Banking/Finance
Congress & Labor Department Considering Tightening Retirement Plan Regulations
7/28/2010
Health Plans & Business Associates Face 2/17 Deadline To Update Policies, Contracts & Procedures For HIPAA Privacy Rule Changes
2/16/2010
New Labor Department Rule Establishes 7 Day Deadline To Deliver
2/11/2010
Distressed Businesses & Their Business Leaders Face Liability Risks When Employee Benefit Obligations Mishandled.doc
12/30/2009
FDIC Guidance On Prudent Commerical Real Estate Workouts Provides Insight To Borrowers
11/13/2009
FTC Extends Red Flag Rule Compliance Deadline From May 1 to August 1, 2009 SLP HCUPDATE
5/1/2009
Recession Readying Your Workforce To Meet New Business Challenges & Opportunities
5/30/2008
Supreme Court Rules Participants & Beneficiaries Can Sue Fiduciaries Under ERISA § 502(a)(2) To Recover 401(k) & Other Defined Contribution Account Losses
2/20/2008
Advanced Copy of Impending IRS Guidance On Anticipated Insurance Tax Implications of Proposed Changes To Calculate Statutory Life Insurance Reserves
1/14/2008
Ny Ag Announces Identity Theft Settlement
4/30/2007
Texas Ag Suit Against Radio Shack For Alleged Violation Of 2005 Texas Identity Theft Law
4/10/2007
New USERRA Militarty Reservist Regulations
12/19/2005
New Federal Requirements For Disposal of Personal Records and Information
7/1/2005
Bankruptcy/Restructuring
Congress & Labor Department Considering Tightening Retirement Plan Regulations
7/28/2010
Review Of Worker Classifications Needed As Classification Scrutiny Rises
7/28/2010
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
Employers Concerned About New Union Powers As NLRB Orders Union Elections In 31 California Health Care Facilities To Proceed
3/2/2010
New Labor Department Rule Establishes 7 Day Deadline To Deliver
2/11/2010
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
FDIC Guidance On Prudent Commerical Real Estate Workouts Provides Insight To Borrowers
11/13/2009
Recession Readying Your Workforce To Meet New Business Challenges & Opportunities
5/30/2008
Supreme Court Rules Participants & Beneficiaries Can Sue Fiduciaries Under ERISA § 502(a)(2) To Recover 401(k) & Other Defined Contribution Account Losses
2/20/2008
Executives, Lenders & Others Risk Personal Liability If Employee Benefits Mismanaged
6/13/2007
Labor Department Settlement With Former Enron Executive Jeffrey Skilling Provides Important Warning
11/17/2006
New USERRA Militarty Reservist Regulations
12/19/2005
New Federal Requirements For Disposal of Personal Records and Information
7/1/2005
Commercial Real Estate
Corporate
Congress & Labor Department Considering Tightening Retirement Plan Regulations
7/28/2010
New Regulations Define “Grandfathered” Group Health Plans &
6/15/2010
Getting Your Health Care Reform Views Before Key Congressional Decision-Makers
3/17/2010
New Labor Department Rule Establishes 7 Day Deadline To Deliver
2/11/2010
Distressed Businesses & Their Business Leaders Face Liability Risks When Employee Benefit Obligations Mishandled.doc
12/30/2009
House Passes Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Bill Requiring “Chemical Facilities” To Implement Complex New HR & Other Safety & Security Mandates
11/16/2009
FDIC Guidance On Prudent Commerical Real Estate Workouts Provides Insight To Borrowers
11/13/2009
OFCCP to Apply Special Procedures, Heightened Scrutiny to Equal Employment Practices of Government Contractors, Subcontractors on ARRA Funded Projects
7/21/2009
With September 8 Deadline for Government Contractors to Use E-Verify, USCIS Invites Comments on E-Verify Program Designated Agent Process
6/23/2009
Recession Readying Your Workforce To Meet New Business Challenges & Opportunities
5/30/2008
Deferred Compensation 409 A Update
11/15/2007
Health Care Providers May Need To Tighten E-mail and Other Electronic Record Practices In Response To New E- Discovery Rules
8/14/2007
Executives, Lenders & Others Risk Personal Liability If Employee Benefits Mismanaged
6/13/2007
Congress Scrutinizing Executive Compensation
5/25/2007
Ny Ag Announces Identity Theft Settlement
4/30/2007
Supreme Court Strikes Sentencing Guidelines
10/1/2005
New Federal Requirements For Disposal of Personal Records and Information
7/1/2005
Corporate Compliance/Risk Management
Review Of Worker Classifications Needed As Classification Scrutiny Rises
7/28/2010
Congress & Labor Department Considering Tightening Retirement Plan Regulations
7/28/2010
Businesses Employing Children Should Review & Tighten Practices in Light of Tightened Rules & Increased Penalties
7/27/2010
Labor Department FMLA Guidance Adopts Broad Interpretation,Employer Care Needed Determining Who Qualifies As Child
7/19/2010
Office of Civil Rights Proposes Changes To HIPAA Privacy, Security & Civil
7/9/2010
Office of Civil Rights Proposes Changes To HIPAA Privacy, Security & Civil Sanctions Rules
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
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
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
New Rule Requires Federal Government Contractors To Post New Employee Rights Under The National Labor Poster
5/20/2010
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
Getting Your Health Care Reform Views Before Key Congressional Decision-Makers
3/17/2010
Employers Concerned About New Union Powers As NLRB Orders Union Elections In 31 California Health Care Facilities To Proceed
3/2/2010
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
St. Louis Employer’s OSHA Violations Trigger Contempt Order and Penalties
2/11/2010
New Labor Department Rule Establishes 7 Day Deadline To Deliver
2/11/2010
Inapplicability of HIPAA Privacy To Disability Insurer Not License To Impose Unreasonable Proof Of Loss Requirements
2/8/2010
New Mental Health Parity Regulations Likely Require Health Plan Changes
1/29/2010
Homeland Security Updates List of Nations Whose Nationals Are Eligible For H-2A or H-2B Visas
1/19/2010
HHS Invites Comments On Health Center Program Federal Tort Claims Policy Manual
1/1/2010
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
President Signs Law Extending & Expanding Temporary AARA COBRA Subsidy Requirements For Group Health Plans
12/22/2009
Employer & Health Plan Action Required In Response to Law Extending & Expanding AARA COBRA Subsidy
12/22/2009
House Passes Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Bill Requiring “Chemical Facilities” To Implement Complex New HR & Other Safety & Security Mandates
11/16/2009
OSHA Proposes To Change Hazard Communication Standard
9/30/2009
HHS Delegates Authority for the HIPAA Security Rule to Office for Civil Rights
8/4/2009
HHS Hiring to Expand its Health Information Privacy Enforcement Team Again
8/3/2009
Strengthen Investigation and Employment Practices to Minimize Potential Exposure to Retaliation Claims in Light Of Recent Supreme Court Retaliation Decision
7/21/2009
OFCCP to Apply Special Procedures, Heightened Scrutiny to Equal Employment Practices of Government Contractors, Subcontractors on ARRA Funded Projects
7/21/2009
Don’t Be a “Rubber Stamp” – Information Concerning the Submission of the Toxic Release Inventory Form
7/9/2009
Tighten Employment, Ethics & Internal Controls Policies & Practices To Minimize DOJ & Other Antitrust Exposures
7/9/2009
53 Doctors, Health Care Executives & Beneficiaries Indicted for Involvement in a $50 Million Alleged False Billing Ring
6/24/2009
With September 8 Deadline for Government Contractors to Use E-Verify, USCIS Invites Comments on E-Verify Program Designated Agent Process
6/23/2009
FTC ABMG Antitrust Settlement Shows Risks For Health Care Providers Using "Messenger Model" To Negotiate Payor Contracts
6/15/2009
FDA Delays Implementation of Reportable Food Registry, Announces Draft Guidance
6/11/2009
Senate Democrats Unveil Their Health Care Reform Vision In Affordable Health Choices Act
6/10/2009
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
Government Contractors & Subcontractors Deadline to Use E-Verify
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
New Amendments To False Claims Act Increase Whistleblower and Other Exposures For Health Care Providers
5/26/2009
DOJ/HHS Step Up Health Care Fraud Enforcement By Announcing New Interagency Health Care Fraud Prevention and Enforcement Action Team
5/20/2009
Most Employers, Plans Still Have Work To Do To Comply With Stimulus Bill COBRA Rules
5/13/2009
Mitigating Workplace Fallout of Pandemic Response
5/5/2009
FTC Extends Red Flag Rule Compliance Deadline From May 1 to August 1, 2009
5/1/2009
Workforce Swine Flu Pandemic Survival Preparedness Tips For Business
4/29/2009
Connecticut Man Pleads Guilty To Multi-Millon Dollar Tax Fraud Conspiracy Involving False Charges For Hospital Maintenance & Insullation Services
4/4/2009
Retaliation For Filing HIPAA Complaint Recognized As Basis For State Retalitory Discharge Claim
3/30/2009
Supreme Court’s Broad Definition Of Retailiation Requires Employers To Exercise Care
3/20/2009
DOL Releases Stimulus Bill Model COBRA Notices, Other Guidance
3/20/2009
Providence To Pay $100,000 & Implement Other Safeguards to Settle HIPAA Civil Penalty Exposure
7/18/2008
Recession Readying Your Workforce To Meet New Business Challenges & Opportunities
5/30/2008
Employers, Health Plans & Insurers Face Significant New Nondiscrimination & Other Rules Under Genetic Information Law Signed By President
5/21/2008
OIG Loosens Conditions For Health Care Voluntary Self-Disclosures; Provider Precautions To Prevent & Detect Violations & When Deciding Make Self-Disclosure
5/15/2008
Quest Diagnostics Inc. To Pay $688,000 In Overtime Back Wages Settlement After Misclassifying Systems Employees As Exempt
4/30/2008
Nurse Pleads Guilty To HIPAA Privacy Breach
4/28/2008
