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Emerging Impact of Dobbs on Employers, Employee Benefits and Healthcare 9/14/2023 Mental Health Parity Regulatory Update 8/18/2023 Emerging Impacts of Dobbs on Employers, Employee Benefits and Healthcare 5/31/2023 Roe v. Wade and The Privacy Impact of Dobbs 5/4/2023 Educating Students With Mental Illness: Legal & Practical Insights From The Front Lines 2/28/2023 Educating Students With Mental Illness: Legal & Practical Insights From The Front Lines 2/28/2023 HHS’ Proposed Changes Broadening Substance Use Confidentiality Rules, Consistency With HIPAA Requirements Raise Compliance Concerns For Health Care, Insurance & Other Business 11/28/2022 Justice Department Health Industry Antitrust Enforcement Update 9/8/2022 Cynthia Marcotte Stamer 2022 Martindale Hubble AV-Preeminent Rating 2022 Cynthia Marcotte Stamer 2021 Top10Dallas Best of the Best Award 2021 EBSA Releases Model Notice & Related Guidance For Complying With ARP COBRA Subsidy Rules Effective Since April 1, 2021; Send Notices & Begin Compliance ASAP 4/7/2021 Kickin' COVID-19: Reopening Texas Summit - Doing Business Safely During COVID-19 and Other Pandemics 10/8/2020 HR & Benefit Leadership Resilience Strategies For Leading Your People & Operations Through COVID-19 Uncertainties & Disruptions 9/10/2020 Benefit Plans For Small Employers 5/14/2020 Impact of Governmental Policy on Pricing and Access to Prescription Medical Products in the US and International Marketplace 4/23/2020 SELECTED THOUGHTS AND OTHER RESOURCES ON EVOLVING U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ANTITRUST POLICY ON PRESCRIPTION MEDICAL & OTHER HEALTH PRODUCTS PRICING & COMPETITION; SURPRISE B 3/2020 Strategies for Managing The Health Care Interoperability/Privacy Conundrum 5/17/2019 ACOs, Direct Contracting: Legal & Practical Challenges For Employers, Providers & TPAs 5/2/2019 HEALTH AND WELFARE HOT SPOTS – HOW SHOULD AN EMPLOYER COMPLY WITH UNCERTAINTY AND CHANGE IN 2018? 8/21/2018 Catching Up On the Latest from the EEOC On Wellness & Disease Management Programs Under the ADA & GINA 2/27/2018 Fiduciary, Employer & Other Challenges Under New Disability & Other ERISA Benefit Plan Claims Rules 1/26/2018 Catching up on the latest from the EEOC on Wellness & Disease Management Programs under the ADA & GINA 1/18/2018 Private Payment Problems & Prescriptions 11/4/2017 What Should I Know About the MHPAEA and 21st Century Cures Act 9/7/2017 Stamer Testimony To EBSA 2017 Advisory Council on Employee Benefits 8/23/2017 2017 Federal Group Health Plan Mental Health Rules Update 6/27/2017 Stamer Returning Speaker, Moderator At 5/19 ISSA-LA Healthcare Privacy Summit 5/19/2017 Hard Lessons on Protecting Health Data 5/4/2017 Same-Sex Marriages and Domestic Partnerships: Lessons Learned, Unanswered Questions and Best Practices 5/1/2017 March 2017 National Physician's Council for Healthcare Policy Meeting 3/19/2017 Healthcare Case on Cutting Corners 5/24/2016 4th Annual Healthcare Privacy and Security Forum 5/20/2016 Telemedicine and Other Remote Healthcare Privacy, Security & Quality 5/20/2016 Telemedicine - Fad or the Future of Healthcare? 3/17/2016 Stamer To Moderate & Speak At 3/17 ABA Telemedicine- Fad or The Future of Healthcare Webinar 3/14/2016 EBSA Insights On Healthcare Organization’s Health Plan Rights & Responsibilities 9/15/2015 Rising Risks of Medicare Audits 8/17/2015 The Hidden Traps In Same Sex Ruling 6/27/2015 Stamer Quoted IN DOTmed.com - Lapsed storage fee sends 65 boxes of medical records to dumpste.pdf 6/3/2015 New Document - sllHealthcare Breaches_ How to Respond.pdf 4/7/2015 3/18 OCR Civil Rights & Privacy Update NTHCPA Study Group Meeting 3/18/2015 Welfare Benefit Plans Round-Robin Discussion 3/5/2015 From Flu Season To Ebola: Challenges & Best Practices for Containing & Responding To Contagious Diseases For Healthcare Organizations 10/21/2014 From Flu Season to Ebola: Challenges & Best Practices For Containing & Responding To Contagious Diseases for Health Care Organizations 10/2014 Nine In Ninety 9/9/2014 ABA RPTE