12/29/2011 Record-Breaking Countrywide Settlement Shows Discrimination Compliance Extends Beyond HR 12/2011 Employers Urged To Strengthen Worker Classification Defenses As Obama Administration Targets Employers Misclassifying Workers 12/27/2011 Employers Should Tighten Worker Classification Practices As Obama Administration Moves To Stamp Out Misclassification Abuses 12/26/2011 Medical Identity Theft/Fraud Convictions Highlight Need For Health Care Providers To Safeguard Health Information, Guard Against Fraud Schemes 11/27/2011 Maxim Health Services Exec Becomes 9th Former Employee Convicted For False Claims Act Role 11/27/2011 New Rule Offers Plans & Their Advisors New Options For Providing Investment Advice To 401(k) & Other Individual Account Plan Participants & Beneficiaries 11/25/2011 Medical Identity Theft/Fraud Convictions Show Health Care Providers, Plans & Other Businesses Must Safeguard Health & Other Information, Guard Against Fraud Schemes 11/23/2011 Equal Visitation: Medicare & Joint Commission Requirements, Pitfalls & Practicalities 11/16/2011 IRS U-Tube Video Discusses 2012 Flexible Benefit Plan Rule Change 11/14/2011 $20+ Million Settlement Shows Business Risk of Violating Military Service Member Or Veterans Federal Credit, Other Rights 11/14/2011 HIPAA Alert! OCR 1st HIPAA Privacy, Security & Breach Notification Compliance Audits Begin 11/8/2011 Unions Gaining New Power From National Labor Relations Boards New Activism 11/8/2011 OCR 1st HIPAA Privacy, Security & Breach Notification Compliance Audits Begin 11/8/2011 SLP:Employers Face New Labor-Management Exposures Under Activist National Labor Relations Board 11/8/2011 OCR 1st HIPAA Privacy, Security && Breach Notification Compliance Audits Begin 11/8/2011 Labor Secretary Comments Highlight Federal Protections & Resources To Support Veteran's Employment Rights 11/7/2011 Houston Doctor Gets 135 Month Health Care Fraud Sentence 11/4/2011 Houston Doctor Gets 135 Month Health Care Fraud Sentence Alert 11/4/2011 IRS Exempts Enrolled Retirement Plan Agents From PTIN Requirement-SLP 11/4/2011 IRS Updates Meal, Travel Reimbursement & Deduction Rules-SLP 10/30/2011 IRS Updates Meal, Travel Reimbursement & Deduction Rules 10/30/2011 IRS Publishes More Guidance For Tax Preparers On Preparer Tax Identification Number 10/30/2011 EBSA Plans To Include Health Care Reform Compliance In Health Plan Audits Beginning In FY 2012; Disputes OIG Criticism Of ACA Enforcement Efforts 10/30/2011 Plans & Investment Advisors Get Flexibility To Give Investment Advice To 401(k) & Other Individual Account Plan Participants & Beneficiaries 10/30/2011 IRS To Waive User Fee On Certain Plan Qualification Determination Applications 10/30/2011 2012 Employee Benefits Cost of Living Adjustments Announced 10/30/2011 ABC President Klein To Speak At Nov. 10 Dallas WEB Meeting 10/26/2011 Fact Sheet Final Regulation On Individual Account Plan Investtment Advice 10/25/2011 OCR Settlements Show Health Care & Disabled Housing Providers Face Growing Disability Discrimination Risks 10/22/2011 Stamer Talks About Health Care Reform, ADA, FMLA & Military Leave Developments At 10/21 Joint ABA Tax and RPTE Section Meetings In Denver 10/21/2011 Affordable Care Act Pre-Existing Coverage Plan Only Covered About 39,000 of Millions Denied Private Coverage As of August 1, 2011 10/21/2011 IRS Announces 2012 Cost of Living Increases For Employee Benefit Contributions & Benefits Limits 10/20/2011 Health Care Compliance Spooks & Goblins: Honing Your Compliance Ghost-Busting Skills 10/19/2011 OCR Settlements Show Health Care & DisablHealth Care &Housing Providers Face Growing Disability Discrimination Risks 10/19/2011 2010 Webcast Series on Federal Employer Employment of Persons With Disabilities Planned 10/19/2011 Physicians Suspension Shows Complying With Medical Board Orders