Texas Hospital Settles Self-Disclosed Violation of Stark Law, Signs CIA
4/22/2008
Texas Clinic CEO Sentence Highlights Risks of Upcoding
3/31/2008
Supreme Court Rules Participants & Beneficiaries Can Sue Fiduciaries Under ERISA § 502(a)(2) To Recover 401(k) & Other Defined Contribution Account Losses
2/20/2008
DOL Publishes Wellness FAQ
2/18/2008
New Federal Law Extending Federal Family Leave Rights To Employees With Family Member Called To Active Duty Or Caring For Family Member Injured
1/29/2008
Health Care Providers May Need To Tighten E-mail and Other Electronic Record Practices In Response To New E- Discovery Rules
8/14/2007
Executives, Lenders & Others Risk Personal Liability If Employee Benefits Mismanaged
6/13/2007
Businesses With Massachusetts Workers Face July 1 Deadline To Comply With New Healthcare Law
6/10/2007
Congress Scrutinizing Executive Compensation
5/25/2007
Texas Criminal Conviction Guidelines Update Background Policy
5/22/2007
Ny Ag Announces Identity Theft Settlement
4/30/2007
Texas Ag Suit Against Radio Shack For Alleged Violation Of 2005 Texas Identity Theft Law
4/10/2007
Final HIPAA Nondiscrimination Regulations Affecting Health and Wellness Programs
12/13/2006
Supreme Court Strikes Sentencing Guidelines
10/1/2005
New Federal Requirements For Disposal of Personal Records and Information
7/1/2005
I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification Form
6/1/2005
Most Employers, Group Health Plans Need Additional Action To Finish COBRA Subsidy Compliance
12/30/1991
Corporate Compliance/Risk Management-Nonprofit
Review Of Worker Classifications Needed As Classification Scrutiny Rises
7/28/2010
Congress & Labor Department Considering Tightening Retirement Plan Regulations
7/28/2010
Businesses Employing Children Should Review & Tighten Practices in Light of Tightened Rules & Increased Penalties
7/27/2010
Labor Department FMLA Guidance Adopts Broad Interpretation,Employer Care Needed Determining Who Qualifies As Child
7/19/2010
Office of Civil Rights Proposes Changes To HIPAA Privacy, Security & Civil
7/9/2010
Office of Civil Rights Proposes Changes To HIPAA Privacy, Security & Civil Sanctions Rules
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
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
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
New Rule Requires Federal Government Contractors To Post New Employee Rights Under The National Labor Poster
5/20/2010
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
Getting Your Health Care Reform Views Before Key Congressional Decision-Makers
3/17/2010
Employers Concerned About New Union Powers As NLRB Orders Union Elections In 31 California Health Care Facilities To Proceed
3/2/2010
Employers, Group Health Plans Subject To New CHIP/Medicaid Notice, Coordination of Benefits & Special Enrollment Requirements
2/16/2010
Health Plans & Business Associates Face 2/17 Deadline To Update Policies, Contracts & Procedures For HIPAA Privacy Rule Changes
2/16/2010
St. Louis Employer’s OSHA Violations Trigger Contempt Order and Penalties
2/11/2010
New Labor Department Rule Establishes 7 Day Deadline To Deliver
2/11/2010
Inapplicability of HIPAA Privacy To Disability Insurer Not License To Impose Unreasonable Proof Of Loss Requirements
2/8/2010
New Mental Health Parity Regulations Likely Require Health Plan Changes
1/29/2010
Homeland Security Updates List of Nations Whose Nationals Are Eligible For H-2A or H-2B Visas
1/19/2010
HHS Invites Comments On Health Center Program Federal Tort Claims Policy Manual
1/1/2010
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
House Passes Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Bill Requiring “Chemical Facilities” To Implement Complex New HR & Other Safety & Security Mandates
11/16/2009
Bill To Dictate Employers Give Up To 56 Hours of Paid Leave Per Year Enjoys Broad Support In House
6/8/2009
New Amendments To False Claims Act Increase Whistleblower and Other Exposures For Health Care Providers
5/26/2009
DOJ/HHS Step Up Health Care Fraud Enforcement By Announcing New Interagency Health Care Fraud Prevention and Enforcement Action Team
5/20/2009
Most Employers, Plans Still Have Work To Do To Comply With Stimulus Bill COBRA Rules
5/13/2009
FTC Extends Red Flag Rule Compliance Deadline From May 1 to August 1, 2009
5/1/2009
Workforce Swine Flu Pandemic Survival Preparedness Tips For Business
4/29/2009
Connecticut Man Pleads Guilty To Multi-Millon Dollar Tax Fraud Conspiracy Involving False Charges For Hospital Maintenance & Insullation Services
4/4/2009
Retaliation For Filing HIPAA Complaint Recognized As Basis For State Retalitory Discharge Claim
3/30/2009
Supreme Court’s Broad Definition Of Retailiation Requires Employers To Exercise Care
3/20/2009
DOL Releases Stimulus Bill Model COBRA Notices, Other Guidance
3/20/2009
Providence To Pay $100,000 & Implement Other Safeguards to Settle HIPAA Civil Penalty Exposure
7/18/2008
Recession Readying Your Workforce To Meet New Business Challenges & Opportunities
5/30/2008
Employers, Health Plans & Insurers Face Significant New Nondiscrimination & Other Rules Under Genetic Information Law Signed By President
5/21/2008
OIG Loosens Conditions For Health Care Voluntary Self-Disclosures; Provider Precautions To Prevent & Detect Violations & When Deciding Make Self-Disclosure
5/15/2008
Quest Diagnostics Inc. To Pay $688,000 In Overtime Back Wages Settlement After Misclassifying Systems Employees As Exempt
4/30/2008
Nurse Pleads Guilty To HIPAA Privacy Breach
4/28/2008
Texas Hospital Settles Self-Disclosed Violation of Stark Law, Signs CIA
4/22/2008
Texas Clinic CEO Sentence Highlights Risks of Upcoding
3/31/2008
Supreme Court Rules Participants & Beneficiaries Can Sue Fiduciaries Under ERISA § 502(a)(2) To Recover 401(k) & Other Defined Contribution Account Losses
2/20/2008
DOL Publishes Wellness FAQ
2/18/2008
CMS Delays Publication of ERSD Conditions of Participation Rule
2/5/2008
New Federal Law Extending Federal Family Leave Rights To Employees With Family Member Called To Active Duty Or Caring For Family Member Injured
1/29/2008
Congress Scrutinizing Executive Compensation
5/25/2007
CMS Letter Regarding Specialty Hosptials
5/23/2007
CMS Says Specialty Hospitals Participating In Medicare Must Meeting Emergency Care Conditions
5/23/2007
Ny Ag Announces Identity Theft Settlement
4/30/2007
Texas Ag Suit Against Radio Shack For Alleged Violation Of 2005 Texas Identity Theft Law
4/10/2007
Final HIPAA Nondiscrimination Regulations Affecting Health and Wellness Programs
12/13/2006
Supreme Court Strikes Sentencing Guidelines
10/1/2005
New Federal Requirements For Disposal of Personal Records and Information
7/1/2005
I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification Form
6/1/2005
Most Employers, Group Health Plans Need Additional Action To Finish COBRA Subsidy Compliance
12/30/1991
Corporate Compliance/Risk Manag-Sox/Public Company
Review Of Worker Classifications Needed As Classification Scrutiny Rises
7/28/2010
Congress & Labor Department Considering Tightening Retirement Plan Regulations
7/28/2010
Businesses Employing Children Should Review & Tighten Practices in Light of Tightened Rules & Increased Penalties
7/27/2010
Labor Department FMLA Guidance Adopts Broad Interpretation,Employer Care Needed Determining Who Qualifies As Child
7/19/2010
Office of Civil Rights Proposes Changes To HIPAA Privacy, Security & Civil
7/9/2010
Office of Civil Rights Proposes Changes To HIPAA Privacy, Security & Civil Sanctions Rules
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
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
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
New Rule Requires Federal Government Contractors To Post New Employee Rights Under The National Labor Poster
5/20/2010
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
Getting Your Health Care Reform Views Before Key Congressional Decision-Makers
3/17/2010
Employers Concerned About New Union Powers As NLRB Orders Union Elections In 31 California Health Care Facilities To Proceed
3/2/2010
Employers, Group Health Plans Subject To New CHIP/Medicaid Notice, Coordination of Benefits & Special Enrollment Requirements
2/16/2010
Health Plans & Business Associates Face 2/17 Deadline To Update Policies, Contracts & Procedures For HIPAA Privacy Rule Changes
2/16/2010
St. Louis Employer’s OSHA Violations Trigger Contempt Order and Penalties
2/11/2010
New Labor Department Rule Establishes 7 Day Deadline To Deliver
2/11/2010
Inapplicability of HIPAA Privacy To Disability Insurer Not License To Impose Unreasonable Proof Of Loss Requirements
2/8/2010
New Mental Health Parity Regulations Likely Require Health Plan Changes
1/29/2010
Homeland Security Updates List of Nations Whose Nationals Are Eligible For H-2A or H-2B Visas
1/19/2010
HHS Invites Comments On Health Center Program Federal Tort Claims Policy Manual
1/1/2010
Distressed Businesses & Their Business Leaders Face Liability Risks When Employee Benefit Obligations Mishandled.doc
12/30/2009
Newly Extended COBRA Subsidy Rules Require Employers, Administrators Send Required Notices & Update Health Plan Documents & Procedures Quickly
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
House Passes Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Bill Requiring “Chemical Facilities” To Implement Complex New HR & Other Safety & Security Mandates
11/16/2009
Democrats Racing To Enact Their Version of Comprehensive Health Reform
6/10/2009
Bill To Dictate Employers Give Up To 56 Hours of Paid Leave Per Year Enjoys Broad Support In House
6/8/2009
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
FTC Extends Red Flag Rule Compliance Deadline From May 1 to August 1, 2009
5/1/2009
Workforce Swine Flu Pandemic Survival Preparedness Tips For Business
