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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 Stamer Talks Telemedicine & Chairs 5/20 ISSA LA 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 Telemedicine - Fad or the Future of Healthcare? 3/17/2016 Stamer To Moderate & Speak At 3/17 ABA Telemedicine- Fad or The Future of Healthcare Webinar 3/14/2016 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 Obergefell v. Hodges Same Sex Decision.pdf 6/26/2015 Firms Now Must Clean Up Health Plans 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 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 Health Care Billing: Internal Controls Strategies For Building Defensibility 4/21/2015 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 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 Nine In Ninety 9/9/2014 ABA Real Property, Trust & Estate Section Welfare Benefit Plans Co-Chair.pdf 9/1/2014 ABA Real Property, Trusts & Estates Section Liasion, Representative on ABA Joint Committee On Employee Benefits 9/1/2014 ABA RPTE Groups & Substantive Committee Members 2014-2015 9/1/2014 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 The 2nd Annual 2014 Healthcare Privacy and Security Summit 5/16/2014 Getting Businesses Ready for the Affordable Care Act Rollout 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 More Issues With Healthcare Privacy 3/11/2014 Use Care Before Using "Skinny Plan" Option As Code Section 4980H Tool 2014 Health Care Data Breaches When, what & how to report 12/4/2013 4th Annual HIMSS Socal Privacy & Security Forum Flyer2013 12/4/2013 Stamer 4th Annual HIMSS Socal Privacy & Security Forum Speech Video 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 Coping with Health Care Reform Now: A Webinar on Getting Ready for ACA 2014 6/26/2013 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 Foreign Transferees: Outbound, Inbound, Equity And Treaty Issues 3/13/2013 ASSESSING NEW ALTERNATIVES AND OPPORTUNITIES: Defined Contribution and Exchanges What are the Long-Term Implications on Your Human Capital Strategy? 2/21/2013 Coping With Health Care Reform Now 2/14/2013 Restated HIPAA Regulations Require Health Plans To Tighten Privacy Policies And Practices Insurance Thought Leadership 1/27/2013 Trends And Challenges In Physician Compensation 1/15/2013 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 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 Gainsharing, Shared Savings Examined 9/30/2012 The Practical Nitty Gritty For Coping With Health Care Reform NOW 9/25/2012 Practical Considerations In Defending Against Health Care Fraud & Abuse Actions 9/18/2012 Supreme Court Decision Means Heallth Plans Under Fire 8/2012 12 Steps Businesses Should Take Now To Manage Health Plan Risks 8/2012 Health Plan Communications Bootcamp: SBCs, SPDs & Beyond 8/28/2012 HIPAA Update Workshop 8/14/2012 Federal Mandate That Employer Health Plans Must Cover 100% Of Contraceptive, Other Womens Health Services With No Cost Sharing Now Effective 8/6/2012 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 National Federation of Independent Businesses V. Sebelius 6/28/2012 Gainsharing and Shared Savings Continue to Spark Interest Quotes Stamer 6/12/2012 Stamer To Speak At HFMA On Making Gain Sharing Work 5/11/2012 Arizona Physicians Group To Pay $100,000 To Settle HIPAA Charges 4/18/2012 Orthofix Medical Device Exec Awaits Sentencing After Pleading Guilty To Violating Anti-Kickback Law 4/10/2012 BCBST Agrees To Pay $1.5 Million In 1st OCR Enforcement Action Prompted By HITECH Act Breach Report 3/14/2012 $1.5 Million HIPAA Settlement Reached To Resolve 1st OCR Enforcement Action Prompted By HITECH Act Breach ReportAlert 3/13/2012 BCBST Agrees To Pay $1.5 Million In 1st OCR Enforcement Action Prompted By HITECH Act Breach Report Article 3/13/2012 Arrest of Dallas Doctor, Office Manager & 5 Home Health Agency Owners Highlights Data Mining