Critical 10/16/2011 EBSA Plans To Include Health Care Reform Compliance In Health Plan Audits Beginning In FY 2012; Disputes OIG Criticism Of ACA Enforcement Efforts-SLP 10/7/2011 ONC Hires APP Design, Inc. To Run Patient E-Consent Trial Project 10/3/2011 New Labor Department Video Tries To Educate Young Workers About Benefits & Benefit Rights 10/1/2011 Employer Assistance and Resource Network Offers Free Webinars For Employers During October In Honor of Disability Employment Awareness Month on Thursdays in October from 2:00 9/29/2011 New IRS Voluntary IRS Settlement Program Offers New Option For Resolving Payroll Tax Risks Of Misclassification But Employers Also Must Manage Other Legal Risks 9/26/2011 Health Care Providers Contracting With Medicare Advantage Plans Should Expect Tighter Reimbursement & Other Controls As Plans Work To Meet Responsibilities 9/25/2011 HHS Projects Medicare Advantage Enrollment Will Rise As Premiums Decline In 2012; Plans Face Increased Regulation & Enforcement-SLP 9/25/2011 HHS Credits Affordable Care Act Adult Dependent Child Coverage Rule With Getting 1 Million Young Adults Health Coverage 9/22/2011 Participant Notification Added To Required Procedures For Church Plan Determination Letter Requests 9/22/2011 Employers Considering Using New IRS Voluntary Worker Classification Settlement Program To Resolve Payroll Tax Risks Must Also Manage Other Legal Exposures 9/22/2011 Coping With Health Care Reform: What's New, What Lies Ahead & What To Do 9/14/2011 Medicare Fraud Strike Force Charges Against 91 Individuals For Falsely Billing $295 Million Latest Reminder Of Industry-Wide Enforcement Risk 9/7/2011 Stamer Named Fellow In American College of Employee Benefits Counsel 9/2/2011 Unions Get New Tool As NLRB Changes Bargaing Units Certification Rules For Non-Acute Health Care Facilities 9/1/2011 The Nuts and Bolts of Reporting and Disclosure Rules for Employee Benefit Plans 8/30/2011 New IRS Voluntary Worker Classification Settlement Program Signals Growing Worker Misclassification Audit & Enforcement Emphasis 8/21/2011 ABA TIPS Section Appoints Cynthia Marcotte Stamer Vice Chair of Employee Benefits General Committee 8/15/2011 Affordable Care Act To Require Health Plans Cover Contraception & Other Womens Health Procedures Beginning In 2012 8/2/2011 Affordable Care Act To Require Health Plans Cover Contraception & Other Women's Health Procedures In 2012 8/2/2011 Stamer Speaks 9/14 On Coping With Health Care Reform: Whats New, What Lies Ahead & What To Do 7/29/2011 Conviction Highlights Risks of Misleading Investors 7/20/2011 Medicare Advantage: Leveraging The Law To Enhance Defensibility & Performance 7/12/2011 Gulf Coast Area TEGE Council Employee Benefits & Exempt Organizations Enforcement & Compliance Summer 2011 Meeting 7/11/2011 Gulf Coast Area TEGE Council Pre-Event Reception & Dinner 7/10/2011 UCLA Health Systems Payment of $865,500 To Settle HIPAA Charges Shows Rising HIPAA Risk 7/7/2011 Group Health Claims And Appeals: The Brave New World For Making, Administering, And Paying Health Claims 6/14/2011 CSI Travel Healthcare: Case Scene Investigation 5/24/2011 HIPAA Privacy Post HITECH Act: OCR Speaks On Managing Risks & Responsibilities 5/16/2011 Welcome To The Jungle: Health Care Reform Bootcamp 4/29/2011 Group Health and Disability Claims and Appeals: The Brave New World for Making, Administering, and Paying Claims Program 4/28/2011 DOL considers easing rules for electronic benefit communications 4/22/2011 Improving the Effectiveness of Compliance & Risk Management By Getting HR On The Compliance Team 4/11/2011 Labor Department Rules On Electronic Distribution of ERISA-Required Benefit Plan Notices White Paper 4/9/2011 Health Plan Embezzlement & Fraud: Prevention, Detection & Response Strategies for Plan Sponsors and Fiduciaries 4/5/2011 Plan