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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 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 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 "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 New HIPAA Compliance Requirements for Group Health Plans (pdf).Nexsen Pruet - September 12, 2005 Employers who sponsor and administer employee health plans need to take action
to comply with two new sets of rules under the Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act (HIPAA). 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 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 Health Plans & Benefits - Portability of Health Coverage (HIPAA).Department of Labor - (No Date) DOL's page on HIPAA.
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