Power In Health Care Fraud Fight 2/29/2012 Arrest of Dallas Doctor, Office Manager & 5 Home Health Agency Owners Highlights Data Mining Power In Health Care Fraud Fight Alert 2/29/2012 New IRS Worker Classification Settlement Program and its Risks 1/2012 Eddie Reeves On Managing The Message: Effective Crisis & Other Communications 1/18/2012 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 Employers Urged To Strengthen Worker Classification Defenses As Obama Administration Targets Employers Misclassifying Workers 12/27/2011 Record-Breaking Countrywide Settlement Shows Discrimination Compliance Extends Beyond HR 12/2011 Employers Should Tighten Worker Classification Practices As Obama Administration Moves To Stamp Out Misclassification Abuses 12/26/2011 Maxim Health Services Exec Becomes 9th Former Employee Sentenced For Involvement In Medicare False Claims Scheme 11/27/2011 Maxim Health Services Exec Becomes 9th Former Employee Convicted For False Claims Act Role 11/27/2011 Medical Identity Theft/Fraud Convictions Highlight Need For Health Care Providers To Safeguard Health Information, Guard Against Fraud Schemes 11/27/2011 Medical Identity Theft/Fraud Convictions Show Health Care Providers, Plans & Other Businesses Must Safeguard Health & Other Information, Guard Against Fraud Schemes 11/23/2011 FAQS ABOUT AFFORDABLE CARE ACT IMPLEMENTATION (PART VII) AND MENTAL HEALTH PARITY IMPLEMENTATION 11/17/2011 Equal Visitation: Medicare & Joint Commission Requirements, Pitfalls & Practicalities 11/16/2011 $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 OCR 1st HIPAA Privacy, Security && Breach Notification Compliance Audits Begin 11/8/2011 OCR 1st HIPAA Privacy, Security & Breach Notification Compliance Audits Begin 11/8/2011 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 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 Physicians Suspension Shows Complying With Medical Board Orders Critical 10/16/2011 SMU Dedman School of Law Health Law Careers Symposium Panel 9/29/2011 HHS Projects Medicare Advantage Enrollment Will Rise As Premiums Decline In 2012; Plans Face Increased Regulation & Enforcement 9/25/2011 Health Care Providers Contracting With Medicare Advantage Plans Should Expect Tighter Reimbursement & Other Controls As Plans Work To Meet Responsibilities 9/25/2011 HHS Credits Affordable Care Act Adult Dependent Child Coverage Rule With Getting 1 Million Young Adults Health Coverage 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 4th Circuit Rejects Two Challenges To Affordable Care Act Constitutionality 9/8/2011 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 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 U.S. to use software to crack down on Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP fraud 4/11/2011 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 Company Executives, Plan Sponsors & Others May Face Personal Liability When Others Defraud Plans or Mismanage Employee Benefit Plan Responsibilities 4/4/2011 The Boomers are Coming, Is the System Prepared? 4/1/2011 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 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 Texas Medical Board Suspend Denton Doctor For Sexual Misconduct 3/15/2011 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 States Get More Info On Affordable Care Act Medicaid Eligibility Maintenance Of Effort; Payers & Providers Must Monitor 2/27/2011 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 $4.3 Million HIPAA Penalty Signals Health Plans, Sponsors & Service Providers 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 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 Medicare Proposes To Require Providers To Notify Beneficiaries Of Quality Of Care Complaint Rights 2/7/2011 Complimentary 2/7 RPTE Employee Benefits & Other Compensation Arrangements Study Group Teleconference Call Explores Emerging Health Care Reform Plan