Sponsors. Their Owners & Management & Others Risk Personal Liability If Others Defraud Plans or Mismanage Employee Benefit Plan Responsibilities 4/5/2011 Company Executives, Plan Sponsors & Others May Face Personal Liability When Others Defraud Plans or Mismanage Employee Benefit Plan Responsibilities 4/4/2011 Agencies Clarify Affordable Care Act Grandfathered Health Plan Rules, 4/1/2011 EEOC Finalizes Updates To Disability Regulations In Response to ADA Amendments Act 3/24/2011 EEOC Finalizes Updates To Disability Regulations In Response to ADA Amendments Act: Employers Should Manage Risks 3/24/2011 Extended Grace Period For Some, But Not All New Affordable Care Act Health Claims & Appeals Rules Gives Qualifying Plans, Insurers Limited & Imperfect Relief 3/18/2011 Woman's Power Hour For Executive Women's Network 3/17/2011 Texas Medical Board Suspend Denton Doctor For Sexual Misconduct 3/15/2011 Employer Charged With Misclassifying & Underpaying Workers To Pay $754,578 FLSA Back pay Settlement 3/11/2011 Stamer Speaks 4/28 On Lean On Me - Group Health and Disability Claims and Appeals: 3/7/2011 Stamer Speaks 4/29 On Welcome to the Jungle - Health Care Reform Bootcamp" 3/7/2011 Stamer Shares Best Practices for Protecting Plan Participant & Other Employee Information At Houston SBWA/IRS Plan Administrator Skills Workshop 3/4/2011 NLRB Settlement Shows Care Necessary When Using Social Networking & Other Policies Restricting Employee Communications 3/1/2011 Stamer Shares Best Practices for Protecting Plan Participant & Other Employee Information At Dallas SBWA/IRS Plan Administrator Skills Workshop 2/25/2011 Safeguarding Yourself From Liability For Anothers Employee Benefit Plan Embezzlement Or Other Misconduct 2/25/2011 HHS Imposes 1st HIPAA Privacy Civil Penalty of $4.3 Million 2/22/2011 Attorney Cynthia Stamer Shares Best Practices for Protecting Plan Participant & Other Employee Information At SBWA/IRS Plan Administrator Skills Workshops Flyer 2/11/2011 Complimentary 2/7 RPTE Employee Benefits & Other Compensation Arrangements Study Group Teleconference Call Explores Emerging Health Care Reform Plan Guidance 2/7/2011 Health Care Employers NLRB Settlement Shows Care Necessary When Using Social Networking & Other Policies Restricting Employee Communication 2/7/2011 NLRB Settlement Shows Care Necessary When Employers Use Social Networking & Other Policies Restricting Employee Communications 2/7/2011 Attorney Cynthia Stamer Shares Best Practices for Protecting Plan Participant & Other Employee Information At SBWA/IRS Plan Administrator Skills Workshops 2/4/2011 OIG Launch of Health Care Fraud Most Wanted List Another Sign of Provider Enforcement Risks 2/3/2011 OCR Requires Rhode Island DHS To Provide Translation, Other Services For Limited English, Other Language Impaired Accommodations 1/24/2011 Wage & Hour Law Settlements Highlight Rising Wage & Hour Risks of U.S. Employers 1/24/2011 Texas Suspension of Doctor, Pharmacy Highlights Pain Management Prescribing Risks 1/18/2011 Supreme Court Medical Resident Stipend Ruling Highlights Advisability of Worker Classification & Payroll Practice Review Advisable For Health Care, Other Employers 1/12/2011 IRS, HHS & DOL To Delay Enforcement of New Insured Group Health Plan Non-Discrimination Rules Pending Guidance; Seek Public Input on Rules 1/4/2011 Holiday Season Celebration Reminder To Manage Intoxication Risks 12/29/2010 Avoiding Post-Holiday Season HR Liability Hangover 12/29/2010 Red Flag Rule Relief For Health Care Providers, Lawyers & Other Service Providers Awaits Presidents Signature 12/8/2010 2011 Health Care Compliance Challenges On The Horizon 11/19/2010 Proposed New DOL Defined Benefit Plan Annual Funding Notice Rule 11/19/2010 Proposed New Defined Benefit Plan Annual Funding Notice Rule Reminder of Need to Carefully Manage DB