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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 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 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 The Hidden Traps In Same Sex Ruling 6/27/2015 Obergefell v. Hodges Same Sex Decision.pdf 6/26/2015 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 New Document - sllHealthcare Breaches_ How to Respond.pdf 4/7/2015 Fiduciary Obligations In the Context of a Data Breach 4/2/2015 Stamer, Others Discuss Employer, Health Plan Implications Of Anthem Breach on 4/2 3/18/2015 3/18 OCR Civil Rights & Privacy Update NTHCPA Study Group Meeting 3/18/2015 Welfare Benefit Plans Round-Robin Discussion 3/5/2015 2015 Federal Legislative, Regulatory & Enforcement Update: What HR & Benefit Leaders Should Expect & Do Now 1/13/2015 OSHA Compliance Strategies for Health Care Organizations 9/16/2014 Nine In Ninety 9/9/2014 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 EEOC Suit Against CVS Raises Concerns.doc 8/7/2014 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 The 2nd Annual 2014 Healthcare Privacy and Security Summit 5/16/2014 Getting Businesses Ready for the Affordable Care Act Rollout 5/16/2014 ISSA 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 Handling Health Plan Spouse, Dependent & Other "Family" Matters in Post-DOMA World 4/17/2014 Physician Conflict Resolution It Happens - Jane Ryan 4/15/2014 Tutoring On OCRs Latest HIPAA Homework 3/18/2014 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 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 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 Foreign Transferees: Outbound, Inbound, Equity And Treaty Issues 3/13/2013 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 Complimentary WEB Briefing On 11/20 ACA Wellness, Pre-Ex & Essential Benefits Guidance 11/27/2012 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 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 New Health Plan Partnership, Data Sharing With Federal Health Care Fraud Enforcers Promises Greater Federal Oversight of Providers & Health Plans 8/30/2012 12 Steps Businesses Should Take Now To Manage Health Plan Risks 8/2012 Supreme Court Decision Means Heallth Plans Under Fire 8/2012 Health Plan Communications Bootcamp: SBCs, SPDs & Beyond 8/28/2012 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 Record $2.3 Million+ H-2A Backpay Order Plus Civil Money Penalty Reminds Businesses Employing Foreign Workers To Manage Compliance 8/10/2012 EBSA Updates Guidance On Fee Disclosure Requirements For 401(k) Plan Brokerage Window Arrangements 8/8/2012 Use NIH & Other Free Government Resources To Help Round Out Wellness Programs 8/6/2012 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 96% Employers of 50+ Employees, 36% Employers of Smaller Employers Provide Health Coverage 8/4/2012 12 Steps Every Employer With A Health Plan Should Do Now To Manage 2012-14 Health Plan Risks & Liabilities 8/1/2012 Congress Gives Defined Benefit Plan Sponsors Welcome Funding Relief, Raises PBGC Premiums & Makes Other Reforms 7/31/2012 Claims & Appeals Bootcamp 7/31/2012 Coping with Health Care Reform - Health Plan-U Workshop Series 7/24/2012 Coping With Health Care Reform: 2012 Health Plan Update 7/24/2012 Essential Health Benefit Definition Built On Expensive Mandated Benefit Plan Likely To Be Expensive For Employers, States & Individuals 7/20/2012 Leprino Foods To Pay $550K To Settle OFCCP Charge Pre-Hire Screening Test Illegally Discriminated 7/19/2012 Record $2.3 Million+ Backpay Order 7/16/2012 Update Health Plans For Expanded MHPAEA & Health Care Reform Mental Health Mandates 7/15/2012 Risks Plan Sponsors and Fiduciaries Face When Employee BEnefit Responsibilities Are Mishandled 7/9/2012 New EEOC State Discrimination Charge Data Helpful Employer Risk Assessment Tool Discrimination Exposures Grow 6/26/2012 OCR Hits Alaska Medicaid For $1.7M+ For HIPAA Security Breach 6/26/2012 Model Language May Aid Section 83(b) Elections Even As Executive & Other Special Compensation Carry Growing Liability Traps 6/26/2012 IRS To Offer Help For U.S. Citizens Overseas With Foreign Retirement Plans, Dual Citizenship Tax Issues 6/26/2012 Obamas Reaffirms Commitment Prosecute Disability Discrimination To Mark Omlstead Anniversary 6/22/2012 IRS Changing Individual Taxpayer ID Number Application Requirements 6/22/2012 HIPAA To Do & To Dont: New Rules, New Enforcement 6/19/2012 Insurer Group Health Inc. To Refund $500,00+ & Change Claims Practices To Settle NY AG Charges It Wrongfully Denied Coverage 6/18/2012 