Guidance 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 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 IRS Expands When HFSAs & HRAS May Allow Over-The-Counter Drug Purchases With Drug Cards 1/2/2011 HHS/OIG Advisory Opinions HHS/DOJ To Use New Predictive Modeling Tools To Prevent Health Care Fraud As Heightened Enforcement Yields Record Recoveries 12/16/2010 Red Flag Rule Relief For Health Care Providers, Lawyers & Other Service Providers Awaits Presidents Signature 12/8/2010 RESPONDING TO THE EPIDEMIC:STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVING DIABETES CARE IN TEXAS 11/2010 2011 Health Care Compliance Challenges On The Horizon 11/19/2010 Affordable Care Act Grandfathered Plan Rules Loosened To Allow Insured Plans Making Some Insurance Changes To Qualify 11/17/2010 OIG Shares Key Insights On When Owners, Officers & Managers Face OIG 10/21/2010 Managed Care Executive Quotes Stamer On Implications Of Affordable Care Act Claims & Appeals Rules 10/21/2010 DOL Proposes To Expand Investment Related Services Giving Rise to ERISA 10/21/2010 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 HHS announces new tools and resources from the Affordable Care Act to prevent fraud in Medicare, Medicaid and CHIP 9/22/2010 Appeals process regulations extend DOL rules to non-ERISA plans 9/1/2010 Initial EHR Certification Bodies Named 8/30/2010 Health Care Reform: Building Your Family's Healthcare Survival Plan 8/26/2010 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 HHS Invites Input On Medicaid Changes To Promote Children's Health Quality 8/2/2010 HHS Regulations Implementing Affordable Care Act Temporary High Risk Insurance Pool Program Regulations Issued 7/31/2010 CMS Adopts ESRD Facility Prospective Payment System & Proposes New Quality Incentive Program 7/31/2010 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 Labor Department FMLA Guidance Adopts Broad Interpretation,Employer Care Needed Determining Who Qualifies As Child 7/19/2010 Proposed Modifications to the HIPAA Privacy, Security & Enforcement Rules July 14, 2010 7/14/2010 Office of Civil Rights Proposes Changes To HIPAA Privacy, Security & Civil Sanctions Rules 7/9/2010 Affordable Care Act Health Plan Guidance Update 7/9/2010 Office of Civil Rights Proposes Changes To HIPAA Privacy, Security & Civil 7/9/2010 Preservation of Access to Care for Medicare Beneficiaries and Pension Relief Act of 2010 Clarification of 3-Day Payment Window 7/3/2010 CMS Approves Voluntary Use of NCPDP SCRIPT 10.6 In E-Prescribing In the Medicare Prescription Drug Program 7/1/2010 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 June 28 Gulf States TEGE Council Affordable Care Act Agenda 2010 TPA & Other Plan Services Agreements - Managing Risks & Improving Effectiveness 6/16/2010 HHS, DOL & IRS Rules Define Grandfathered Group Health Plans & Health Insurance Coverage under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 6/15/2010 New Regulations Define Grandfathered Group Health Plans & 6/15/2010 Health Care Reforms Implications For Employers, Health Plans & Employee Benefits Practitioners 6/9/2010 2010 Health Plan Checkup 5/13/2010 Update On Employment Law For Health Industry HR & Other Managers 4/26/2010 CMS Proposes FY2011 Acute Care & Long-Term Care Inpatient Policy & Payment Rate Changes 4/20/2010 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 Revised Joint Commission Medical Staff Bylaw Standard Requires New Collaboration, Other Updates 3/25/2010 Revised Joint Commission Medical Staff Bylaw Standard Requires New 3/25/2010 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 Southern States Biggest Winners As HHS Awards Added $162 Million in AARA Fund Grants For Heatlh IT Meaningful Use Projects 3/15/2010 4/12 Deadline To Comment on AHRO Project To Develop Hospital Toolkit Intended To Guide Hospitals In Using AHRQ Quality Indicators 3/15/2010 SouthWest Benefits e-Connections