4/29/2009
Connecticut Man Pleads Guilty To Multi-Millon Dollar Tax Fraud Conspiracy Involving False Charges For Hospital Maintenance & Insullation Services
4/4/2009
Retaliation For Filing HIPAA Complaint Recognized As Basis For State Retalitory Discharge Claim
3/30/2009
Supreme Court’s Broad Definition Of Retailiation Requires Employers To Exercise Care
3/20/2009
DOL Releases Stimulus Bill Model COBRA Notices, Other Guidance
3/20/2009
Providence To Pay $100,000 & Implement Other Safeguards to Settle HIPAA Civil Penalty Exposure
7/18/2008
Recession Readying Your Workforce To Meet New Business Challenges & Opportunities
5/30/2008
Employers, Health Plans & Insurers Face Significant New Nondiscrimination & Other Rules Under Genetic Information Law Signed By President
5/21/2008
OIG Loosens Conditions For Health Care Voluntary Self-Disclosures; Provider Precautions To Prevent & Detect Violations & When Deciding Make Self-Disclosure
5/15/2008
Quest Diagnostics Inc. To Pay $688,000 In Overtime Back Wages Settlement After Misclassifying Systems Employees As Exempt
4/30/2008
Nurse Pleads Guilty To HIPAA Privacy Breach
4/28/2008
Texas Hospital Settles Self-Disclosed Violation of Stark Law, Signs CIA
4/22/2008
Texas Clinic CEO Sentence Highlights Risks of Upcoding
3/31/2008
Supreme Court Rules Participants & Beneficiaries Can Sue Fiduciaries Under ERISA § 502(a)(2) To Recover 401(k) & Other Defined Contribution Account Losses
2/20/2008
DOL Publishes Wellness FAQ
2/18/2008
CMS Delays Publication of ERSD Conditions of Participation Rule
2/5/2008
New Federal Law Extending Federal Family Leave Rights To Employees With Family Member Called To Active Duty Or Caring For Family Member Injured
1/29/2008
Congress Scrutinizing Executive Compensation
5/25/2007
CMS Letter Regarding Specialty Hosptials
5/23/2007
CMS Says Specialty Hospitals Participating In Medicare Must Meeting Emergency Care Conditions
5/23/2007
Texas Criminal Conviction Guidelines Update Background Policy
5/22/2007
Ny Ag Announces Identity Theft Settlement
4/30/2007
Texas Ag Suit Against Radio Shack For Alleged Violation Of 2005 Texas Identity Theft Law
4/10/2007
Final HIPAA Nondiscrimination Regulations Affecting Health and Wellness Programs
12/13/2006
SEC Proposes Changes to Executive Compensation Disclosure Requirements
2/6/2006
Supreme Court Strikes Sentencing Guidelines
10/1/2005
New Federal Requirements For Disposal of Personal Records and Information
7/1/2005
I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification Form
6/1/2005
Most Employers, Group Health Plans Need Additional Action To Finish COBRA Subsidy Compliance
12/30/1991
Cybercrime
Health Plans & Business Associates Face 2/17 Deadline To Update Policies, Contracts & Procedures For HIPAA Privacy Rule Changes
2/16/2010
House Passes Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Bill Requiring “Chemical Facilities” To Implement Complex New HR & Other Safety & Security Mandates
11/16/2009
FTC Extends Red Flag Rule Compliance Deadline From May 1 to August 1, 2009 SLP HCUPDATE
5/1/2009
FTC Extends Red Flag Rule Compliance Deadline From May 1 to August 1, 2009
5/1/2009
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
Retaliation For Filing HIPAA Complaint Recognized As Basis For State Retalitory Discharge Claim
3/30/2009
Obama Taps David Blumenthal, M.D., M.P.P. To Lead Effort To Modernize U.S. Health Information Technology
3/20/2009
March 25 HIPAA Privacy & Security Update Webinar
3/20/2009
Providence To Pay $100,000 & Implement Other Safeguards to Settle HIPAA Civil Penalty Exposure
7/18/2008
OCR HIPAA PRIVACY RULE Ocr Hipaa Privacy Rule Enforcement Statistics & Criminal Convictions Highlight Potential Hot Spots For Compliance
5/14/2008
Ny Ag Announces Identity Theft Settlement
4/30/2007
Texas Ag Suit Against Radio Shack For Alleged Violation Of 2005 Texas Identity Theft Law
4/10/2007
Labor Department Settlement With Former Enron Executive Jeffrey Skilling Provides Important Warning
11/17/2006
New Federal Requirements For Disposal of Personal Records and Information
7/1/2005
Disability Plan and Policies
Review Of Worker Classifications Needed As Classification Scrutiny Rises
7/28/2010
Labor Department FMLA Guidance Adopts Broad Interpretation,Employer Care Needed Determining Who Qualifies As Child
7/19/2010
Employers Urged To Review & Strengthen Defensibility of Existing Worker Classification Practices In Light of Rising Congressional & Regulatory Scrutiny
6/30/2010
Getting Your Health Care Reform Views Before Key Congressional Decision-Makers
3/17/2010
New Labor Department Rule Establishes 7 Day Deadline To Deliver
2/11/2010
Inapplicability of HIPAA Privacy To Disability Insurer Not License To Impose Unreasonable Proof Of Loss Requirements
2/8/2010
New American Academy of Pediatrics Report Urges Early Child Obesity Treatment
1/25/2010
Distressed Businesses & Their Business Leaders Face Liability Risks When Employee Benefit Obligations Mishandled.doc
12/30/2009
Senate Democrats Unveil Their Health Care Reform Vision In Affordable Health Choices Act
6/10/2009
Bill To Dictate Employers Give Up To 56 Hours of Paid Leave Per Year Enjoys Broad Support In House
6/8/2009
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
4/29/2009
JPI & United Airlines Lawsuits Highlight Rising Discrimination Risks To US Businesses
3/22/2009
Supreme Court Ruling Provides Guidance For Improving Defensibility Of ERISA Claims Decisions
6/26/2008
Recession Readying Your Workforce To Meet New Business Challenges & Opportunities
5/30/2008
Employers, Health Plans & Insurers Face Significant New Nondiscrimination & Other Rules Under Genetic Information Law Signed By President
5/21/2008
Supreme Court Rules Participants & Beneficiaries Can Sue Fiduciaries Under ERISA § 502(a)(2) To Recover 401(k) & Other Defined Contribution Account Losses
2/20/2008
New Federal Law Extending Federal Family Leave Rights To Employees With Family Member Called To Active Duty Or Caring For Family Member Injured
1/29/2008
Deferred Compensation 409 A Update
11/15/2007
Health Benefit Update 2007 Form 5500 Release
11/15/2007
Executives, Lenders & Others Risk Personal Liability If Employee Benefits Mismanaged
6/13/2007
Final HIPAA Nondiscrimination Regulations Affecting Health and Wellness Programs
12/13/2006
Labor Department, IRS & PBGC Propose Pension Protection Act Revisions to 2008 Form 5500 Report
12/6/2006
New Federal Requirements For Disposal of Personal Records and Information
7/1/2005
E-Alert - Stamer Publications
Review Of Worker Classifications Needed As Classification Scrutiny Rises
7/28/2010
Congress & Labor Department Considering Tightening Retirement Plan Regulations
7/28/2010
Businesses Employing Children Should Review & Tighten Practices in Light of Tightened Rules & Increased Penalties
7/27/2010
Labor Department FMLA Guidance Adopts Broad Interpretation,Employer Care Needed Determining Who Qualifies As Child
7/19/2010
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
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
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
New Rule Requires Federal Government Contractors To Post New Employee Rights Under The National Labor Poster
5/20/2010
CMS Proposes FY2011 Acute Care & Long-Term Care Inpatient Policy & Payment Rate Changes
4/20/2010
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
Getting Your Health Care Reform Views Before Key Congressional Decision-Makers
3/17/2010
Southern States Biggest Winners As HHS Awards Added $162 Million in AARA Fund Grants For Heatlh IT Meaningful Use Projects
3/15/2010
Employers Concerned About New Union Powers As NLRB Orders Union Elections In 31 California Health Care Facilities To Proceed
3/2/2010
Employers, Group Health Plans Subject To New CHIP/Medicaid Notice, Coordination of Benefits & Special Enrollment Requirements
2/16/2010
Health Plans & Business Associates Face 2/17 Deadline To Update Policies, Contracts & Procedures For HIPAA Privacy Rule Changes
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 Employer’s OSHA Violations Trigger Contempt Order and Penalties
2/11/2010
Inapplicability of HIPAA Privacy To Disability Insurer Not License To Impose Unreasonable Proof Of Loss Requirements
2/8/2010
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
Homeland Security Updates List of Nations Whose Nationals Are Eligible For H-2A or H-2B Visas
1/19/2010
HHS Invites Comments On Health Center Program Federal Tort Claims Policy Manual
1/1/2010
Employer & Health Plan Action Required In Response to Law Extending & Expanding AARA COBRA Subsidy
12/22/2009
House Passes Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Bill Requiring “Chemical Facilities” To Implement Complex New HR & Other Safety & Security Mandates
11/16/2009
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
Mitigating Workplace Fallout of Pandemic Response
5/5/2009
FTC Extends Red Flag Rule Compliance Deadline From May 1 to August 1, 2009 SLP HCUPDATE
5/1/2009
FTC Extends Red Flag Rule Compliance Deadline From May 1 to August 1, 2009
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
Hearing On Texas Medical Board Reforms Scheduled April 14, 2009
4/7/2009
Connecticut Man Pleads Guilty To Multi-Millon Dollar Tax Fraud Conspiracy Involving False Charges For Hospital Maintenance & Insullation Services
4/4/2009
JPI & United Airlines Lawsuits Highlight Rising Discrimination Risks To US Businesses
3/22/2009
March 25 HIPAA Privacy & Security Update Webinar
3/20/2009
Supreme Court’s Broad Definition Of Retailiation Requires Employers To Exercise Care
3/20/2009
DOL Releases Stimulus Bill Model COBRA Notices, Other Guidance
3/20/2009
OCR Delegated Authority To Issue HIPAA And Patient Safety Subpoenas
4/16/2007