Groups & Substantive Committee Members 2014-2015 9/1/2014 State Law Provides Relief for Victims of HIPAA Violations.pdf 7/11/2014 Getting Businesses Ready for the Affordable Care Act Rollout 6/17/2014 The 2nd Annual 2014 Healthcare Privacy and Security Summit 5/16/2014 HIPAA Privacy Bootcamp Preconference Workshop 5/15/2014 HIPAA Compliance: Are You Ready If A Breach Occurs? Privacy, Security, HITECH, Record Retention 4/29/2014 More Issues With Healthcare Privacy 3/11/2014 Stamer 4th Annual HIMSS Socal Privacy & Security Forum Speech Video 12/4/2013 4th Annual HIMSS Socal Privacy & Security Forum Flyer2013 12/4/2013 Should You Reconsider Giving FLSA Exchange Notices Given New DOL Guidance? 9/12/2013 Coping with Health Care Reform Now: A Webinar on Getting Ready for ACA 2014 6/26/2013 Stamer on WFAA On Comfort Dogs Under Ada 6/21/2013 Deadline To Send ACA Summary of Benefits & Coverage (SBC) Adds Pressure For Employers To Finalize 2014 Plan Designs As Agencies Add MEC & MV Disclosures To SBC 6/14/2013 Making Wellness Programs Work Under New Tri-Agency Final Wellness Regulations 6/4/2013 What the Wind Blew In: Coping with Health Care Reform: 2013 and Beyond 5/2/2013 ASSESSING NEW ALTERNATIVES AND OPPORTUNITIES: Defined Contribution and Exchanges — What are the Long-Term Implications on Your Human Capital Strategy? 2/21/2013 Solutions Law Press HIPAA Update Workshop 12/12/2012 PRELIMINARY OUTLINE OF PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT PROPOSED REGULATIONS PUBLISHED BY AGENCIES ON 11/26/12 AND UPDATE ON NEW OCR DEIDENTIFICATION GUIDANCE 12/7/2012 Complimentary WEB Briefing On 11/20 ACA Wellness, Pre-Ex & Essential Benefits Guidance 11/27/2012 Benefit Plan Triage: 12 STEPS EVERY EMPLOYER WITH A HEALTH PLAN SHOULD DO NOW 10/26/2012 Health Care Compliance Spooks & Goblins 10/16/2012 Brace For New Disability Discrimination Claims 10/11/2012 The Practical Nitty Gritty For Coping With Health Care Reform NOW 9/25/2012 12 Steps Businesses Should Take Now To Manage Health Plan Risks 8/2012 Health Plan Communications Bootcamp: SBCs, SPDs & Beyond 8/28/2012 HIPAA Update Workshop 8/14/2012 Federal Mandate That Employer Health Plans Must Cover 100% Of Contraceptive, Other Women’s Health Services With No Cost Sharing Now Effective 8/6/2012 Claims & Appeals Bootcamp 7/31/2012 Coping With Health Care Reform: 2012 Health Plan Update 7/24/2012 Coping with Health Care Reform - Health Plan-U Workshop Series 7/24/2012 ACOs & Other Physician/Health System Relations: 7/17/2012 National Federation of Independent Businesses V. Sebelius 6/28/2012 Stamer To Speak At HFMA On Making Gain Sharing Work 5/11/2012 Arizona Physicians Group To Pay $100,000 To Settle HIPAA Charges 4/18/2012 BCBST Agrees To Pay $1.5 Million In 1st OCR Enforcement Action Prompted By HITECH Act Breach Report Article 3/13/2012 New IRS Worker Classification Settlement Program and its Risks 1/2012 Eddie Reeves On Managing The Message: Effective Crisis & Other Communications 1/18/2012 Stamer Dallas Bar Journal Article Cautions Employers Must Take Holistic Approach To Address Worker Misclassification Risks 12/29/2011 Comment Deadline 1/31 Om HHS Plan To Let States define ACA 12/29/2011 Record-Breaking Countrywide Settlement Shows Discrimination Compliance Extends Beyond HR 12/2011 Employers Urged To Strengthen Worker Classification Defenses As Obama Administration Targets Employers Misclassifying Workers 12/27/2011 Employers Should Tighten Worker Classification Practices As Obama Administration Moves To Stamp Out Misclassification Abuses 12/26/2011 Medical Identity Theft/Fraud Convictions Highlight Need For Health Care Providers To Safeguard Health Information, Guard Against Fraud Schemes 11/27/2011 Insurer Fights Back To HHS Characterization of its Premium Increases As “Excessive” 11/25/2011 Medical Identity Theft/Fraud Convictions Show Health Care Providers, Plans & Other Businesses Must Safeguard Health & Other Information, Guard Against Fraud Schemes 11/23/2011 Mental Health Parity Requirements Guidance On Health Plan Mental Health & Substance Abuse