Highlights Stamer On Importance For Health Plans, Their Sponsors & Business Associates To Update HIPAA Policies, Practice 2/21/2010 SouthWest Benefits e-Connections Highlights Stamer Article About Importance For Health Plans, Their Sponsors & Business Associates To Update HIPAA Policies, Practice 2/21/2010 Employers, Group Health Plans Subject To New CHIP/Medicaid Notice, Coordination of Benefits & Special Enrollment Requirements 2/16/2010 Health Plans & Business Associates Face 2/17 Deadline To Update Policies, Contracts & Procedures For HIPAA Privacy Rule Changes 2/16/2010 New Labor Department Rule Establishes 7 Day Deadline To Deliver 2/11/2010 HITECH Act Health Data Security & Breach Update 2/09/201 NTHCPA Presentation 2/9/2010 NTHCPA 2/9/10 HITECH Act Health Data Security & Breach Update 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 New American Academy of Pediatrics Report Urges Early Child Obesity Treatment 1/25/2010 Screening for Obesity in Children and Adolescents 1/2010 Distressed Businesses & Their Business Leaders Face Liability Risks When Employee Benefit Obligations Mishandled.doc 12/30/2009 Employers Must Exercise Caution To Management Employment Liabilities When Acting To Manage H1N1 or Other Contagious Disease Risks 11/30/2009 2009 Health Plan Update 10/2009 10/2009 House Democrats Introduce "American's Affordable Health Care Choices Act of 2009" 7/15/2009 CMS Hospital Compare Website Seeks To Help Consumers Evaluate Hospital Quality & Make More Informed Healthcare Choices 7/15/2009 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 53 Doctors, Health Care Executives & Beneficiaries Indicted in Alleged $50M False Billing Ring 6/24/2009 June 23, 2009 Dallas HR Management Association Health Plan Eligibility Update 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 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 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 Legal Alert: Group health plans will face challenges with GINA 5/8/2009 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 HHS & FTC Release Guidance On HITECH Act Data Breach Rules for HIPAA Covered Entities & Entities Dealing With Personal Health Records 4/20/2009 FTC Proposes Data Breach Regulations For Personal Health Records 4/17/2009 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 March 25 HIPAA Privacy & Security Update Webinar 3/20/2009 DOL Releases Stimulus Bill Model COBRA Notices, Other Guidance 3/20/2009 ERISA Claims & Appeals Boot Camp 8/1/2008 Criminal HIPAA case targets employee, not clinic, for breach 7/2008 Providence To Pay $100,000 & Implement Other Safeguards to Settle HIPAA Civil Penalty Exposure 7/18/2008 Supreme Court's June 19 Decision About The Standard Of Review Applicable To ERISA Cases 7/2008 Supreme Court Ruling Provides Guidance For Improving Defensibility Of ERISA Claims Decisions 6/26/2008 Employers, Health Plans & Insurers Face Significant New Nondiscrimination & Other Rules 6/2008 EBSA Issues- Guidance on Health Plan Wellness & Disease Management Practices Subject to HIPAA Nondiscrimination Rules 6/2008 Supreme Court Provides Guidance About When Conflict of Interest Justifies Closer Scrutiny of Employee Benefit Plan Claims Decisions 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 Texas Medical Board Invites Physicians, Others To Share Input At Town Hall Meetings 6/16/2008 Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA) , ABA Health eSource June 2008 Volume 4 Number 10 6/2008 Payment (Or Not) for Never Events 5/2008 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 OCR HIPAA PRIVACY RULE Ocr Hipaa Privacy Rule Enforcement Statistics & Criminal Convictions Highlight Potential Hot Spots For Compliance 5/14/2008 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 EDS Global Healthcare Symposium 4/2008 2008 EDS Global Healthcare Symposium 4/23/2008 Texas Hospital Settles Self-Disclosed Violation of Stark Law, Signs