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Report Link Privacy Notice Reminder.Fisher & Phillips, LLP - May 06, 2009 Group health plans that were required to comply with privacy requirements of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) by April 14, 2003 (i.e., large health plans) now have an obligation to notify individuals who are covered by the plan that the privacy notice is available, and to tell them how to obtain the notice. This reminder notice must be sent at least once every three years. Report Link Stimulus Bill's HIPAA Changes.Fisher & Phillips, LLP - May 06, 2009 The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), signed by President Obama into law on February 17, 2009, included changes to the health information privacy and security rules under HIPAA, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. Report Link Stimulus Package Expands the Applicability and Penalties of the HIPAA Privacy and Security Regulations.Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC - March 27, 2009 Health care providers and businesses that play in the electronic medical/health record space should take heed: The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH Act), which is part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (the "Stimulus Package") signed into law on February 17, 2009, will bring about major changes to the requirements, application and penalties associated with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 Privacy and Security Regulations (referred to jointly as "HIPAA" and singly as the "Privacy Regulations" and the "Security Regulations" for purposes of this Advisory). Report Link Stimulus Act Expands HIPAA Obligations and Enforcement Mechanisms.Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC - March 10, 2009 On February 17, 2009, President Obama signed into law the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (the Stimulus Act). Among the myriad topics contained in the Stimulus Act is the expansion of the obligations and enforcement mechanisms of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), and more specifically, HIPAA's Privacy and Security Rules. Below is a summary of the most significant changes to the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules. Report Link Recent Enforcement Actions and Significant Amendments to the HIPAA Privacy Rule Compel Employers to Revisit Their HIPAA Compliance Efforts.Littler Mendelson, P.C. - March 04, 2009 Two recent enforcement actions and significant amendments to the HIPAA Privacy Rule, enacted as part of the federal government's massive economic stimulus bill (the "American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009" (ARRA)), should re-focus employers on their HIPAA compliance efforts. Report Link Federal Stimulus Means New HIPAA Privacy and Security Mandates.Jackson Lewis LLP - February 25, 2009 In line with this audacious promise, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) expands, enforces, and enhances the privacy and security safeguards required by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) for certain individually identifiable health information. The tightening of these safeguards is critical to building the network of computerized record-keeping systems that will service the whole nation. Most businesses will be affected by these changes to some degree. Some of the key changes made by the new law include: Report Link Economic Stimulus Act Impacts HIPAA Requirements.Ford & Harrison LLP - February 24, 2009 The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act ("ARRA") signed into law on February 17, 2009 includes significant changes to the Privacy and Security Rules of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 ("HIPAA). Below are highlights of some of the significant changes and their effective dates. Report Link HEART Act Guidance Clarifies Health FSA Distributions For Reservists.Ogletree Deakins - October 16, 2008 Under new guidance issued by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), employers will more easily be able to allow workers who have been called up to active military duty to take full advantage of “qualified reservist distributions” from their health flexible spending accounts (FSAs). Report Link Hospital to Pay $100,000, Comply with 3-Year Corrective Action Plan for HIPAA Data Breach.Jackson Lewis LLP - July 25, 2008 The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) has announced that it has entered into a Resolution Agreement, for the first time, concerning potential violations of the privacy and security regulations under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). The Resolution Agreement, entered into on July 16, 2008, requires a Seattle-based health care provider, Providence Health & Services, to pay $100,000 and to implement a detailed, three-year corrective action plan to ensure that it will appropriately safeguard identifiable electronic patient information. By agreeing to this Resolution Agreement, the provider avoided the imposition of potentially significant civil monetary penalties under HIPAA. Report Link Court Finds FSA Administrator Violated ERISA by Providing Misleading Benefit Documents.Ford & Harrison LLP - May 14, 2008 A federal court in New Jersey has held that a flexible spending account (FSA) plan administrator violated ERISA by providing plan benefit documents that did not clearly state when a medical expense would be deemed “incurred” under the plan. Report Link HIPAA Enforcement Update: CMS Issues Guidance on HIPAA Security Rule Compliance Review.Jackson Lewis LLP - February 28, 2008 To assist Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) covered entities prepare for enforcement of potential HIPAA Security Rule violations, on February 20, 2008, the Office of E-Health Standards and Services (OESS) provided guidance on the type of information that