On June 13, 2022, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued guidance on Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) requirements as… Read more >
Amanda Wilke, CEBS
July 19, 2022
Communication, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Employee Benefits, Health Care, HIPAA, Insurance, U.S.employee benefits, HIPAA, HIPAA privacy, HIPAA security, pandemic, telehealth, telemedicine
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In an interview in the March/April issue of Plans & Trusts, actuary Bonnie-Jeanne MacDonald, Ph.D., FCIA, FSA, called for new policies and practices to address the multiple challenges and opportunities… Read more >
Tim Hennessy
June 9, 2022
Canada, Communication, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Employee Benefits, Health Care, HIPAA, Insurancecanada, COVID-19, employee benefits, Health Care, health insurance, long term care
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The Office for Civil Rights (OCR), under the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is responsible for enforcing the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). In… Read more >
Rose Plewa, CEBS
March 15, 2022
Employee Benefits, HIPAA, RegulatoryCompliance, employee benefits, HIPAA, HIPAA privacy, HIPAA security
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August 2021 marks the 25th anniversary of the signing of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). The main goals of the law were improving the portability of health… Read more >
Kathy Bergstrom, CEBS
August 9, 2021
Employee Benefits, Health Care, HIPAA, Human Resources (HR), U.S.health care fraud, health insurance, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, HIPAA, HIPAA privacy, HIPAA security, PHI
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You wouldn’t think running wellness programs would be all that scary for employers, but Macy’s Inc., along with its subsidiaries Anthem and Cigna, are likely screaming in horror at a… Read more >
Adam Abelson, CEBS
October 31, 2017
Affordable Care Act (ACA), Compliance, Employee Benefits, HIPAA, Wellness
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To the average worker, the process of offering a few incentives to participate in a wellness program would appear to be a simple one. As those of us working in… Read more >
Kelli Kolsrud, CEBS
August 18, 2016
Affordable Care Act (ACA), Employee Benefits, Health Care, HIPAA, Regulatory, WellnessADA, GINA, wellness incentives
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The short turnaround time to answer a HIPAA audit request puts pressure on you to be ready at any time. The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH)… Read more >
Jenny Lucey, CEBS
February 10, 2016
Employee Benefits, Health Care, HIPAA, Regulatorybusiness associates, HIPAA audit
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Unless a person’s job depends on knowing Health Insurance Portability and Accountability (HIPAA) privacy and security rules, the topic is what my family calls a MEGO (“my eyes glaze over”)…. Read more >
Chris Vogel, CEBS
November 10, 2015
Compliance, Health Care, HIPAA, Regulatory
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Section 1104 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires health plans to certify compliance with HIPAA administrative simplification standards and operating rules for electronic transactions. On January 2, 2014 the… Read more >
Lois Gleason, CEBS
October 29, 2015
Affordable Care Act (ACA), Employee Benefits, Health Care, HIPAA, RegulatoryHHS, HPID, Section 1104
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So, your number has come up—The Department of Labor (DOL) is auditing your employee benefit plan (it’s happening more often these days). It may go on for a long time and… Read more >
Chris Vogel, CEBS
June 2, 2015
Affordable Care Act (ACA), Employee Benefits, ERISA, HIPAADOL audit
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