CIA 4/22/2008 Privacy & Public Health: Real-World Scenarios And Strategies 4/15/2008 Privacy & Public Health: Real-World Scenarios And Strategies 4/2008 2008 Employment Law Conference 4/2008 New Revisions to FMLA 4/2008 Texas Clinic CEO Sentence Highlights Risks of Upcoding 3/31/2008 Preventable Complications At 9th Annual Conference on Emerging Issues in Healthcare Law 2/2008 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 Getting Paid without Getting Nailed 2/2008 2008 Medicare Part D Online Disclosure Notice Filing Deadline 2/18/2008 DOL Publishes Wellness FAQ 2/18/2008 Update On Employment Rights Of Employees In The Military & Their Family 2/2008 Proposed Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005 Released 2/13/2008 CMS Delays Publication of ERSD Conditions of Participation Rule 2/5/2008 Medicare Update 1/2008 New Federal Law Extending Federal Family Leave Rights To Employees With Family Member Called To Active Duty Or Caring For Family Member Injured 1/29/2008 January 14, 2008 OIG Advisory Opinions Give Qualified Approval To Two Proposed Gainsharing Arrangements 1/22/2008 Hot Topics and Emerging Issues in Health Care Compliance 1/2008 Advanced Copy of Impending IRS Guidance On Anticipated Insurance Tax Implications of Proposed Changes To Calculate Statutory Life Insurance Reserves 1/14/2008 Health Plan Communications: Maximizing The Bang For Your Benefits Buck While Managing Legal Risks 1/2008 2007 BNA Award E-Health Business and Transactional Law 2008 Health Care Opportunities In Mexico 12/2007 Transparent PBM Contracting: Industry Practices and Managed Care Part D Plans 10/2007 Telemedicine, E-Prescribing & Electronic Health Records: Opportunities and Exposures 10/2007 GM-UAW Deal Shows Benefits Central Role in Labor Negotiations 10/2007 Telemedicine & E-Prescribing 10/2007 The Bad Hire 10/2007 The Bad Hire - Complete Periodical 10/2007 Timely Payment Litigation in the Managed Care Arena: Payer and Provider Perspectives & Strategies 9/2007 Tomball Regional Hospital Area Physicians' Luncheon 9/2007 New Health Information Privacy and Security Legislation Is Called 'HIPAA on Steroids' 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 ERISA Rights and Preemption of Non-Contracted Providers Health Benefit Claims 7/2007 Health Plan Update in Texas 7/2007 2007 AM News Article On E-Discovery Risks For Physicians and Health Care Providers 7/2007 Massachusetts Comprehensive Health Reform Letter 6/2007 Businesses With Massachusetts Workers Face July 1 Deadline To Comply With New Healthcare Law 6/10/2007 EEOC Can Allow Employer Plans To Coordinate Retiree Health Benefits With Medicare 6/7/2007 Delegation-Medicare Advantage In 2007 6/2007 Hispanic Health Care In America : Perspectives On Imperatives, Challenges & Opportunities 5/2007 CMS Says Specialty Hospitals Participating In Medicare Must Meeting Emergency Care Conditions 5/23/2007 CMS Letter Regarding Specialty Hosptials 5/23/2007 State Bar of New Mexico E-Health News 5/2007 Court Rules Americaid Texas, Inc. Payment Of Methodist Hospital of Dallas 5/14/2007 Methodist Hospitals Of Dallas, Appellant V. Amerigroup Texas, Inc. F/K/A Americaid Texas, Inc. 5/2007 OCR Delegated Authority To Issue HIPAA And Patient Safety Subpoenas 4/2007 Healthcare & Immigrants 4/2007 Texas Ag Suit Against Radio Shack For Alleged Violation Of 2005 Texas Identity Theft Law 4/10/2007 Health Care Tool Box: Making Better Choices 1/2007 2007 Health Plan Update: Selected Issues Affecting ERISA-Covered Health Plan Design & Administration 1/2007 2007 Health Plan Requirements Update 1/2007 CMS Speeches Presentation Chart 1/2007 Medical Legal Risk Management Benefits, Pitfalls and Safeguards 2007 Final HIPAA Nondiscrimination Regulations Affecting Health and Wellness Programs 12/2006 Final HIPAA Nondiscrimination Regulations Affecting Health and Wellness Programs 12/13/2006 Medicare Notice Chart 11/14/2006 Annual Medicare