might be requested during an onsite investigation. The OESS is an office within the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) of the Department of Health & Human Services. The OESS document called "Sample - Interview and Document Request for HIPAA Security Onsite Investigations and Compliance Reviews" lists (1) the persons who may be interviewed and (2) the documents and other information that may be requested. Report Link HIPAA Safe Harbor for Supplemental Health Insurance.Littler Mendelson, P.C. - December 18, 2007 On December 7, 2007, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) in conjunction with the Department of Treasury and the Department of Health and Human Services issued Field Assistance Bulletin No. 2007-04. This Bulletin provides a safe harbor for supplemental health insurance plans and exempts certain plans from the portability provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). Report Link HHS Expanding HIPAA Privacy Enforcement Team.Littler Mendelson, P.C. - December 18, 2007 The Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS") enforces the privacy provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 ("HIPAA"). Report Link HIPAA Enforcement: Farce Or Reality.Jackson Lewis LLP - July 18, 2007 The HIPAA privacy regulations became a reality for most health care providers and health plans on April 14, 2003, the regulations' effective date. During that time, "covered entities" were anxious to become compliant – feverishly drafting policies and procedures, training employees and locking up health information, among other things. Many at that time feared government enforcement in the form of audits, civil actions and penalties. Report Link HIPAA Privacy and Security Enforcement Kicks Up.Jackson Lewis LLP - May 09, 2007 The Department of Health and Human Services has stepped up its enforcement of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. HHS, charged with enforcement of HIPAA's Privacy and Security Rules through its Office of Civil Rights, has launched an enforcement website, delegated subpoena authority to its enforcement office, and begun compliance audits. Report Link Imminent HIPAA Notice Obligation for Small Health Plans.Littler Mendelson, P.C. - April 18, 2007 The small health plan deadline for the HIPAA privacy notice passed a few days ago -- did you make the cut? Report Link Final Rules Address HIPAA Nondiscrimination Provisions' Impact on Wellness Programs (pdf).Phelps Dunbar LLP - April 17, 2007 All employers and other plan sponsors that administer wellness programs should carefully review the nondiscrimination rules recently finalized by the United States Departments of Labor (“DOL”), Health & Human Services (“HHS”), and the United States Department of Treasury. The final rules were published late last year on December 13, 2006, at 71 Fed. Reg. 75014. Report Link HIPAA Privacy Notice Reminder for "Small" Health Plans.Jackson Lewis LLP - April 04, 2007 The compliance date deadline for the HIPAA small health plan Privacy Rule is fast approaching -- April 14, 2007. Are you in compliance?
Report Link New HIPAA Wellness Regulations.Fisher & Phillips, LLP - March 30, 2007 In 2006, the IRS, HHS and DOL, issued HIPAA regulations for wellness programs, outlining how those programs should be designed. Report Link Final HIPAA Nondiscrimination Regulations Spur Employers to Review Workplace Wellness Programs.Jackson Lewis LLP - December 15, 2006 Long awaited final regulations addressing, among other things, the "bona fide wellness program" exception to the HIPAA non-discrimination requirements were released on December 13, 2006, by three federal agencies. The nondiscrimination requirements, which are found in Section 702 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) (as amended by HIPAA), generally prohibit plan sponsors from using a health factor as a basis for discrimination with regard either to eligibility to enroll or for determining premium contributions under a group health plan. These final regulations, issued jointly by the Departments of Treasury, Labor and Health and Human Services, provide helpful clarifications and modifications to the interim rules published in 1997 and 2001. While the effective date of the regulations is February 12, 2007, the new rules afford employers until July 1, 2007, at the earliest, to comply with the final standards (for calendar year plans, January 1, 2008). Report Link The Department of Health and Human Services Issues Guidance Regarding Security Breaches Concerning HIPAA-Protected Information.Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC - June 16, 2006 The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released guidance on April 17, 2009, regarding the new protected health information (PHI) security breach notification requirements set forth in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). Report Link "HIPAA Certifications" Are Not Required Under HIPAA Privacy and Security Regulations.Jackson Lewis LLP - May 12, 2006 Many employers sponsoring group health plans have asked: "Do we have to be HIPAA 'certified' in order to be compliant with the HIPAA privacy and security regulations?" Report Link HIPAA Compliance Reminders (pdf).Vedder Price - April 07, 2006 The HIPAA Privacy Rule requires employers who
sponsor a group health plan to notify plan participants at
least once every three years of the availability of the
plan’s Notice of Privacy Practices (“Privacy Notice”)