NLRB Moves To Promote Non-Union Employee Use of Collective Action Rights By Launching Webpage 6/18/2012 Making Wellness Work On A Shoestring Budget 5/28/2012 Tighten Defensibility of Criminal & Other Background Check Practices In Light of Labor Department Non-Discrimination Regulation & Enforcement Emphasis 5/25/2012 Employee Plan Fee Disclosure Rules Clarified 5/22/2012 OIG: Extremely High Prescription Drug Retail Pharmacy Billings Warrant Tighter Medicare Part D Oversight & Controls 5/18/2012 HHS OIG Finds The New York Hotel Trades Council and Hotel Association of New York City, Inc., Health Benefits Fund Reported Unallowable Costs on 2009 Medicare Cost Report 5/18/2012 Stamer To Speak At HFMA On Making Gain Sharing Work 5/11/2012 ERISA Advisory Opinion Addresses If Connecticut Group Health Plan Plan Is Government Plan 5/4/2012 Comment On IRS Proposals On Determing Health Plan Minimum Value By June 11 4/26/2012 EEOC Sues Wendys Franchisee For Disability Discrimination 4/18/2012 Brokerage Firm To Pay $630,000+ To Benefit Plans To Settle DOL Charges It Wrongfully Steered Clients To Investments 4/18/2012 Arizona Physicians Group To Pay $100,000 To Settle HIPAA Charges 4/18/2012 Latest $100,000 HIPAA Resolution Agreement Nails Physician Group, 4/17/2012 DC Court Enjoins Implementation of NLRB Poster Rule 4/17/2012 Health Plans Should Act Quickly To Prepare Affordable Care Act Required Summary of Benefits & Communications & Update Other Health Plan Communications 3/20/2012 Small Employers Should Evaluate Eligibility For Small Business Health Care Tax Credit 3/14/2012 Health Plan BCBST To Pay $1.5 Million In 1st OCR Enforcement Action Prompted By HITECH Breach Report 3/13/2012 March 21 New Deadline To Comment On Proposal To Extend Minimum Wage, Overtime Rules To In Home Care Workers 3/9/2012 NLRB Report Shows Rise In Unfair Labor Practice Complaints & Formal Proceedings 3/9/2012 Sullivan University System to Pay $483,000 in Back Wages Overtime Violations Stemming From Worker Misclassifications 3/8/2012 New DOL Final Rules Tighten Requirements For Employers To Hire Alien Workers Using H-2B Visas 2/21/2012 Immigration Compliance For The Health Care Industry 2/15/2012 New IRS Worker Classification Settlement Program and its Risks 1/2012 OSHA $1Million Award Against AirTran Airways Highlights Retaliation Risks 1/18/2012 Severance and Other Termination Arrangements: Planning and Executing Defensible Goodbyes 1/17/2012 HHS Chides Trustmark Life Insurance Company For Excessive Health Premium Increases After Affordable Care Act Rate Audit 1/12/2012 Constitutionality of Obama Recess Appointments Questioned 1/11/2012 Labor Department Final Rule Defines Recreation Vehicle For Longshore & Harbor Workers Compensation Act 1/10/2012 Portion of Health Care Costs Paid By Government Programs Rose As Employer Provided & Other Private Health Care Coverage Declined In 2010 1/9/2012 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 NLRB Changes Certification Election Case Procedures 12/26/2011 NLRB Delays Deadline For Employee Labor Rights Poster Requirement To April 30 12/23/2011 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 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 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 Employers Face New Labor-Management Exposures Under Activist National Labor Relations Board 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 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 SLP:Employers Face New Labor-Management Exposures Under Activist National Labor Relations Board 11/8/2011 Labor Secretary Comments Highlight Federal Protections & Resources To Support Veteran's Employment Rights 11/7/2011 IRS Exempts Enrolled Retirement Plan Agents From PTIN Requirement 11/4/2011 IRS Exempts Enrolled Retirement Plan Agents From PTIN Requirement-SLP 11/4/2011 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 IRS Publishes More Guidance For Tax Preparers On Preparer Tax Identification Number 10/30/2011 IRS Updates Meal, Travel Reimbursement & Deduction Rules-SLP 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 IRS Updates Meal, Travel Reimbursement & Deduction Rules 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 EBSA Final Rule On Investment Advice To Participants & Beneficiaries In Individual Account Plans 10/25/2011 OCR Settlements Show Health Care & Disabled Housing Providers Face Growing Disability Discrimination Risks 10/22/2011 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 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 IRS Announces 2012 Cost of Living Increases For