Education
New Amendments To False Claims Act Increase Whistleblower and Other Exposures For Health Care Providers
5/26/2009
Mitigating Workplace Fallout of Pandemic Response
5/5/2009
New Federal Requirements For Disposal of Personal Records and Information
7/1/2005
ERISA/Employee Benefits/Executive Compensation
Review Of Worker Classifications Needed As Classification Scrutiny Rises
7/28/2010
Labor Department FMLA Guidance Adopts Broad Interpretation,Employer Care Needed Determining Who Qualifies As Child
7/19/2010
Office of Civil Rights Proposes Changes To HIPAA Privacy, Security & Civil
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
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
HHS, DOL & IRS Rules Define “Grandfathered” Group Health Plans & Health Insurance Coverage under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
6/15/2010
New Regulations Define “Grandfathered” Group Health Plans &
6/15/2010
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
Getting Your Health Care Reform Views Before Key Congressional Decision-Makers
3/17/2010
Employers, Group Health Plans Subject To New CHIP/Medicaid Notice, Coordination of Benefits & Special Enrollment Requirements
2/16/2010
Health Plans & Business Associates Face 2/17 Deadline To Update Policies, Contracts & Procedures For HIPAA Privacy Rule Changes
2/16/2010
New Labor Department Rule Establishes 7 Day Deadline To Deliver
2/11/2010
Inapplicability of HIPAA Privacy To Disability Insurer Not License To Impose Unreasonable Proof Of Loss Requirements
2/8/2010
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
Distressed Businesses & Their Business Leaders Face Liability Risks When Employee Benefit Obligations Mishandled.doc
12/30/2009
Newly Extended COBRA Subsidy Rules Require Employers, Administrators Send Required Notices & Update Health Plan Documents & Procedures Quickly
12/30/2009
President Signs Law Extending & Expanding Temporary AARA COBRA Subsidy Requirements For Group Health Plans
12/22/2009
Employer & Health Plan Action Required In Response to Law Extending & Expanding AARA COBRA Subsidy
12/22/2009
OSHA Proposes To Change Hazard Communication Standard
9/30/2009
HHS Delegates Authority for the HIPAA Security Rule to Office for Civil Rights
8/4/2009
HHS Hiring to Expand its Health Information Privacy Enforcement Team Again
8/3/2009
53 Doctors, Health Care Executives & Beneficiaries Indicted for Involvement in a $50 Million Alleged False Billing Ring
6/24/2009
With September 8 Deadline for Government Contractors to Use E-Verify, USCIS Invites Comments on E-Verify Program Designated Agent Process
6/23/2009
Office of National Coordinator for Health Information Technology Invites Input on Meaningful Use of Electronic Medical Records for Purposes of Definition
6/16/2009
Senate Democrats Unveil Their Health Care Reform Vision In Affordable Health Choices Act
6/10/2009
Democrats Racing To Enact Their Version of Comprehensive Health Reform
6/10/2009
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
Government Contractors & Subcontractors Deadline to Use E-Verify
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
Most Employers, Plans Still Have Work To Do To Comply With Stimulus Bill COBRA Rules
5/13/2009
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
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
Retaliation For Filing HIPAA Complaint Recognized As Basis For State Retalitory Discharge Claim
3/30/2009
Obama Taps David Blumenthal, M.D., M.P.P. To Lead Effort To Modernize U.S. Health Information Technology
3/20/2009
March 25 HIPAA Privacy & Security Update Webinar
3/20/2009
DOL Releases Stimulus Bill Model COBRA Notices, Other Guidance
3/20/2009
Providence To Pay $100,000 & Implement Other Safeguards to Settle HIPAA Civil Penalty Exposure
7/18/2008
Supreme Court Ruling Provides Guidance For Improving Defensibility Of ERISA Claims Decisions
6/26/2008
Recession Readying Your Workforce To Meet New Business Challenges & Opportunities
5/30/2008
Employers, Health Plans & Insurers Face Significant New Nondiscrimination & Other Rules Under Genetic Information Law Signed By President
5/21/2008
OCR HIPAA PRIVACY RULE Ocr Hipaa Privacy Rule Enforcement Statistics & Criminal Convictions Highlight Potential Hot Spots For Compliance
5/14/2008
Nurse Pleads Guilty To HIPAA Privacy Breach
4/28/2008
Supreme Court Rules Participants & Beneficiaries Can Sue Fiduciaries Under ERISA § 502(a)(2) To Recover 401(k) & Other Defined Contribution Account Losses
2/20/2008
2008 Medicare Part D Online Disclosure Notice Filing Deadline
2/18/2008
New Federal Law Extending Federal Family Leave Rights To Employees With Family Member Called To Active Duty Or Caring For Family Member Injured
1/29/2008
Health Benefit Update 2007 Form 5500 Release
11/15/2007
Deferred Compensation 409 A Update
11/15/2007
IRS & DOL Issue Automatic Enrollment & Investment Guidance
11/15/2007
Health Benefit Update Patient Empowerment
11/15/2007
Retirement Plan Update Form 5500 Only
11/15/2007
Retirement Plan Update Auto Enrollment Only
11/15/2007
Health Care Providers May Need To Tighten E-mail and Other Electronic Record Practices In Response To New E- Discovery Rules
8/14/2007
Medicare Advantage/Part D Plans Face August 1 Deadline To Comply With New Creditable Coverage & Eligibility Operational Rules
6/15/2007
Executives, Lenders & Others Risk Personal Liability If Employee Benefits Mismanaged
6/13/2007
Businesses With Massachusetts Workers Face July 1 Deadline To Comply With New Healthcare Law
6/10/2007
EEOC Can Allow Employer Plans To Coordinate Retiree Health Benefits With Medicare
6/7/2007
Congress Scrutinizing Executive Compensation
5/25/2007
Ny Ag Announces Identity Theft Settlement
4/30/2007
OCR Delegated Authority To Issue HIPAA And Patient Safety Subpoenas
4/16/2007
Covered Entities Required To Comply With Hipaa National Provider Identifier Rule By May 23,2007
4/10/2007
Small Health Plans Hipaa Privacy Notice Reminder Due April 14
4/10/2007
DOL Publishes Interim Guidance On Changes To ERISA
12/21/2006
Final HIPAA Nondiscrimination Regulations Affecting Health and Wellness Programs
12/13/2006
Labor Department, IRS & PBGC Propose Pension Protection Act Revisions to 2008 Form 5500 Report
12/6/2006
Medicare Notice Chart
11/14/2006
Annual Medicare Part-D Creditable Coverage Deadline
11/10/2006
Supreme Court Opinion
2/28/2006
SEC Proposes Changes to Executive Compensation Disclosure Requirements
2/6/2006
Hurricane Katrina Form 5500 Deadline Extension
9/8/2005
Hurricane Katrina and Health Coverage
9/6/2005
Health Plan Eligibility Update
7/20/2005
New Federal Requirements For Disposal of Personal Records and Information
7/1/2005
Most Employers, Group Health Plans Need Additional Action To Finish COBRA Subsidy Compliance
12/30/1991
Exempt Organizations
Congress & Labor Department Considering Tightening Retirement Plan Regulations
7/28/2010
Affordable Care Act Early Retiree Reinsurance Program Applications Open Today; More Key Affordable Health Plan Guidance Issued June 28
6/29/2010
New Regulations Define “Grandfathered” Group Health Plans &
6/15/2010
Getting Your Health Care Reform Views Before Key Congressional Decision-Makers
3/17/2010
Health Care Providers May Need To Tighten E-mail and Other Electronic Record Practices In Response To New E- Discovery Rules
8/14/2007
Congress Scrutinizing Executive Compensation
5/25/2007
New Federal Requirements For Disposal of Personal Records and Information
7/1/2005
Health Care
Office of Civil Rights Proposes Changes To HIPAA Privacy, Security & Civil Sanctions Rules
7/9/2010
Office of Civil Rights Proposes Changes To HIPAA Privacy, Security & Civil
7/9/2010
Preservation of Access to Care for Medicare Beneficiaries and Pension Relief Act of 2010 Clarification of 3-Day Payment Window
7/3/2010
CMS Approves Voluntary Use of NCPDP SCRIPT 10.6 In E-Prescribing In the Medicare Prescription Drug Program
7/1/2010
Key Affordable Care Act Health Plan Coverage Mandates Guidance Issued
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
New Regulations Define “Grandfathered” Group Health Plans &
6/15/2010
CMS Proposes FY2011 Acute Care & Long-Term Care Inpatient Policy & Payment Rate Changes
4/20/2010
Revised Joint Commission Medical Staff Bylaw Standard Requires New Collaboration, Other Updates
3/25/2010
Getting Your Health Care Reform Views Before Key Congressional Decision-Makers
3/17/2010
4/12 Deadline To Comment on AHRO Project To Develop Hospital Toolkit Intended To Guide Hospitals In Using AHRQ Quality Indicators
3/15/2010
Southern States Biggest Winners As HHS Awards Added $162 Million in AARA Fund Grants For Heatlh IT Meaningful Use Projects
3/15/2010
Employers Concerned About New Union Powers As NLRB Orders Union Elections In 31 California Health Care Facilities To Proceed
3/2/2010
IRS To Allow Medical Resident FICA Refund Claims
3/2/2010
Employers, Group Health Plans Subject To New CHIP/Medicaid Notice, Coordination of Benefits & Special Enrollment Requirements
2/16/2010
Health Plans & Business Associates Face 2/17 Deadline To Update Policies, Contracts & Procedures For HIPAA Privacy Rule Changes
2/16/2010
Inapplicability of HIPAA Privacy To Disability Insurer Not License To Impose Unreasonable Proof Of Loss Requirements
2/8/2010
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
OIG Special Fraud Alert Targets DME Telemarketing
1/21/2010
HHS Invites Comments On Health Center Program Federal Tort Claims Policy Manual
1/1/2010
President Signs Law Extending & Expanding Temporary AARA COBRA Subsidy Requirements For Group Health Plans
12/22/2009
House Democrats Hope to Resolve Differences in Versions of the America’s Affordable Health Choices Act as Passed by Three Key House Committees During August Recess in Hopes...
