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When Wellness Programs Get Scary

Guest Contributor

31 Oct 201731 Oct 2017

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 lawsuit filed against them by the Department of Labor (DOL) for management […]

Affordable Care Act (ACA) Employee Benefits Health Care HIPAA Regulatory Wellness

More Threads to Weave Into the Wellness Incentive Compliance Tapestry

Kelli Kolsrud, CEBS

18 Aug 2016

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 the employee benefits industry know, appearances can be deceiving. The administration of […]

Employee Benefits Health Care HIPAA Regulatory

HIPAA Phase 2 Audits Include Business Associates

Jenny Gartman, CEBS

10 Feb 201605 Apr 2016

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) Act requires the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) to perform […]

Compliance Health Care HIPAA Regulatory

True Tales of HIPAA

Chris Vogel, CEBS

10 Nov 201510 Nov 2015

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”). So I was surprised when I attended “HIPAA Tune-Up for Your Health Plans,” […]

Affordable Care Act (ACA) Employee Benefits Health Care HIPAA Regulatory

HIPAA Certification Final Rules Are Late to the Party

Lois Gleason, CEBS

29 Oct 201529 Oct 2015

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 Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a proposed rule giving plans […]

Affordable Care Act (ACA) Employee Benefits ERISA HIPAA

Fiduciaries, Are You Covered?

Chris Vogel, CEBS

02 Jun 2015

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 get expensive. DOL auditors will interview plan officials and request scads of […]

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Who Needs Another Policy? Maybe You Do

Chris Vogel, CEBS

31 Oct 201417 Jan 2015

By: Chris Vogel, CEBS It’s too bad board policies fall under the category of “blah, blah, blah” for some folks. Like many attorneys who work with boards of trustees, Rachel R. Parisi, CEBS, must see a few stifled yawns when she mentions […]

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One Less Thing to Do: HIPAA Certificates of Creditable Coverage

Lois Gleason, CEBS

13 Aug 201417 Jan 2015

By: Lois Mathis-Gleason, CEBS The Affordable Care Act (ACA) gave health plans an extraordinary amount of new reporting and disclosure requirements. However, one preexisting requirement (pun intended) will disappear beginning January 1, 2015: The HIPAA Certificate of Creditable Coverage. Health plans had […]