Employee Benefit Contributions & Benefits Limits 10/20/2011 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 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 HHS Projects Medicare Advantage Enrollment Will Rise As Premiums Decline In 2012; Plans Face Increased Regulation & Enforcement 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 Health Reform For Getting Health Coverage For Added 1 Million Young Adults 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 Participant Notification Added To Required Procedures For Church Plan Determination Letter Requests 9/22/2011 HHS Credits Affordable Care Act Adult Dependent Child Coverage Rule With Getting 1 Million Young Adults Health Coverage 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 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 Labor Department 2011 Stats Show Employer Health Coverage & Other Benefit Statistics 7/29/2011 Stamer Speaks 9/14 On Coping With Health Care Reform: Whats New, What Lies Ahead & What To Do 7/29/2011 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 The Boomers are Coming, Is the System Prepared? 4/1/2011 Agencies Clarify Affordable Care Act Grandfathered Health Plan Rules, 4/1/2011 What Would the Retirement Benefits Delivery System Look Like if Employers Stopped Sponsoring Plans? 3/31/2011 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 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 CMS Publishes Proposed Consumer Disclosure Notices Detailing Required Health Insurer Rate Increase Justification Disclosures 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 States Get More Info On Affordable Care Act Medicaid Eligibility Maintenance Of Effort; Payers & Providers Must Monitor 2/27/2011 Safeguarding Yourself From Liability For Anothers Employee Benefit Plan Embezzlement Or Other Misconduct 2/25/2011 Stamer Shares Best Practices for Protecting Plan Participant & Other Employee Information At Dallas SBWA/IRS Plan Administrator Skills Workshop 2/25/2011 $4.3 Million HIPAA Penalty Signals Health Plans, Sponsors & Service Providers 2/22/2011 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 NLRB Settlement Shows Care Necessary When Employers Use Social Networking & Other Policies Restricting Employee Communications 2/7/2011 Health Care Employers NLRB Settlement Shows Care Necessary When Using Social Networking & Other Policies Restricting Employee Communication 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 DOL Wage & Hour Settlements Highlight Rising Wage & Hour Enforcement Risks 1/25/2011 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 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 Holiday Season Celebration Reminder To Manage Intoxication Risks 12/29/2010 Avoiding Post-Holiday Season HR Liability Hangover 12/29/2010 White Paper on New Guidance Clarifying Requirements For Health Plan Credit For Small Employers Now Available 12/5/2010 2011 Standard Mileage Rates Announced 12/4/2010 RESPONDING TO THE EPIDEMIC:STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVING DIABETES CARE IN TEXAS 11/2010 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 Affordable Care Act Grandfathered Plan Rules Loosened To Allow Insured Plans Making Some Insurance Changes To Qualify 11/17/2010 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 EEOC Charges Employers With Violating ADA By Denying Medical Leave 10/19/2010 Health Plan Eligibility Update 10/13/2010 Annual Benefit Limitation Waiver & Anticipated HHS Medical Loss Ratio Guidance Offer 10/3/2010 New Insured Group Health Plan Non-Discrimination Rules Create Significant Liability For Employers & Insurers; Prompt IRS Also To Review Self-Insured Group Health Plan Rules 9/20/2010 Appeals process regulations extend DOL rules to non-ERISA plans 9/1/2010 NLRB To Review, Invites Briefs In Cases Involving Voluntary Recognition Agreements & Successor Employers 8/31/2010 CE Invites Comments On Information Required For IMAGE Program Employers 8/31/2010 Initial EHR Certification Bodies Named 8/30/2010 Affordable Care Acts Health Plan External & Internal Review Safe Harbor & Other 8/26/2010 Health Care Reform: Building Your Family's Healthcare Survival Plan 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 Regulations Implementing Affordable Care Act Temporary High Risk Insurance Pool Program Regulations Issued 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 Congress & Labor Department Considering Tightening Retirement Plan Regulations 7/28/2010 Review Of Worker Classifications Needed As Classification Scrutiny Rises 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 