Plan Responsibilities 11/18/2010 OIG Shares Key Insights On When Owners, Officers & Managers Face OIG 10/21/2010 DOL Proposes To Expand Investment Related Services Giving Rise to ERISA 10/21/2010 EEOC Charges Employers With Violating ADA By Denying Medical Leave 10/19/2010 DEA Cautions Practitioners Must Restrict Delegation of Controlled Substance Prescribing Functions, Urges Adoption of Written Policies & Agreements 10/17/2010 CMS Delegated Lead Responsibility For Development of New Affordable 10/15/2010 Health Plan Eligibility Update 10/13/2010 Annual Benefit Limitation Waiver & Anticipated HHS Medical Loss Ratio Guidance Offer 10/3/2010 Appeals process regulations extend DOL rules to non-ERISA plans 9/1/2010 CE Invites Comments On Information Required For IMAGE Program Employers 8/31/2010 NLRB To Review, Invites Briefs In Cases Involving Voluntary Recognition Agreements & Successor Employers 8/31/2010 Affordable Care Acts Health Plan External & Internal Review Safe Harbor & Other 8/26/2010 Health Plan Compliance Checkup 8/24/2010 Tighten & Update of Health & Other Plan Claims & Appeals Procedures & Documentation In Response To New Regulations, Tightening Court Review 8/8/2010 Small Employers Sponsoring Health Coverage May Qualify For New Tax Credit,Must Act Quickly To Comply With Other New Federal Health Plan Mandates 8/4/2010 Rite Aid Agrees to Pay $1 Million to Settle HIPAA Privacy Case As Office of Civil Rights Proposes Tighter HIPAA Privacy & Security Regulations 8/3/2010 New Affordable Care Act Mandated High Risk Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Pool Program Regulations Prohibit Plan Dumping of High Risk Members, Set Other Rules 7/31/2010 Review Of Worker Classifications Needed As Classification Scrutiny Rises 7/28/2010 Congress & Labor Department Considering Tightening Retirement Plan Regulations 7/28/2010 Businesses Employing Children Should Review & Tighten Practices in Light of Tightened Rules & Increased Penalties 7/27/2010 Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2010 7/22/2010 Stamer Speaks On Sex, Drugs & Rock N Role: Personal Misconduct In Healthcare 7/21/2010 Labor Department FMLA Guidance Adopts Broad Interpretation,Employer Care Needed Determining Who Qualifies As Child 7/19/2010 Affordable Care Act Health Plan Guidance Update 7/9/2010 Office of Civil Rights Proposes Changes To HIPAA Privacy, Security & Civil 7/9/2010 Employers Urged To Review & Strengthen Defensibility of Existing Worker Classification Practices In Light of Rising Congressional & Regulatory Scrutiny 6/30/2010 Affordable Care Act Early Retiree Reinsurance Program Applications Open Today; More Key Affordable Health Plan Guidance Issued June 28 6/29/2010 Worker Classification & Alternative Workforce: Employee Plans & Employment Tax Challenges 6/29/2010 Key Affordable Care Act Health Plan Coverage Mandates Guidance Issued 6/29/2010 Agencies Release Key Guidance On Affordable Care Act Health Plan Rules 6/25/2010 TPA & Other Plan Services Agreements - Managing Risks & Improving Effectiveness 6/16/2010 New Regulations Define Grandfathered Group Health Plans & 6/15/2010 HHS, DOL & IRS Rules Define Grandfathered Group Health Plans & Health Insurance Coverage under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 6/15/2010 Health Care Reforms Implications For Employers, Health Plans & Employee Benefits Practitioners 6/9/2010 New Rule Requires Federal Government Contractors To Post New Employee Rights Under The National Labor Poster 5/20/2010 2010 Health Plan Checkup 5/13/2010 Update On Employment Law For Health Industry HR & Other Managers 4/26/2010 The Continuing Extension Act of 2010 (H.R. 4851) signed into law April 15, 2010) extends federal unemployment benefits and the COBRA premium subsidy program. While Congress co 4/16/2010 Leveraging The Law To Strengthen