Part-D Creditable Coverage Deadline 11/10/2006 Norfolk Mobility Benefits News Fall 2006 9/2006 PPO services and formulary types 9/2006 Medical Privacy - Erisa Litigation - Chapter 35 8/2006 More from Desktop Resources (August 2006) - Managed Healthcare Executive_files 8/2006 Fine-Tuning Your Health And Welfare Plans for 2006 Teleconference 7/2006 Lawyers say 'sorry' may sink you in court 5/2006 Helping Patients Build Their Patient Empowerment Toolkits 5/2006 Helping Patients Build Their Patient Empowerment Toolkits ABA RPTE Meeting May 2006 5/2006 TAHFA Heathcare Finance Conference 4/2006 Delegation: Contractual Implications and Health Plan Responsibilities 4/2006 HIPAA Enforcement - Audio Conference 4/2006 Experimental & Emerging Treatment Medical Appropriateness Competing Legal, Ethical and Practical Realities of Providers, Payers, the FDA and Patients 3/2006 Claims Processing under the New World Order 2/2006 Health Coverage 1/2006 Centers for Medicade and Medicare Services 2006 Social Security Online 2006 Claims Processing Under the New World Order 2006 2005 All Industry Day 11/2005 Managing Conflicts of Interest in Healthcare: From the Board, Medical State Employees, Vendors/Consultants and You as Counsel, Jose Tabuena and Cynt 11/2005 HR's Role in Personal Identity Theft and Cybercrime Prevention 10/2005 Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Managed Care But Were Afraid to Ask 10/2005 Broker & Insurers Identity Theft & Privacy Perils 10/2005 Physician Gainsharing Presentaiton At 12th Annual Joint Fall Symposium of: Texas Association for Healthcare Financial Administration 9/2005 Selected Federal Mandates Affecting Design and Administration of ERISA-Covered Health Plans 9/2005 Protecting & Using Patient Data In Disease Management Opportunities, Liabilities And Prescriptions 8/2005 Protecting & Using Patient Data In Disease Management: Opportunities, Problems, Liabilities & Prescriptions 8/2005 Fine-TuningYour Health And Welfare Plans for 2006 Teleconference 7/2005 Make Sure Your Payer Meets Its Obligations 7/2005 Health Plan Eligibility Update 7/20/2005 New Federal Requirements For Disposal of Personal Records and Information 7/1/2005 Enterprise Security: The Emerging Standard of Care for Healthcare Information Security. 6/2005 Cybercrime and Identity Theft: Health Information Security Beyond HIPAA Reprint 5/2005 Dealing with HIPAA in Your Law Practice 4/2005 Catching Up With New Federal Health Plan Eligibility & Enrollment Rules For 2005 3/2005 Privacy and Securities Standards - A Brief Nutshell 2/2005 Medicare Advantage Regulations Book II 2005 1/2005 Final Regulations for Health Coverage Portability; Final Rule 12/2004 Minimizing medical errors is on healthcare's docket 12/2004 November DTR Analysis: Medicare HMO enrollment varies dramatically 11/2004 HIPAA Health Plan Presentation 10/2004 2004 Joint Fall CLE Meeting 9/30/2004 Third Party Administrator (TPA) Contracting Principles and Strategies 5/2004 EEOC Proposed ADEA Exemption Allowing Health PLan COB of Retiree Health Benefits Medicare 4/2004 The Medicare Prescriptiuon Drug, Improvement & Modernization Law: What's In It (And What's Not) For You & Your Organization 3/2004 HEALTH PLAN UNIVERSITY Taking Control & Managing Risk With Strategic Knowledge 2/2004 Health Plan University 2/25/2004 Employers face new health plan privacy rules required by HIPAA 2/2004 Making Health Planning for Age and Illness Easier 2/2004 Employee Benefits Subcommittee MeetingsFriday, September 12th 9/12/2003 Clean Claims Equals Prompt Payments 9/2003 Federal Legal Safeguards for Womens Health Coverage Expanding 5/2003 Mountains Out of Molehills HIPAAs Privacy Rule in Assisted Living 4/2003 SPECIAL HIPAA SEMINAR - HIPAA Privacy Triage: Strategic Compliance Strategies 2/2003 Employee Communications-Latest Buzz on Requirements, Risks and Opportunities Related to the New Health Plan Rules 9/2002 Fiduciary