and of how to obtain a copy of the Privacy Notice. Report Link What Are a Small Employer's Obligations under the HIPAA Security Rules.Jackson Lewis LLP - March 22, 2006 By April 14, 2004, all covered "health plans" were required to be in compliance with the Privacy Rules. Many plan sponsors believed that after becoming compliant with the Privacy Rules, their health plan(s) had satisfied HIPAA's "administrative simplification" provisions. The administration simplification provisions, however, include an additional layer of protection for a certain type of protected health information – "electronic protected health information" – with this layer being known as the "Security Rules." These regulations are codified at Title 45 of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 164, Subparts A and C . The focus of this article, therefore, is to provide small employers sponsoring one or more covered health plans a general discussion of the scope and compliance requirements under the Security Rules. Report Link May a health plan disclose protected health information to a person who calls the plan on the beneficiary's behalf?Jackson Lewis LLP - March 21, 2006 A frequent question of plan sponsors is under what conditions may health plans disclose protected health information to a person who calls the plan on the beneficiary's behalf. On March 14, 2006, the Department of Health and Human Service's Office of Civil Rights provided guidance on this question in its frequently asked questions section. Report Link Most Health Plans Must Remind Participants of Availability of Notice of Privacy Practices.Jackson Lewis LLP - March 13, 2006 Employers should take note that the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act's Privacy Rule requires a health plan to remind participants of the availability of the plan's Notice of Privacy Practices, as well as how to obtain a copy, at least once every three years. The three-year anniversary of the compliance date for the Privacy Rule for most covered health plans is April 14, 2006; for small health plans, the third anniversary of the compliance date is April 14, 2007. Report Link CMS Clarifies Compliance with the HIPAA Security Obligations for Sponsors of Group Health Plans.Jackson Lewis LLP - November 28, 2005 Employers sponsoring group health plans have had to come to grips with the compliance requirements under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act administrative simplification regulations governing the privacy, security and electronic transmission of "protected health information." Many of these plan sponsors, however, were able to take advantage of the administrative safe harbor under the privacy regulations for plans that (i) are fully insured and (ii) with respect to which the plan sponsor has no access to protected health information. Report Link Security Rule Takes Effect (pdf).Vedder Price - April 22, 2005 The compliance date for the Security Rule, the next phase
of HIPAA compliance, is upon us. Report Link Latest Agency Action on HIPAA Portability for Group Health Plans Contains Few Changes.Jackson Lewis LLP - March 24, 2005 At the end of 2004, the Departments of Treasury, Labor, and Health and Human Services published the final regulations regarding health coverage portability requirements under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. Report Link HR's Role in HIPAA Security Compliance.Littler Mendelson, P.C. - March 15, 2005 Suffering "HIPAA Privacy Rule fatigue," many human resources and benefits professionals have passed the compliance baton for the HIPAA Security Rule to their colleagues in the Information Technology (IT) Department. Report Link New HIPAA Health Care Portability Regulations (pdf).Vedder Price - February 17, 2005 On December 30, 2004, the Departments of Treasury,
Labor and Health and Human Services jointly issued
final and proposed regulations regarding the portability
requirements under the Health Insurance Portability
and Accountability Act of 1996 ("HIPAA"). Report Link Final Regulations on HIPAA Portability for Group Health Plans Contain Few Changes.Jackson Lewis LLP - January 06, 2005 On December 30, 2004, the Departments of Treasury, Labor, and Health and Human Services published the final regulations regarding health coverage portability requirements under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. Report Link Compliance Alert: HIPAA Privacy Rules for Small Employer Group Health Plans Effective on April 14.Jackson Lewis LLP - April 06, 2004 Company health plans, whether fully insured or self-funded, are most likely covered by the requirements of the Privacy Rules of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. The rules become effective for small employer heath plans on April 14, 2004. Report Link Small Employer Obligations Under HIPAA Privacy Rules (Part II).Jackson Lewis LLP - January 16, 2004 As most health plans will be subject to the privacy regulations recently issued under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (Privacy Rules), the question becomes what is the scope of the plan's compliance obligations. Report Link Small Employer Obligations Under HIPAA Privacy Rules.Jackson Lewis LLP - December 19, 2003 Many employers may not realize that the same Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act regulations giving health care providers a compliance headache also apply to most employer-provided health plans. Report Link Jumping The Hurdles of The HIPAA Privacy Rule.Jackson Lewis LLP - September 15, 2003 If your law practice involves the routine use of medical records in the prosecution or defense of litigation, around April of this year you may have noticed a change in attitude among many recipients of your standard medical record subpoena duces tecum. Welcome to the new world of the HIPAA Privacy Rule. Report Link Updated Guidance Precedes Upcoming Deadline For HIPAA Privacy Compliance.Jackson Lewis LLP - December 20, 2002 On December 3, 2002, the Department of Health and Human Services issued a compilation of new and existing guidance about key elements of the requirements of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 ("HIPAA") Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information (the "Privacy Rule").
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