Your Defenses 3/26/2010 House Could Vote On Obama Health Care Reprint 3/18/2010 Getting Your Health Care Reform Views Before Key Congressional Decision-Makers 3/17/2010 Employers Concerned About New Union Powers As NLRB Orders Union Elections In 31 California Health Care Facilities To Proceed 3/2/2010 SouthWest Benefits e-Connections Highlights Stamer Article About Importance For Health Plans, Their Sponsors & Business Associates To Update HIPAA Policies, Practice 2/21/2010 SouthWest Benefits e-Connections Highlights Stamer On Importance For Health Plans, Their Sponsors & Business Associates To Update HIPAA Policies, Practice 2/21/2010 Health Plans & Business Associates Face 2/17 Deadline To Update Policies, Contracts & Procedures For HIPAA Privacy Rule Changes 2/16/2010 Employers, Group Health Plans Subject To New CHIP/Medicaid Notice, Coordination of Benefits & Special Enrollment Requirements 2/16/2010 Labor Department Final H-2A Certification Procedures Tighten Requirements 2/11/2010 New Labor Department Rule Establishes 7 Day Deadline To Deliver 2/11/2010 St. Louis Employers OSHA Violations Trigger Contempt Order and Penalties 2/11/2010 NTHCPA 2/9/10 HITECH Act Health Data Security & Breach Update 2/9/2010 HITECH Act Health Data Security & Breach Update 2/09/201 NTHCPA Presentation 2/9/2010 Inapplicability of HIPAA Privacy To Disability Insurer Not License To Impose Unreasonable Proof Of Loss Requirements 2/8/2010 Legal Alert: Tough times are no excuse for ERISA shortcuts 2/5/2010 New Mental Health Parity Regulations Likely Require Health Plan Changes 1/29/2010 OIG Special Fraud Alert Targets DME Telemarketing 1/21/2010 DOL Announces Changes To H-2B Prevailing Wage Calculation Rules 1/20/2010 Homeland Security Updates List of Nations Whose Nationals Are Eligible For H-2A or H-2B Visas 1/19/2010 HHS Invites Comments On Health Center Program Federal Tort Claims Policy Manual 1/1/2010 Distressed Businesses & Their Business Leaders Face Liability Risks When Employee Benefit Obligations Mishandled.doc 12/30/2009 Newly Extended COBRA Subsidy Rules Require Employers, Administrators Send Required Notices & Update Health Plan Documents & Procedures Quickly 12/30/2009 President Signs Law Extending & Expanding Temporary AARA COBRA Subsidy Requirements For Group Health Plans 12/22/2009 Employer & Health Plan Action Required In Response to Law Extending & Expanding AARA COBRA Subsidy 12/22/2009 HEAT Initiative Secures Health Fraud Related Guilty Pleas of Physical Therapist, Money Launderer and Patient Re 12/13/2009 Holiday Season Can Cause Legal Headaches 12/4/2009 Department Of Labor Announces Plans To Expand Employee Benefits, Wage & Hour, OSHA & Other Reporting & Disclosure Requirements & To Implement Other New Employee Benefit Regula 12/2009 Mishandling Employee Benefit Obligations Creates Liabilities For Distressed Businesses & Their Business Leaders 12/2009 Employee Benefit Plan Sponsors & Fiduciaries Urged To Review Bonding, Credentials of Staff & Service Providers Under ERISA 12/2009 Employers Should Act Proactively To Minimize Legal Hangover Risks Following Holiday Season Cele 11/30/2009 Employers Must Exercise Caution To Management Employment Liabilities When Acting To Manage H1N1 or Other Contagious Disease Risks 11/30/2009 House Passes Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Bill Requiring Chemical Facilities To Implement Complex New HR & Other Safety & Security Mandates 11/16/2009 Proposed Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Bill Would Obligate Chemical Facilities To New Background Check, HR & Other Safety & Security Safeguards 11/13/2009 OSHA Proposes To Change Hazard Communication Standard 9/30/2009 Legal Alert: Appeals court says ADA Amendments Act is not retroactive HHS Delegates Authority for the HIPAA Security Rule to Office for Civil Rights 