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 7/9/2010 Affordable Care Act Health Plan Guidance Update 7/9/2010 Employers Urged To Review & Strengthen Defensibility of Existing Worker Classification Practices In Light of Rising Congressional & Regulatory Scrutiny 6/30/2010 Key Affordable Care Act Health Plan Coverage Mandates Guidance Issued 6/29/2010 Worker Classification & Alternative Workforce: Employee Plans & Employment Tax Challenges 6/29/2010 Affordable Care Act Early Retiree Reinsurance Program Applications Open Today; More Key Affordable Health Plan Guidance Issued June 28 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 Texas Society for Healthcare Human Resources Administration & Education Thank You 5/25/2010 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 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 IRS To Allow Medical Resident FICA Refund Claims 3/2/2010 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 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 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 New Labor Department Rule Establishes 7 Day Deadline To Deliver 2/11/2010 Labor Department Final H-2A Certification Procedures Tighten Requirements 2/11/2010 St. Louis Employers OSHA Violations Trigger Contempt Order and Penalties 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 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 Screening for Obesity in Children and Adolescents 1/2010 Legal Alert: Holiday season can cause legal headaches 2009 Newly Extended COBRA Subsidy Rules Require Employers, Administrators Send Required Notices & Update Health Plan Documents & Procedures Quickly 12/30/2009 Distressed Businesses & Their Business Leaders Face Liability Risks When Employee Benefit Obligations Mishandled.doc 12/30/2009 Employer & Health Plan Action Required In Response to Law Extending & Expanding AARA COBRA Subsidy 12/22/2009 President Signs Law Extending & Expanding Temporary AARA COBRA Subsidy Requirements For Group Health Plans 12/22/2009 Holiday Season Can Cause Legal Headaches 12/4/2009 Employee Benefit Plan Sponsors & Fiduciaries Urged To Review Bonding, Credentials of Staff & Service Providers Under ERISA 12/2009 Mishandling Employee Benefit Obligations Creates Liabilities For Distressed Businesses & Their Business Leaders 12/2009 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 Employers Must Exercise Caution To Management Employment Liabilities When Acting To Manage H1N1 or Other Contagious Disease Risks 11/30/2009 Employers Should Act Proactively To Minimize Legal Hangover Risks Following Holiday Season Cele 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 2009 Health Plan Update 10/2009 10/2009 Legal Alert: Appeals court says ADA Amendments Act is not retroactive Nomination of Phyllis Borzi as Assistant Secretary of Labor for the Employment Benefits Security Administration Unanimously Confirmed 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 With September 8 Deadline for Government Contractors to Use E-Verify, USCIS Invites Comments on E-Verify Program Designated Agent Process 6/23/2009 June 23, 2009 Dallas HR Management Association Health Plan Eligibility Update 6/23/2009 Making Gainsharing Work:Managing Physician Performance At Dallas Bar Association 6/17/2009 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 Bill To Dictate Employers Give Up To 56 Hours of Paid Leave Per Year Enjoys Broad Support In House 6/8/2009 Government Contractors & Subcontractors Deadline to Use E-Verify 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 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 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 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 April 21 ABA JCEB Subrogation Soup Teleconference 4/7/2009 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 March 25 HIPAA Privacy & Security Update Webinar 3/20/2009 Obama Taps David Blumenthal, M.D., M.P.P. To Lead Effort To Modernize U.S. Health Information Technology 3/20/2009 DOL Releases Stimulus Bill Model COBRA Notices, Other Guidance 3/20/2009 Actions That Can Confirm Client Claims 1/19/2009 The Hospitalist, Avoidng The Bad Hire 10/2007 Cybercrime and Identity Theft: Health Information Security Beyond HIPAA Reprint 5/2005 Patient Confidentiality & Medical Records 5/7/1998 Privacy & Security Standards: A Brief Nutshell 2/4/1995 Most Employers, Group Health Plans Need Additional Action To Finish COBRA Subsidy Compliance 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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