Responsibility During Turbulent Times 5/2002 Health Plan Liability Pitfalls for Plan Sponsors and Their Brokers and Consultants 2/2002 New Law Allows Qualifying Entities to Request Extension of Time To Comply With HIPAA Standards For Electronic Transactions 2002 WEBbits - November 2001 11/2001 Health Plans in the Hot Seat 10/2001 Health Plans in the Hot Seat 10/2001 Disease Management As Practical Solution for Achieving Clinical Quality & Financial Efficiency in an Evolving Health Care Arena 9/2001 Sex, Drugs & Rock N Roll: A Survival Toolkit for When Private Lives Affect Performance 9/2001 Managed Care Law Update Selected Developments 9/2001 Managed Care Law Update 9/2001 Health Plan Update 5/2001 Health Plan Liability Pitfalls For Employees 5/2000 Selected Issues Regarding Health And Welfare Plans For Texas Governmental Employers 9/1999 Patient bills could add to self-insurers liability 7/1999 Liability of UR programs of both ERISA plan and HMOs. Recent decisions will be highlighted. 6/1999 Health Plan Dictates, Mandates and Liability Gates Eligibility, Benefits, Claims Administration, Privacy, Liability and Other Existing and Proposed Laws and Regul 4/1999 Changes Already? ... An Update on Recently Published COBRA Regulations and Proposed DOL Regulations on Processing Benefits Claims 3/1999 Recent legislation that will affect employers who sponsor plans as well as those professionals who administer benefit plans. 1/1999 Selected Highlights About HIPAA As Applied To Issues Commonly Affecting Attorneys Representing Clients In Connection With Litigation 1999 HIPAA Privacy Triage Mapping A Path Mapping A Path Through The Jungle 1999 Update on Selected Legislative and Regulatory Developments Affecting Texas Physicians and Physician Organizations 1999 The Latest Bzz About Business Assoicate Agreements Under the Health Insurance Portability And Accountability Act (HIPAA) 1999 Dealing With Financially Distressed Healthcare Organizations 1999 Health Insurance & Benefits Planning 1999 Managed Care Law Update Selected Developments 1999 Health Plan Update - HIghlights of HIPAA, Claims & SPD Regulations 1999 Design Issues Affecting Managed Care Organizations and Employer-Sponsored Health Plans 1999 The Medical Coverage Continuation Requirements of The Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 As Interpreted Under The Final Treasury Regs 1999 Fiduciary Hotspots for Health Plans 1999 Employee Benefits And Other Human Resource Issues Affecting Health Care Transactions 11/1998 Emerging Health Plan Issues 9/1998 WHAT S THE BUZZ Breaking News Affecting Employee Benefits 5/1998 Patient Confidentiality & Medical Records 5/7/1998 Patient Confidentiality & Medical Records 5/1998 Health Plan Design And Administration Under Hipaa And Other Selected Federal Laws 2/13/1998 Health Insurance & Benefits Planning 1/1998 HIPAA Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act 10/1997 Structuring Health Care Provider Organizations 9/1997 Structuring Health Care Provider Organizations Presentation To Advanced Tax Law Course - 1997 9/1997 The Changes and Future in Employer Sponsored Health Plans 4/1997 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 A Guided Tour of Healthcare Purchasing A SYMPOSIUM FOR HEALTHCARE DECISION MAKERS 2/1997 Privacy & Security Standards: A Brief Nutshell 2/4/1995 Selected Insights into Managed Care Contract Negotiations from the Plan Sponsors Perspective 6/1994 CMS Medicare Website 12/1992 HHS Announces Adjustments To Federal Matching Shares Rates For Medicaid, Foster Care & Adoption Assistance Rates 12/30/1991 HEAT Initiative Snares Health Fraud Related Guilty Pleas of Physical Therapist, Money Launderer and Patient Recruiter In Detroit 12/30/1991 2/27 Deadline For Employers To Comment On DOL Proposed Rule Changes Extending Minimum Wage & Overtime Rules To More Home Caregiver Workers 12/27/1991 |
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