8/4/2009 HHS Hiring to Expand its Health Information Privacy Enforcement Team Again 8/3/2009 OFCCP to Apply Special Procedures, Heightened Scrutiny to Equal Employment Practices of Government Contractors, Subcontractors on ARRA Funded Projects 7/21/2009 Strengthen Investigation and Employment Practices to Minimize Potential Exposure to Retaliation Claims in Light Of Recent Supreme Court Retaliation Decision 7/21/2009 Strengthen Investigation & Employment Practices to Minimize Potential Exposure to Retaliation Claims in Light of Recent Supreme Court Retaliation Decision 7/21/2009 CMS Hospital Compare Website Seeks To Help Consumers Evaluate Hospital Quality & Make More Informed Healthcare Choices 7/15/2009 House Democrats Introduce "American's Affordable Health Care Choices Act of 2009" 7/15/2009 August 14 Comment Deadline on Newly Proposed Rules to Implement Medicaid Eligibility Quality Control and Payment Error Rate Measurement Provisions of CHIP Reauthorization Act 7/15/2009 $90 Million in Recovery Act Funds to Bolster Water Services in Indian Country and Create Jobs 7/8/2009 U.S. House of Representatives Narrowly Approves American Clean Energy and Securities Act 7/2/2009 Stamer Moderates June 25 ABA Teleconference On When Benefits Lawyers and Other Service Providers Be Sued for Malpractice for Services to ERISA Plans 6/25/2009 53 Doctors, Health Care Executives & Beneficiaries Indicted for Involvement in a $50 Million Alleged False Billing Ring 6/24/2009 June 23, 2009 Dallas HR Management Association Health Plan Eligibility Update 6/23/2009 With September 8 Deadline for Government Contractors to Use E-Verify, USCIS Invites Comments on E-Verify Program Designated Agent Process 6/23/2009 Office of National Coordinator for Health Information Technology Invites Input on Meaningful Use of Electronic Medical Records for Purposes of Definition 6/16/2009 FTC ABMG Antitrust Settlement Shows Risks For Health Care Providers Using "Messenger Model" To Negotiate Payor Contracts 6/15/2009 FDA Delays Implementation of Reportable Food Registry, Announces Draft Guidance 6/11/2009 Democrats Racing To Enact Their Version of Comprehensive Health Reform 6/10/2009 Senate Democrats Unveil Their Health Care Reform Vision In Affordable Health Choices Act 6/10/2009 Stamer Moderates June 25 ABA Teleconference On When Benefits Lawyers and Other Service Providers Can Be Sued For Malpractice For Services to ERISA Plans 6/9/2009 102 House Members Back New Bill To Mandate Employers Give 56 Hours Paid Leave Per Year 6/8/2009 Government Contractors & Subcontractors Deadline to Use E-Verify 6/8/2009 Bill To Dictate Employers Give Up To 56 Hours of Paid Leave Per Year Enjoys Broad Support In House 6/8/2009 Legislation To Exempt Health Benefits For Domestic Partners and Other Beneficiaries Introduced In House & Senate 6/3/2009 Making Gainsharing Work: Managing Physician Performance 5/26/2009 New Amendments To False Claims Act Increase Whistleblower and Other Exposures For Health Care Providers 5/26/2009 DOJ/HHS Step Up Health Care Fraud Enforcement By Announcing New Interagency Health Care Fraud Prevention and Enforcement Action Team 5/20/2009 Most Employers, Plans Still Have Work To Do To Comply With Stimulus Bill COBRA Rules 5/13/2009 Legal Alert: Group health plans will face challenges with GINA 5/8/2009 Mitigating Workplace Fallout of Pandemic Response 5/5/2009 Dealing With Leave & Other Workplace Fallout of Swine Flu Pandemic Response 5/4/2009 FTC Extends Red Flag Rule Compliance Deadline From May 1 to August 1, 2009 SLP HCUPDATE 5/1/2009 FTC Extends Red Flag Rule Compliance Deadline From May 1 to August 1, 2009 5/1/2009 Workforce Swine Flu Pandemic Survival Preparedness Tips For Business Dallas Morning News 5/1/2009 Workforce Swine Flu Pandemic Survival Preparedness Tips For Business 4/29/2009 FTC Proposes