8/4/2009
HHS Delegates Authority for the HIPAA Security Rule to Office for Civil Rights
8/4/2009
HHS Hiring to Expand its Health Information Privacy Enforcement Team Again
8/3/2009
HHS Hiring to Expand its Health Information Privacy Enforcement Team
7/20/2009
House Democrats Introduce "American's Affordable Health Care Choices Act of 2009"
7/15/2009
Health Care Providers Required to Improve Services for Limited English Speakers, Hearing Impaired as HHS Steps Up Enforcement of Federal Discrimination Laws
7/15/2009
CMS Hospital Compare Website Seeks To Help Consumers Evaluate Hospital Quality & Make More Informed Healthcare Choices
7/15/2009
August 14 Comment Deadline on Newly Proposed Rules to Implement Medicaid Eligibility Quality Control and Payment Error Rate Measurement Provisions of CHIP Reauthorization Act
7/15/2009
HHS Rescinds Medicaid Regulations
6/29/2009
53 Doctors, Health Care Executives & Beneficiaries Indicted for Involvement in a $50 Million Alleged False Billing Ring
6/24/2009
Office of National Coordinator for Health Information Technology Invites Input on Meaningful Use of Electronic Medical Records for Purposes of Definition
6/16/2009
FTC ABMG Antitrust Settlement Shows Risks For Health Care Providers Using "Messenger Model" To Negotiate Payor Contracts
6/15/2009
FDA Delays Implementation of Reportable Food Registry, Announces Draft Guidance
6/11/2009
Senate Democrats Unveil Their Health Care Reform Vision In Affordable Health Choices Act
6/10/2009
Democrats Racing To Enact Their Version of Comprehensive Health Reform
6/10/2009
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
New Amendments To False Claims Act Increase Whistleblower and Other Exposures For Health Care Providers
5/26/2009
Making Gainsharing Work: Managing Physician Performance
5/26/2009
DOJ/HHS Step Up Health Care Fraud Enforcement By Announcing New Interagency Health Care Fraud Prevention and Enforcement Action Team
5/20/2009
Mitigating Workplace Fallout of Pandemic Response
5/5/2009
Dealing With Leave & Other Workplace Fallout of Swine Flu Pandemic Response
5/4/2009
Texas Senate Committee Schedules May 5 Hearing On Proposed Texas Medical Board Reforms
5/1/2009
FTC Extends Red Flag Rule Compliance Deadline From May 1 to August 1, 2009 SLP HCUPDATE
5/1/2009
FTC Extends Red Flag Rule Compliance Deadline From May 1 to August 1, 2009
5/1/2009
Workforce Swine Flu Pandemic Survival Preparedness Tips For Business
4/29/2009
HHS Releases Report Comparing Average Sales Price to Average Manufacturer Prices of Prescription Drugs
4/20/2009
HHS & FTC Release Guidance On HITECH Act Data Breach Rules for HIPAA Covered Entities & Entities Dealing With Personal Health Records
4/20/2009
CMS Plans Hospital & Hospital Quality Open Door Forum to Wednesday, May 6, 2009
4/20/2009
FTC Proposes Data Breach Regulations For Personal Health Records
4/17/2009
Hearing On Texas Medical Board Reforms Scheduled April 14, 2009
4/7/2009
Connecticut Man Pleads Guilty To Multi-Millon Dollar Tax Fraud Conspiracy Involving False Charges For Hospital Maintenance & Insullation Services
4/4/2009
Retaliation For Filing HIPAA Complaint Recognized As Basis For State Retalitory Discharge Claim
3/30/2009
Obama Taps David Blumenthal, M.D., M.P.P. To Lead Effort To Modernize U.S. Health Information Technology
3/20/2009
March 25 HIPAA Privacy & Security Update Webinar
3/20/2009
Providence To Pay $100,000 & Implement Other Safeguards to Settle HIPAA Civil Penalty Exposure
7/18/2008
Texas Medical Board Invites Physicians, Others To Share Input At Town Hall Meetings
6/16/2008
OIG Loosens Conditions For Health Care Voluntary Self-Disclosures; Provider Precautions To Prevent & Detect Violations & When Deciding Make Self-Disclosure
5/15/2008
OCR HIPAA PRIVACY RULE Ocr Hipaa Privacy Rule Enforcement Statistics & Criminal Convictions Highlight Potential Hot Spots For Compliance
5/14/2008
Quest Diagnostics Inc. To Pay $688,000 In Overtime Back Wages Settlement After Misclassifying Systems Employees As Exempt
4/30/2008
Nurse Pleads Guilty To HIPAA Privacy Breach
4/28/2008
Texas Hospital Settles Self-Disclosed Violation of Stark Law, Signs CIA
4/22/2008
Texas Clinic CEO Sentence Highlights Risks of Upcoding
3/31/2008
2008 Medicare Part D Online Disclosure Notice Filing Deadline
2/18/2008
Proposed Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005 Released
2/13/2008
CMS Delays Publication of ERSD Conditions of Participation Rule
2/5/2008
January 14, 2008 OIG Advisory Opinions Give Qualified Approval To Two Proposed Gainsharing Arrangements
1/22/2008
Health Benefit Update Patient Empowerment
11/15/2007
Health Benefit Update Annual Medicare Part D Reminder
11/15/2007
Medicare Part D Reconciliation Payment Deadline Expected To Be Set In October
9/18/2007
Health Care Providers May Need To Tighten E-mail and Other Electronic Record Practices In Response To New E- Discovery Rules
8/14/2007
Medicare Advantage/Part D Plans Face August 1 Deadline To Comply With New Creditable Coverage & Eligibility Operational Rules
6/15/2007
Homecare Workers Exempt From FLSA
6/11/2007
Businesses With Massachusetts Workers Face July 1 Deadline To Comply With New Healthcare Law
6/10/2007
CMS Says Specialty Hospitals Participating In Medicare Must Meeting Emergency Care Conditions
5/23/2007
CMS Letter Regarding Specialty Hosptials
5/23/2007
Texas Criminal Conviction Guidelines Update Background Policy
5/22/2007
Telemedicine & Electronic Health Records Physician Opportunities & Exposures
5/21/2007
Court Rules Americaid Texas, Inc. Payment Of Methodist Hospital of Dallas
5/14/2007
Ny Ag Announces Identity Theft Settlement
4/30/2007
OCR Delegated Authority To Issue HIPAA And Patient Safety Subpoenas
4/16/2007
Covered Entities Required To Comply With Hipaa National Provider Identifier Rule By May 23,2007
4/10/2007
Final HIPAA Nondiscrimination Regulations Affecting Health and Wellness Programs
12/13/2006
Supreme Court Opinion
2/28/2006
New Federal Requirements For Disposal of Personal Records and Information
7/1/2005
Health Plans
Review Of Worker Classifications Needed As Classification Scrutiny Rises
7/28/2010
Labor Department FMLA Guidance Adopts Broad Interpretation,Employer Care Needed Determining Who Qualifies As Child
7/19/2010
Office of Civil Rights Proposes Changes To HIPAA Privacy, Security & Civil
7/9/2010
CMS Approves Voluntary Use of NCPDP SCRIPT 10.6 In E-Prescribing In the Medicare Prescription Drug Program
7/1/2010
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
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
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
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
Getting Your Health Care Reform Views Before Key Congressional Decision-Makers
3/17/2010
4/12 Deadline To Comment on AHRO Project To Develop Hospital Toolkit Intended To Guide Hospitals In Using AHRQ Quality Indicators
3/15/2010
Employers, Group Health Plans Subject To New CHIP/Medicaid Notice, Coordination of Benefits & Special Enrollment Requirements
2/16/2010
Health Plans & Business Associates Face 2/17 Deadline To Update Policies, Contracts & Procedures For HIPAA Privacy Rule Changes
2/16/2010
New Labor Department Rule Establishes 7 Day Deadline To Deliver
2/11/2010
Inapplicability of HIPAA Privacy To Disability Insurer Not License To Impose Unreasonable Proof Of Loss Requirements
2/8/2010
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
Distressed Businesses & Their Business Leaders Face Liability Risks When Employee Benefit Obligations Mishandled.doc
12/30/2009
Newly Extended COBRA Subsidy Rules Require Employers, Administrators Send Required Notices & Update Health Plan Documents & Procedures Quickly
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
HHS Hiring to Expand its Health Information Privacy Enforcement Team Again
8/3/2009
House Democrats Introduce "American's Affordable Health Care Choices Act of 2009"
7/15/2009
CMS Hospital Compare Website Seeks To Help Consumers Evaluate Hospital Quality & Make More Informed Healthcare Choices
7/15/2009
August 14 Comment Deadline on Newly Proposed Rules to Implement Medicaid Eligibility Quality Control and Payment Error Rate Measurement Provisions of CHIP Reauthorization Act
7/15/2009
HHS Rescinds Medicaid Regulations
6/29/2009
53 Doctors, Health Care Executives & Beneficiaries Indicted for Involvement in a $50 Million Alleged False Billing Ring
6/24/2009
Office of National Coordinator for Health Information Technology Invites Input on Meaningful Use of Electronic Medical Records for Purposes of Definition
6/16/2009
FTC ABMG Antitrust Settlement Shows Risks For Health Care Providers Using "Messenger Model" To Negotiate Payor Contracts
6/15/2009
FDA Delays Implementation of Reportable Food Registry, Announces Draft Guidance
6/11/2009
Senate Democrats Unveil Their Health Care Reform Vision In Affordable Health Choices Act
6/10/2009
Democrats Racing To Enact Their Version of Comprehensive Health Reform
6/10/2009
New Amendments To False Claims Act Increase Whistleblower and Other Exposures For Health Care Providers
5/26/2009
Making Gainsharing Work: Managing Physician Performance
5/26/2009
Most Employers, Plans Still Have Work To Do To Comply With Stimulus Bill COBRA Rules
5/13/2009
Mitigating Workplace Fallout of Pandemic Response
5/5/2009
Dealing With Leave & Other Workplace Fallout of Swine Flu Pandemic Response
5/4/2009
FTC Extends Red Flag Rule Compliance Deadline From May 1 to August 1, 2009
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
Retaliation For Filing HIPAA Complaint Recognized As Basis For State Retalitory Discharge Claim
3/30/2009
DOL Releases Stimulus Bill Model COBRA Notices, Other Guidance
3/20/2009
March 25 HIPAA Privacy & Security Update Webinar
3/20/2009
Providence To Pay $100,000 & Implement Other Safeguards to Settle HIPAA Civil Penalty Exposure
7/18/2008
Supreme Court Ruling Provides Guidance For Improving Defensibility Of ERISA Claims Decisions
6/26/2008
Recession Readying Your Workforce To Meet New Business Challenges & Opportunities
5/30/2008
Employers, Health Plans & Insurers Face Significant New Nondiscrimination & Other Rules Under Genetic Information Law Signed By President
5/21/2008
OCR HIPAA PRIVACY RULE Ocr Hipaa Privacy Rule Enforcement Statistics & Criminal Convictions Highlight Potential Hot Spots For Compliance
5/14/2008
Nurse Pleads Guilty To HIPAA Privacy Breach
4/28/2008
Supreme Court Rules Participants & Beneficiaries Can Sue Fiduciaries Under ERISA § 502(a)(2) To Recover 401(k) & Other Defined Contribution Account Losses
2/20/2008
2008 Medicare Part D Online Disclosure Notice Filing Deadline
2/18/2008
DOL Publishes Wellness FAQ
2/18/2008
New Federal Law Extending Federal Family Leave Rights To Employees With Family Member Called To Active Duty Or Caring For Family Member Injured
1/29/2008
Health Benefit Update Annual Medicare Part D Reminder
11/15/2007
Health Benefit Update 2007 Form 5500 Release