Data Breach Regulations For Personal Health Records 4/17/2009 Connecticut Man Pleads Guilty To Multi-Millon Dollar Tax Fraud Conspiracy Involving False Charges For Hospital Maintenance & Insullation Services 4/4/2009 Retaliation For Filing HIPAA Complaint Recognized As Basis For State Retalitory Discharge Claim 3/30/2009 2009 HIPAA Privacy & Security Update Webinar 3/25/2009 JPI & United Airlines Lawsuits Highlight Rising Discrimination Risks To US Businesses 3/22/2009 Supreme Courts Broad Definition Of Retailiation Requires Employers To Exercise Care 3/20/2009 Actions That Can Confirm Client Claims 1/19/2009 Recession Readying Your Workforce & Employee Benefit Plans 9/10/2008 Teen Summer-Job Market Shrinking 6/2008 Supreme Court: ERISA Participants Can Sue Fiduciaries For Individual Damages 6/2008 Quest Diagnostics Inc. to Pay $688,000 in Overtime Back Wages After Misclassifying Systems Employees as Exempt Under FLSA 6/2008 Quest Diagnostics Inc. to Pay $688,000 in Overtime Back Wages After Misclassifying Systems Employees as Exempt Under FLSA - 2 6/2008 Employers, Health Plans & Insurers Face Significant New Nondiscrimination & Other Rules 6/2008 Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA) , ABA Health eSource June 2008 Volume 4 Number 10 6/2008 Recession Readying Your Workforce To Meet New Business Challenges & Opportunities 5/30/2008 GINA Amends FLSA Civil Penalties 5/22/2008 Employers, Health Plans & Insurers Face Significant New Nondiscrimination & Other Rules Under Genetic Information Law Signed By President 5/21/2008 OIG Loosens Conditions For Health Care Voluntary Self-Disclosures; Provider Precautions To Prevent & Detect Violations & When Deciding Make Self-Disclosure 5/15/2008 Quest Diagnostics Inc. To Pay $688,000 In Overtime Back Wages Settlement After Misclassifying Systems Employees As Exempt 4/30/2008 Nurse Pleads Guilty To HIPAA Privacy Breach 4/28/2008 Texas Hospital Settles Self-Disclosed Violation of Stark Law, Signs CIA 4/22/2008 2008 Employment Law Conference 4/2008 New Revisions to FMLA 4/2008 Texas Clinic CEO Sentence Highlights Risks of Upcoding 3/31/2008 2nd Annual Data Protection Summit - Your Most Intimate Secrets Exposed! The Human Factor in Security Breaches 3/2008 Supreme Court Rules Participants & Beneficiaries Can Sue Fiduciaries Under ERISA 502(a)(2) To Recover 401(k) & Other Defined Contribution Account Losses 2/20/2008 Update On Employment Rights Of Employees In The Military & Their Family 2/2008 CMS Delays Publication of ERSD Conditions of Participation Rule 2/5/2008 January 14, 2008 OIG Advisory Opinions Give Qualified Approval To Two Proposed Gainsharing Arrangements 1/22/2008 Sex Drugs & Rock N Role - A Survival Toolkit For When Private Lives Affect Performance 12/2007 Sex, Drugs & Rock N Role Sex - Personal Misconduct Risks Personal Misconduct Risks In Healthcare Practice In Healthcare Practice 9/2007 Health Care Providers May Need To Tighten E-mail and Other Electronic Record Practices In Response To New E- Discovery Rules 8/14/2007 2007 AM News Article On E-Discovery Risks For Physicians and Health Care Providers 7/2007 Identity Theft and Cybercrime Risks, Liabilities and Prevention: Risks & Exposures Relating to HR and Employee Benefits 6/2007 Beck v. Pace 6/2007 Congress Scrutinizing Executive Compensation 5/25/2007 CMS Letter Regarding Specialty Hosptials 5/23/2007 CMS Says Specialty Hospitals Participating In Medicare Must Meeting Emergency Care Conditions 5/23/2007 Operationalizing Circular 230 Compliance: A Real World Perspective 5/2007 Web Cybercrime Powerpoint Presentation Handout 5/2007 Texas Criminal Conviction Guidelines Update Background Policy 5/22/2007 Identity Theft and Cybercrime Risks, Liabilities and Prevention: Risks & Exposures Relating to HR and Employee Benefits 5/2007 Letter from Henry Waxman 5/2007 Ny Ag Announces Identity Theft Settlement 4/30/2007 Texas Ag Suit Against Radio Shack For Alleged Violation Of 2005 Texas Identity Theft Law 4/10/2007 Keeping Lists in Line with the Law 4/2007 Establishing a Data-Protection Policy 3/2007 CMS Speeches Presentation Chart 1/2007 Identity Theft and Cybercrime Risks, Liabilities and Prevention For HR & Benefits Professionals 11/2006 Spitzer brought bad practices to light; a good thing, panelists say 3/2006 SEC Proposes Changes to Sox Disclosure About Compensation and Related Matters 2/2006 SEC Proposes Changesto ExecutiveCompensation Disclosure Requirements 2/6/2006 U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission 2006 Georgia Society of CPA November 12/1/2005 2005 All Industry Day 11/2005 Operationalizing Circular 230 Compliance: A Real World Perspective 11/2005 Operationalizing Circular 230 Compliance: A Real World Perspective 11/2005 HR's Role in Personal Identity Theft and Cybercrime Prevention 10/2005 Broker & Insurers Identity Theft & Privacy Perils 10/2005 Supreme Court Strikes Sentencing Guidelines 10/1/2005 Instant Messaging Discussion Panel 9/2005 New Federal Requirements For Disposal of Personal Records and Information 7/1/2005 Cybercrime and Identity Theft: Health Information Security Beyond HIPAA Reprint 5/2005 Dealing with HIPAA in Your Law Practice 4/2005 Identity Management 1/18/2005 USA Patriot Act Requirements Presentation At NAFTA & CAFTA Conference 2004 5/2004 How to Survive Sarbanes-Oxley? 4/2004 Cross Border Workforce Development Challenges & Opportunties 8th Annual Border Issues Conference 3/2004 911 An Emergency Preparedness Plan For Managing Your People Through a Catastrophe or Crisis 6/2002 Managing The People & Politics In Times of Catastrophe or Change 6/2002 Fiduciary Responsibility During Turbulent Times 5/2002 Sex, Drugs & Rock N Roll: A Survival Toolkit for When Private Lives Affect Performance 1/2002 Sex, Drugs & Rock N Roll: A Survival Toolkit for When Private Lives Affect Performance 9/2001 Outsourcing, Employee Leasing and Other Alternate Staffing Arrangements 11/1999 Human Resources Management During Mergers, Acquisitions, Reductions in Force and Other Significant Business Changes 5/1999 Drafting And Negotiating Agreements With Executives 5/1999 Leased Employees and other Contingent Workforce Issues 1999 Avoiding The Liability Noose Between Human Resources and ERISA 1999 Real World Compliance Strategies for Improving Operations and Managing Risk 1999 Employee Benefit Communications 1999 Employee Benefit Communications 1999 When Your Employee's Private Life Becomes Your Business 1999 Employee Benefits and Other Human Resources Issues Affecting Health Care Transactions 1999 Selected Highlights About HIPAA As Applied To Issues Commonly Affecting Attorneys Representing Clients In Connection With Litigation 1999 Fiduciary Responsibility In A Nutshell 1999 Compliance Programs As Tools For Avoiding Liability and Improving Business Effectiveness 1999 Workplace Privacy Issues 1999 What To Do When An Employee's Private Life Becomes Your Business 1999 Selected Thoughts About Drafting, Negotiating & Enforcing Executive Employee Agreements 1999 Patient Confidentiality & Medical Records 5/7/1998 Changing Times Are You Ready For The New Workplace 6/1997 Establishing A Federal Sentencing Guidelines Compliance Program 3/1997 RE-ENGINEERING YOUR DEFLECTOR SHIELDS: Emerging Benefit and Health Issues 2/1997 A Proactive Approach To Hr And Benefits Planning For Mergers And Acquisitions 2/1997 Privacy & Security Standards: A Brief Nutshell 2/4/1995 CMS Medicare Website 12/1992 Overview of the Americans With Disabilities Act for Healthcare Institutions 1992 Most Employers, Group Health Plans Need Additional Action To Finish COBRA Subsidy Compliance 12/30/1991 |
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