11/15/2007
Deferred Compensation 409 A Update
11/15/2007
Health Benefit Update Patient Empowerment
11/15/2007
Executives, Lenders & Others Risk Personal Liability If Employee Benefits Mismanaged
6/13/2007
Businesses With Massachusetts Workers Face July 1 Deadline To Comply With New Healthcare Law
6/10/2007
EEOC Can Allow Employer Plans To Coordinate Retiree Health Benefits With Medicare
6/7/2007
Court Rules Americaid Texas, Inc. Payment Of Methodist Hospital of Dallas
5/14/2007
OCR Delegated Authority To Issue HIPAA And Patient Safety Subpoenas
4/16/2007
Covered Entities Required To Comply With Hipaa National Provider Identifier Rule By May 23,2007
4/10/2007
Small Health Plans Hipaa Privacy Notice Reminder Due April 14
4/10/2007
Texas Ag Suit Against Radio Shack For Alleged Violation Of 2005 Texas Identity Theft Law
4/10/2007
Final HIPAA Nondiscrimination Regulations Affecting Health and Wellness Programs
12/13/2006
Labor Department, IRS & PBGC Propose Pension Protection Act Revisions to 2008 Form 5500 Report
12/6/2006
Medicare Notice Chart
11/14/2006
Annual Medicare Part-D Creditable Coverage Deadline
11/10/2006
Hurricane Katrina and Health Coverage
9/6/2005
Health Plan Eligibility Update
7/20/2005
New Federal Requirements For Disposal of Personal Records and Information
7/1/2005
Most Employers, Group Health Plans Need Additional Action To Finish COBRA Subsidy Compliance
12/30/1991
HIPAA
Office of Civil Rights Proposes Changes To HIPAA Privacy, Security & Civil Sanctions Rules
7/9/2010
Office of Civil Rights Proposes Changes To HIPAA Privacy, Security & Civil
7/9/2010
CMS Approves Voluntary Use of NCPDP SCRIPT 10.6 In E-Prescribing In the Medicare Prescription Drug Program
7/1/2010
HHS, DOL & IRS Rules Define “Grandfathered” Group Health Plans & Health Insurance Coverage under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
6/15/2010
Getting Your Health Care Reform Views Before Key Congressional Decision-Makers
3/17/2010
Southern States Biggest Winners As HHS Awards Added $162 Million in AARA Fund Grants For Heatlh IT Meaningful Use Projects
3/15/2010
Employers, Group Health Plans Subject To New CHIP/Medicaid Notice, Coordination of Benefits & Special Enrollment Requirements
2/16/2010
Health Plans & Business Associates Face 2/17 Deadline To Update Policies, Contracts & Procedures For HIPAA Privacy Rule Changes
2/16/2010
Inapplicability of HIPAA Privacy To Disability Insurer Not License To Impose Unreasonable Proof Of Loss Requirements
2/8/2010
New American Academy of Pediatrics Report Urges Early Child Obesity Treatment
1/25/2010
HHS Delegates Authority for the HIPAA Security Rule to Office for Civil Rights
8/4/2009
HHS Hiring to Expand its Health Information Privacy Enforcement Team Again
8/3/2009
HHS Hiring to Expand its Health Information Privacy Enforcement Team
7/20/2009
53 Doctors, Health Care Executives & Beneficiaries Indicted for Involvement in a $50 Million Alleged False Billing Ring
6/24/2009
Office of National Coordinator for Health Information Technology Invites Input on Meaningful Use of Electronic Medical Records for Purposes of Definition
6/16/2009
FTC ABMG Antitrust Settlement Shows Risks For Health Care Providers Using "Messenger Model" To Negotiate Payor Contracts
6/15/2009
FDA Delays Implementation of Reportable Food Registry, Announces Draft Guidance
6/11/2009
Senate Democrats Unveil Their Health Care Reform Vision In Affordable Health Choices Act
6/10/2009
Democrats Racing To Enact Their Version of Comprehensive Health Reform
6/10/2009
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
Making Gainsharing Work: Managing Physician Performance
5/26/2009
Mitigating Workplace Fallout of Pandemic Response
5/5/2009
Dealing With Leave & Other Workplace Fallout of Swine Flu Pandemic Response
5/4/2009
FTC Extends Red Flag Rule Compliance Deadline From May 1 to August 1, 2009 SLP HCUPDATE
5/1/2009
FTC Extends Red Flag Rule Compliance Deadline From May 1 to August 1, 2009
5/1/2009
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
Retaliation For Filing HIPAA Complaint Recognized As Basis For State Retalitory Discharge Claim
3/30/2009
Obama Taps David Blumenthal, M.D., M.P.P. To Lead Effort To Modernize U.S. Health Information Technology
3/20/2009
March 25 HIPAA Privacy & Security Update Webinar
3/20/2009
Providence To Pay $100,000 & Implement Other Safeguards to Settle HIPAA Civil Penalty Exposure
7/18/2008
Employers, Health Plans & Insurers Face Significant New Nondiscrimination & Other Rules Under Genetic Information Law Signed By President
5/21/2008
OCR HIPAA PRIVACY RULE Ocr Hipaa Privacy Rule Enforcement Statistics & Criminal Convictions Highlight Potential Hot Spots For Compliance
5/14/2008
Nurse Pleads Guilty To HIPAA Privacy Breach
4/28/2008
DOL Publishes Wellness FAQ
2/18/2008
Health Care Providers May Need To Tighten E-mail and Other Electronic Record Practices In Response To New E- Discovery Rules
8/14/2007
Ny Ag Announces Identity Theft Settlement
4/30/2007
OCR Delegated Authority To Issue HIPAA And Patient Safety Subpoenas
4/16/2007
Covered Entities Required To Comply With Hipaa National Provider Identifier Rule By May 23,2007
4/10/2007
Small Health Plans Hipaa Privacy Notice Reminder Due April 14
4/10/2007
Texas Ag Suit Against Radio Shack For Alleged Violation Of 2005 Texas Identity Theft Law
4/10/2007
Final HIPAA Nondiscrimination Regulations Affecting Health and Wellness Programs
12/13/2006
Supreme Court Opinion
2/28/2006
Health Plan Eligibility Update
7/20/2005
New Federal Requirements For Disposal of Personal Records and Information
7/1/2005
Hospital
Office of Civil Rights Proposes Changes To HIPAA Privacy, Security & Civil Sanctions Rules
7/9/2010
Office of Civil Rights Proposes Changes To HIPAA Privacy, Security & Civil
7/9/2010
Preservation of Access to Care for Medicare Beneficiaries and Pension Relief Act of 2010 Clarification of 3-Day Payment Window
7/3/2010
CMS Approves Voluntary Use of NCPDP SCRIPT 10.6 In E-Prescribing In the Medicare Prescription Drug Program
7/1/2010
Key Affordable Care Act Health Plan Coverage Mandates Guidance Issued
6/29/2010
HHS, DOL & IRS Rules Define “Grandfathered” Group Health Plans & Health Insurance Coverage under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
6/15/2010
New Rule Requires Federal Government Contractors To Post New Employee Rights Under The National Labor Poster
5/20/2010
CMS Proposes FY2011 Acute Care & Long-Term Care Inpatient Policy & Payment Rate Changes
4/20/2010
Revised Joint Commission Medical Staff Bylaw Standard Requires New Collaboration, Other Updates
3/25/2010
Getting Your Health Care Reform Views Before Key Congressional Decision-Makers
3/17/2010
Southern States Biggest Winners As HHS Awards Added $162 Million in AARA Fund Grants For Heatlh IT Meaningful Use Projects
3/15/2010
4/12 Deadline To Comment on AHRO Project To Develop Hospital Toolkit Intended To Guide Hospitals In Using AHRQ Quality Indicators
3/15/2010
Employers Concerned About New Union Powers As NLRB Orders Union Elections In 31 California Health Care Facilities To Proceed
3/2/2010
IRS To Allow Medical Resident FICA Refund Claims
3/2/2010
Health Plans & Business Associates Face 2/17 Deadline To Update Policies, Contracts & Procedures For HIPAA Privacy Rule Changes
2/16/2010
New American Academy of Pediatrics Report Urges Early Child Obesity Treatment
1/25/2010
OIG Special Fraud Alert Targets DME Telemarketing
1/21/2010
HHS Invites Comments On Health Center Program Federal Tort Claims Policy Manual
1/1/2010
CMS Hospital Compare Website Seeks To Help Consumers Evaluate Hospital Quality & Make More Informed Healthcare Choices
7/15/2009
53 Doctors, Health Care Executives & Beneficiaries Indicted for Involvement in a $50 Million Alleged False Billing Ring
6/24/2009
Office of National Coordinator for Health Information Technology Invites Input on Meaningful Use of Electronic Medical Records for Purposes of Definition
6/16/2009
FTC ABMG Antitrust Settlement Shows Risks For Health Care Providers Using "Messenger Model" To Negotiate Payor Contracts
6/15/2009
FDA Delays Implementation of Reportable Food Registry, Announces Draft Guidance
6/11/2009
Senate Democrats Unveil Their Health Care Reform Vision In Affordable Health Choices Act
6/10/2009
Democrats Racing To Enact Their Version of Comprehensive Health Reform
6/10/2009
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
DOJ/HHS Step Up Health Care Fraud Enforcement By Announcing New Interagency Health Care Fraud Prevention and Enforcement Action Team
5/20/2009
FTC Extends Red Flag Rule Compliance Deadline From May 1 to August 1, 2009 SLP HCUPDATE
5/1/2009
FTC Extends Red Flag Rule Compliance Deadline From May 1 to August 1, 2009
5/1/2009
Texas Senate Committee Schedules May 5 Hearing On Proposed Texas Medical Board Reforms
5/1/2009
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
Connecticut Man Pleads Guilty To Multi-Millon Dollar Tax Fraud Conspiracy Involving False Charges For Hospital Maintenance & Insullation Services
4/4/2009
Retaliation For Filing HIPAA Complaint Recognized As Basis For State Retalitory Discharge Claim
3/30/2009
March 25 HIPAA Privacy & Security Update Webinar
3/20/2009
Providence To Pay $100,000 & Implement Other Safeguards to Settle HIPAA Civil Penalty Exposure
7/18/2008
Texas Medical Board Invites Physicians, Others To Share Input At Town Hall Meetings
6/16/2008
OIG Loosens Conditions For Health Care Voluntary Self-Disclosures; Provider Precautions To Prevent & Detect Violations & When Deciding Make Self-Disclosure
5/15/2008
OCR HIPAA PRIVACY RULE Ocr Hipaa Privacy Rule Enforcement Statistics & Criminal Convictions Highlight Potential Hot Spots For Compliance
5/14/2008
Quest Diagnostics Inc. To Pay $688,000 In Overtime Back Wages Settlement After Misclassifying Systems Employees As Exempt
4/30/2008
Nurse Pleads Guilty To HIPAA Privacy Breach
4/28/2008
Texas Hospital Settles Self-Disclosed Violation of Stark Law, Signs CIA
4/22/2008
Texas Clinic CEO Sentence Highlights Risks of Upcoding
3/31/2008
Proposed Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005 Released
2/13/2008
CMS Delays Publication of ERSD Conditions of Participation Rule
2/5/2008
January 14, 2008 OIG Advisory Opinions Give Qualified Approval To Two Proposed Gainsharing Arrangements
1/22/2008
Medicare Part D Reconciliation Payment Deadline Expected To Be Set In October
9/18/2007
Health Care Providers May Need To Tighten E-mail and Other Electronic Record Practices In Response To New E- Discovery Rules
8/14/2007
CMS Letter Regarding Specialty Hosptials
5/23/2007
CMS Says Specialty Hospitals Participating In Medicare Must Meeting Emergency Care Conditions
5/23/2007
Telemedicine & Electronic Health Records Physician Opportunities & Exposures
5/21/2007
Court Rules Americaid Texas, Inc. Payment Of Methodist Hospital of Dallas
5/14/2007
Covered Entities Required To Comply With Hipaa National Provider Identifier Rule By May 23,2007
4/10/2007
Texas Ag Suit Against Radio Shack For Alleged Violation Of 2005 Texas Identity Theft Law
4/10/2007
New Federal Requirements For Disposal of Personal Records and Information
7/1/2005
Human Resources Labor/Employment
Review Of Worker Classifications Needed As Classification Scrutiny Rises
7/28/2010
Congress & Labor Department Considering Tightening Retirement Plan Regulations
7/28/2010
Businesses Employing Children Should Review & Tighten Practices in Light of Tightened Rules & Increased Penalties
7/27/2010
Labor Department FMLA Guidance Adopts Broad Interpretation,Employer Care Needed Determining Who Qualifies As Child
7/19/2010
Office of Civil Rights Proposes Changes To HIPAA Privacy, Security & Civil
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
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
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
New Rule Requires Federal Government Contractors To Post New Employee Rights Under The National Labor Poster
5/20/2010
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
Revised Joint Commission Medical Staff Bylaw Standard Requires New Collaboration, Other Updates
3/25/2010
Getting Your Health Care Reform Views Before Key Congressional Decision-Makers
3/17/2010
Employers Concerned About New Union Powers As NLRB Orders Union Elections In 31 California Health Care Facilities To Proceed
3/2/2010
IRS To Allow Medical Resident FICA Refund Claims
3/2/2010
Employers, Group Health Plans Subject To New CHIP/Medicaid Notice, Coordination of Benefits & Special Enrollment Requirements
2/16/2010
Health Plans & Business Associates Face 2/17 Deadline To Update Policies, Contracts & Procedures For HIPAA Privacy Rule Changes
2/16/2010
St. Louis Employer’s OSHA Violations Trigger Contempt Order and Penalties
2/11/2010
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
Inapplicability of HIPAA Privacy To Disability Insurer Not License To Impose Unreasonable Proof Of Loss Requirements
2/8/2010
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
Homeland Security Updates List of Nations Whose Nationals Are Eligible For H-2A or H-2B Visas
1/19/2010
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
House Passes Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Bill Requiring “Chemical Facilities” To Implement Complex New HR & Other Safety & Security Mandates
11/16/2009
Nomination of Phyllis Borzi as Assistant Secretary of Labor for the Employment Benefits Security Administration Unanimously Confirmed
7/15/2009
With September 8 Deadline for Government Contractors to Use E-Verify, USCIS Invites Comments on E-Verify Program Designated Agent Process
6/23/2009
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
Government Contractors & Subcontractors Deadline to Use E-Verify
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
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
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
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
Retaliation For Filing HIPAA Complaint Recognized As Basis For State Retalitory Discharge Claim
3/30/2009
JPI & United Airlines Lawsuits Highlight Rising Discrimination Risks To US Businesses
3/22/2009
DOL Releases Stimulus Bill Model COBRA Notices, Other Guidance
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
March 25 HIPAA Privacy & Security Update Webinar
3/20/2009
Supreme Court’s Broad Definition Of Retailiation Requires Employers To Exercise Care
3/20/2009
Most Employers, Group Health Plans Need Additional Action To Finish COBRA Subsidy Compliance
12/30/1991
Insurance
Review Of Worker Classifications Needed As Classification Scrutiny Rises
7/28/2010
Congress & Labor Department Considering Tightening Retirement Plan Regulations
7/28/2010
Labor Department FMLA Guidance Adopts Broad Interpretation,Employer Care Needed Determining Who Qualifies As Child
7/19/2010
Office of Civil Rights Proposes Changes To HIPAA Privacy, Security & Civil
7/9/2010
CMS Approves Voluntary Use of NCPDP SCRIPT 10.6 In E-Prescribing In the Medicare Prescription Drug Program
7/1/2010
Key Affordable Care Act Health Plan Coverage Mandates Guidance Issued
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
New Regulations Define “Grandfathered” Group Health Plans &
6/15/2010
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
Getting Your Health Care Reform Views Before Key Congressional Decision-Makers
3/17/2010
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
Inapplicability of HIPAA Privacy To Disability Insurer Not License To Impose Unreasonable Proof Of Loss Requirements
2/8/2010
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
HHS Invites Comments On Health Center Program Federal Tort Claims Policy Manual
1/1/2010
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
CMS Hospital Compare Website Seeks To Help Consumers Evaluate Hospital Quality & Make More Informed Healthcare Choices
7/15/2009
August 14 Comment Deadline on Newly Proposed Rules to Implement Medicaid Eligibility Quality Control and Payment Error Rate Measurement Provisions of CHIP Reauthorization Act
7/15/2009
53 Doctors, Health Care Executives & Beneficiaries Indicted for Involvement in a $50 Million Alleged False Billing Ring
6/24/2009
Office of National Coordinator for Health Information Technology Invites Input on Meaningful Use of Electronic Medical Records for Purposes of Definition
6/16/2009
Senate Democrats Unveil Their Health Care Reform Vision In Affordable Health Choices Act
6/10/2009
Democrats Racing To Enact Their Version of Comprehensive Health Reform
6/10/2009
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
Workforce Swine Flu Pandemic Survival Preparedness Tips For Business
4/29/2009
FTC Proposes Data Breach Regulations For Personal Health Records
4/17/2009
Retaliation For Filing HIPAA Complaint Recognized As Basis For State Retalitory Discharge Claim
3/30/2009
Providence To Pay $100,000 & Implement Other Safeguards to Settle HIPAA Civil Penalty Exposure
7/18/2008
Supreme Court Ruling Provides Guidance For Improving Defensibility Of ERISA Claims Decisions
6/26/2008
OCR HIPAA PRIVACY RULE Ocr Hipaa Privacy Rule Enforcement Statistics & Criminal Convictions Highlight Potential Hot Spots For Compliance
5/14/2008
Nurse Pleads Guilty To HIPAA Privacy Breach
4/28/2008
Supreme Court Rules Participants & Beneficiaries Can Sue Fiduciaries Under ERISA § 502(a)(2) To Recover 401(k) & Other Defined Contribution Account Losses
2/20/2008
2008 Medicare Part D Online Disclosure Notice Filing Deadline
2/18/2008
DOL Publishes Wellness FAQ
2/18/2008
New Federal Law Extending Federal Family Leave Rights To Employees With Family Member Called To Active Duty Or Caring For Family Member Injured
1/29/2008
Advanced Copy of Impending IRS Guidance On Anticipated Insurance Tax Implications of Proposed Changes To Calculate Statutory Life Insurance Reserves
1/14/2008
Health Benefit Update Patient Empowerment
11/15/2007
Health Benefit Update Annual Medicare Part D Reminder
11/15/2007
Health Benefit Update 2007 Form 5500 Release
11/15/2007
Health Care Providers May Need To Tighten E-mail and Other Electronic Record Practices In Response To New E- Discovery Rules
8/14/2007
Medicare Advantage/Part D Plans Face August 1 Deadline To Comply With New Creditable Coverage & Eligibility Operational Rules
6/15/2007
EEOC Can Allow Employer Plans To Coordinate Retiree Health Benefits With Medicare
6/7/2007
Court Rules Americaid Texas, Inc. Payment Of Methodist Hospital of Dallas
5/14/2007
Ny Ag Announces Identity Theft Settlement
4/30/2007
OCR Delegated Authority To Issue HIPAA And Patient Safety Subpoenas
4/16/2007
Texas Ag Suit Against Radio Shack For Alleged Violation Of 2005 Texas Identity Theft Law
4/10/2007
Final HIPAA Nondiscrimination Regulations Affecting Health and Wellness Programs
12/13/2006
Medicare Notice Chart
11/14/2006
Supreme Court Opinion
2/28/2006
Hurricane Katrina and Health Coverage
9/6/2005
Health Plan Eligibility Update
7/20/2005
New Federal Requirements For Disposal of Personal Records and Information
7/1/2005
Internal Controls and Risk Management
Review Of Worker Classifications Needed As Classification Scrutiny Rises
7/28/2010
Congress & Labor Department Considering Tightening Retirement Plan Regulations
7/28/2010
Businesses Employing Children Should Review & Tighten Practices in Light of Tightened Rules & Increased Penalties
7/27/2010
Labor Department FMLA Guidance Adopts Broad Interpretation,Employer Care Needed Determining Who Qualifies As Child
7/19/2010
Office of Civil Rights Proposes Changes To HIPAA Privacy, Security & Civil
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
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
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
New Rule Requires Federal Government Contractors To Post New Employee Rights Under The National Labor Poster
5/20/2010
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
Getting Your Health Care Reform Views Before Key Congressional Decision-Makers
3/17/2010
Employers Concerned About New Union Powers As NLRB Orders Union Elections In 31 California Health Care Facilities To Proceed
3/2/2010
Employers, Group Health Plans Subject To New CHIP/Medicaid Notice, Coordination of Benefits & Special Enrollment Requirements
2/16/2010
Health Plans & Business Associates Face 2/17 Deadline To Update Policies, Contracts & Procedures For HIPAA Privacy Rule Changes
2/16/2010
Labor Department Final H-2A Certification Procedures Tighten Requirements
2/11/2010
St. Louis Employer’s OSHA Violations Trigger Contempt Order and Penalties
2/11/2010
New Labor Department Rule Establishes 7 Day Deadline To Deliver
2/11/2010
Inapplicability of HIPAA Privacy To Disability Insurer Not License To Impose Unreasonable Proof Of Loss Requirements
2/8/2010
New Mental Health Parity Regulations Likely Require Health Plan Changes
1/29/2010
OIG Special Fraud Alert Targets DME Telemarketing
1/21/2010
Homeland Security Updates List of Nations Whose Nationals Are Eligible For H-2A or H-2B Visas
1/19/2010
HHS Invites Comments On Health Center Program Federal Tort Claims Policy Manual
1/1/2010
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
House Passes Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Bill Requiring “Chemical Facilities” To Implement Complex New HR & Other Safety & Security Mandates
11/16/2009
OSHA Proposes To Change Hazard Communication Standard
9/30/2009
HHS Delegates Authority for the HIPAA Security Rule to Office for Civil Rights
8/4/2009
HHS Hiring to Expand its Health Information Privacy Enforcement Team Again
8/3/2009
Strengthen Investigation and Employment Practices to Minimize Potential Exposure to Retaliation Claims in Light Of Recent Supreme Court Retaliation Decision
7/21/2009
OFCCP to Apply Special Procedures, Heightened Scrutiny to Equal Employment Practices of Government Contractors, Subcontractors on ARRA Funded Projects
7/21/2009
House Democrats Introduce "American's Affordable Health Care Choices Act of 2009"
7/15/2009
CMS Hospital Compare Website Seeks To Help Consumers Evaluate Hospital Quality & Make More Informed Healthcare Choices
7/15/2009
August 14 Comment Deadline on Newly Proposed Rules to Implement Medicaid Eligibility Quality Control and Payment Error Rate Measurement Provisions of CHIP Reauthorization Act
7/15/2009
$90 Million in Recovery Act Funds to Bolster Water Services in Indian Country and Create Jobs
7/8/2009
U.S. House of Representatives Narrowly Approves American Clean Energy and Securities Act
7/2/2009
53 Doctors, Health Care Executives & Beneficiaries Indicted for Involvement in a $50 Million Alleged False Billing Ring
6/24/2009
With September 8 Deadline for Government Contractors to Use E-Verify, USCIS Invites Comments on E-Verify Program Designated Agent Process
6/23/2009
Office of National Coordinator for Health Information Technology Invites Input on Meaningful Use of Electronic Medical Records for Purposes of Definition
6/16/2009
FTC ABMG Antitrust Settlement Shows Risks For Health Care Providers Using "Messenger Model" To Negotiate Payor Contracts
6/15/2009
FDA Delays Implementation of Reportable Food Registry, Announces Draft Guidance
6/11/2009
Senate Democrats Unveil Their Health Care Reform Vision In Affordable Health Choices Act
6/10/2009
Democrats Racing To Enact Their Version of Comprehensive Health Reform
6/10/2009
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
Government Contractors & Subcontractors Deadline to Use E-Verify
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
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
DOJ/HHS Step Up Health Care Fraud Enforcement By Announcing New Interagency Health Care Fraud Prevention and Enforcement Action Team
5/20/2009
Most Employers, Plans Still Have Work To Do To Comply With Stimulus Bill COBRA Rules
5/13/2009
Mitigating Workplace Fallout of Pandemic Response
5/5/2009
Dealing With Leave & Other Workplace Fallout of Swine Flu Pandemic Response
5/4/2009
FTC Extends Red Flag Rule Compliance Deadline From May 1 to August 1, 2009 SLP HCUPDATE
5/1/2009
FTC Extends Red Flag Rule Compliance Deadline From May 1 to August 1, 2009
5/1/2009
Workforce Swine Flu Pandemic Survival Preparedness Tips For Business
4/29/2009
FTC Proposes Data Breach Regulations For Personal Health Records
4/17/2009
Connecticut Man Pleads Guilty To Multi-Millon Dollar Tax Fraud Conspiracy Involving False Charges For Hospital Maintenance & Insullation Services
4/4/2009
Retaliation For Filing HIPAA Complaint Recognized As Basis For State Retalitory Discharge Claim
3/30/2009
JPI & United Airlines Lawsuits Highlight Rising Discrimination Risks To US Businesses
3/22/2009
Supreme Court’s Broad Definition Of Retailiation Requires Employers To Exercise Care
3/20/2009
Recession Readying Your Workforce To Meet New Business Challenges & Opportunities
5/30/2008
Employers, Health Plans & Insurers Face Significant New Nondiscrimination & Other Rules Under Genetic Information Law Signed By President
5/21/2008
OIG Loosens Conditions For Health Care Voluntary Self-Disclosures; Provider Precautions To Prevent & Detect Violations & When Deciding Make Self-Disclosure
5/15/2008
Quest Diagnostics Inc. To Pay $688,000 In Overtime Back Wages Settlement After Misclassifying Systems Employees As Exempt
4/30/2008
Nurse Pleads Guilty To HIPAA Privacy Breach
4/28/2008
Texas Hospital Settles Self-Disclosed Violation of Stark Law, Signs CIA
4/22/2008
Texas Clinic CEO Sentence Highlights Risks of Upcoding
3/31/2008
Supreme Court Rules Participants & Beneficiaries Can Sue Fiduciaries Under ERISA § 502(a)(2) To Recover 401(k) & Other Defined Contribution Account Losses
2/20/2008
CMS Delays Publication of ERSD Conditions of Participation Rule
2/5/2008
January 14, 2008 OIG Advisory Opinions Give Qualified Approval To Two Proposed Gainsharing Arrangements
1/22/2008
Health Care Providers May Need To Tighten E-mail and Other Electronic Record Practices In Response To New E- Discovery Rules
8/14/2007
Congress Scrutinizing Executive Compensation
5/25/2007
CMS Letter Regarding Specialty Hosptials
5/23/2007
CMS Says Specialty Hospitals Participating In Medicare Must Meeting Emergency Care Conditions
5/23/2007
Texas Criminal Conviction Guidelines Update Background Policy
5/22/2007
Ny Ag Announces Identity Theft Settlement
4/30/2007
Texas Ag Suit Against Radio Shack For Alleged Violation Of 2005 Texas Identity Theft Law
4/10/2007
SEC Proposes Changes to Executive Compensation Disclosure Requirements
2/6/2006
Supreme Court Strikes Sentencing Guidelines
10/1/2005
New Federal Requirements For Disposal of Personal Records and Information
7/1/2005
Most Employers, Group Health Plans Need Additional Action To Finish COBRA Subsidy Compliance
12/30/1991
International
Homeland Security Updates List of Nations Whose Nationals Are Eligible For H-2A or H-2B Visas
1/19/2010
International Health Care
4/12 Deadline To Comment on AHRO Project To Develop Hospital Toolkit Intended To Guide Hospitals In Using AHRQ Quality Indicators
3/15/2010
HHS Rescinds Medicaid Regulations
6/29/2009
53 Doctors, Health Care Executives & Beneficiaries Indicted for Involvement in a $50 Million Alleged False Billing Ring
6/24/2009
Office of National Coordinator for Health Information Technology Invites Input on Meaningful Use of Electronic Medical Records for Purposes of Definition
6/16/2009
FTC ABMG Antitrust Settlement Shows Risks For Health Care Providers Using "Messenger Model" To Negotiate Payor Contracts
6/15/2009
FDA Delays Implementation of Reportable Food Registry, Announces Draft Guidance
6/11/2009
Senate Democrats Unveil Their Health Care Reform Vision In Affordable Health Choices Act
6/10/2009
Democrats Racing To Enact Their Version of Comprehensive Health Reform
6/10/2009
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
Mitigating Workplace Fallout of Pandemic Response
5/5/2009
Workforce Swine Flu Pandemic Survival Preparedness Tips For Business
4/29/2009
International Human Resources
Labor Department FMLA Guidance Adopts Broad Interpretation,Employer Care Needed Determining Who Qualifies As Child
7/19/2010
Employers Urged To Review & Strengthen Defensibility of Existing Worker Classification Practices In Light of Rising Congressional & Regulatory Scrutiny
6/30/2010
Homeland Security Updates List of Nations Whose Nationals Are Eligible For H-2A or H-2B Visas
1/19/2010
With September 8 Deadline for Government Contractors to Use E-Verify, USCIS Invites Comments on E-Verify Program Designated Agent Process
6/23/2009
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
Mitigating Workplace Fallout of Pandemic Response
5/5/2009
Workforce Swine Flu Pandemic Survival Preparedness Tips For Business
4/29/2009
JPI & United Airlines Lawsuits Highlight Rising Discrimination Risks To US Businesses
3/22/2009
Recession Readying Your Workforce To Meet New Business Challenges & Opportunities
5/30/2008
Supreme Court Rules Participants & Beneficiaries Can Sue Fiduciaries Under ERISA § 502(a)(2) To Recover 401(k) & Other Defined Contribution Account Losses
2/20/2008
I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification Form
6/1/2005
Investigations and Defense
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
Labor Department FMLA Guidance Adopts Broad Interpretation,Employer Care Needed Determining Who Qualifies As Child
7/19/2010
Employers Urged To Review & Strengthen Defensibility of Existing Worker Classification Practices In Light of Rising Congressional & Regulatory Scrutiny
6/30/2010
St. Louis Employer’s OSHA Violations Trigger Contempt Order and Penalties
2/11/2010
New Labor Department Rule Establishes 7 Day Deadline To Deliver
2/11/2010
OIG Special Fraud Alert Targets DME Telemarketing
1/21/2010
Distressed Businesses & Their Business Leaders Face Liability Risks When Employee Benefit Obligations Mishandled.doc
12/30/2009
House Passes Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Bill Requiring “Chemical Facilities” To Implement Complex New HR & Other Safety & Security Mandates
11/16/2009
New Amendments To False Claims Act Increase Whistleblower and Other Exposures For Health Care Providers
5/26/2009
DOJ/HHS Step Up Health Care Fraud Enforcement By Announcing New Interagency Health Care Fraud Prevention and Enforcement Action Team
5/20/2009
FTC Extends Red Flag Rule Compliance Deadline From May 1 to August 1, 2009 SLP HCUPDATE
5/1/2009
Connecticut Man Pleads Guilty To Multi-Millon Dollar Tax Fraud Conspiracy Involving False Charges For Hospital Maintenance & Insullation Services
4/4/2009
Retaliation For Filing HIPAA Complaint Recognized As Basis For State Retalitory Discharge Claim
3/30/2009
Supreme Court’s Broad Definition Of Retailiation Requires Employers To Exercise Care
3/20/2009
Texas Medical Board Invites Physicians, Others To Share Input At Town Hall Meetings
6/16/2008
Recession Readying Your Workforce To Meet New Business Challenges & Opportunities
5/30/2008
OIG Loosens Conditions For Health Care Voluntary Self-Disclosures; Provider Precautions To Prevent & Detect Violations & When Deciding Make Self-Disclosure
5/15/2008
Nurse Pleads Guilty To HIPAA Privacy Breach
4/28/2008
Supreme Court Rules Participants & Beneficiaries Can Sue Fiduciaries Under ERISA § 502(a)(2) To Recover 401(k) & Other Defined Contribution Account Losses
2/20/2008
CMS Delays Publication of ERSD Conditions of Participation Rule
2/5/2008
Health Care Providers May Need To Tighten E-mail and Other Electronic Record Practices In Response To New E- Discovery Rules
8/14/2007
CMS Letter Regarding Specialty Hosptials
5/23/2007
CMS Says Specialty Hospitals Participating In Medicare Must Meeting Emergency Care Conditions
5/23/2007
Supreme Court Strikes Sentencing Guidelines
10/1/2005
New Federal Requirements For Disposal of Personal Records and Information
7/1/2005
Managed Care & Insurance
Labor Department FMLA Guidance Adopts Broad Interpretation,Employer Care Needed Determining Who Qualifies As Child
7/19/2010
Office of Civil Rights Proposes Changes To HIPAA Privacy, Security & Civil
7/9/2010
Office of Civil Rights Proposes Changes To HIPAA Privacy, Security & Civil Sanctions Rules
7/9/2010
Preservation of Access to Care for Medicare Beneficiaries and Pension Relief Act of 2010 Clarification of 3-Day Payment Window
7/3/2010
CMS Approves Voluntary Use of NCPDP SCRIPT 10.6 In E-Prescribing In the Medicare Prescription Drug Program
7/1/2010
Key Affordable Care Act Health Plan Coverage Mandates Guidance Issued
6/29/2010
HHS, DOL & IRS Rules Define “Grandfathered” Group Health Plans & Health Insurance Coverage under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
6/15/2010
New Regulations Define “Grandfathered” Group Health Plans &
6/15/2010
CMS Proposes FY2011 Acute Care & Long-Term Care Inpatient Policy & Payment Rate Changes
4/20/2010
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