Copays, Utilization Management Limits Released 11/17/2011 Equal Visitation: Medicare & Joint Commission Requirements, Pitfalls & Practicalities 11/16/2011 $20+ Million Settlement Shows Business Risk of Violating Military Service Member Or Veteran’s Federal Credit, Other Rights 11/14/2011 HIPAA Alert! OCR 1st HIPAA Privacy, Security & Breach Notification Compliance Audits Begin 11/8/2011 OCR 1st HIPAA Privacy, Security & Breach Notification Compliance Audits Begin 11/8/2011 OCR Settlements Show Health Care & Disabled Housing Providers Face Growing Disability Discrimination Risks 10/22/2011 “Health Care Compliance Spooks & Goblins: Honing Your Compliance Ghost-Busting Skills” 10/19/2011 OCR Settlements Show Health Care & DisablHealth Care &Housing Providers Face Growing Disability Discrimination Risks 10/19/2011 Physician’s Suspension Shows Complying With Medical Board Orders Critical 10/16/2011 SMU Dedman School of Law Health Law Careers Symposium Panel 9/29/2011 HHS Projects Medicare Advantage Enrollment Will Rise As Premiums Decline In 2012; Plans Face Increased Regulation & Enforcement 9/25/2011 Health Care Providers Contracting With Medicare Advantage Plans Should Expect Tighter Reimbursement & Other Controls As Plans Work To Meet Responsibilities 9/25/2011 HHS Credits Affordable Care Act Adult Dependent Child Coverage Rule With Getting 1 Million Young Adults Health Coverage 9/22/2011 HHS Credits Health Reform For Getting Health Coverage For Added 1 Million Young Adults 9/22/2011 Coping With Health Care Reform: What's New, What Lies Ahead & What To Do 9/14/2011 Stamer Named Fellow In American College of Employee Benefits Counsel 9/2/2011 ABA TIPS Section Appoints Cynthia Marcotte Stamer Vice Chair of Employee Benefits General Committee 8/15/2011 Pharmas Face New Pressure To Put Patients Before Profits After GlaxoSmithKline Record $3 Billion Health Care Fraud & FDCA Settlement 8/11/2011 Affordable Care Act To Require Health Plans Cover Contraception & Other Women's Health Procedures In 2012 8/2/2011 Affordable Care Act To Require Health Plans Cover Contraception & Other Women’s Health Procedures Beginning In 2012 8/2/2011 UCLA Health Systems Payment of $865,500 To Settle HIPAA Charges Shows Rising HIPAA Risk 7/7/2011 Group Health Claims And Appeals: The Brave New World For Making, Administering, And Paying Health Claims 6/14/2011 Welcome To The Jungle: Health Care Reform Bootcamp 4/29/2011 Group Health and Disability Claims and Appeals: The Brave New World for Making, Administering, and Paying Claims Program 4/28/2011 U.S. to use software to crack down on Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP fraud 4/11/2011 Labor Department Rules On Electronic Distribution of ERISA-Required Benefit Plan Notices White Paper 4/9/2011 The Boomers are Coming, Is the System Prepared? 4/1/2011 EEOC Finalizes Updates To Disability Regulations In Response to ADA Amendments Act: Employers Should Manage Risks 3/24/2011 Extended Grace Period For Some, But Not All New Affordable Care Act Health Claims & Appeals Rules Gives Qualifying Plans, Insurers Limited & Imperfect Relief 3/18/2011 Texas Medical Board Suspend Denton Doctor For Sexual Misconduct 3/15/2011 Stamer Speaks 4/29 On “Welcome to the Jungle - Health Care Reform Bootcamp" 3/7/2011 CMS Publishes Proposed Consumer Disclosure Notices Detailing Required Health Insurer Rate Increase Justification Disclosures 3/7/2011 Stamer Speaks 4/28 On “Lean On Me” - Group Health and Disability Claims and Appeals: 3/7/2011 States Get More Info On Affordable Care Act Medicaid Eligibility Maintenance Of Effort; Payers & Providers Must Monitor 2/27/2011 Stamer Shares Best Practices for Protecting Plan Participant & Other Employee Information At Dallas SBWA/IRS Plan Administrator Skills Workshop 2/25/2011 OCR Requires Rhode Island DHS To Provide Translation, Other Services For Limited English, Other Language Impaired Accommodations 1/24/2011 IRS, HHS & DOL To Delay Enforcement of New Insured Group Health Plan Non-Discrimination Rules Pending Guidance; Seek Public Input on Rules 1/4/2011 IRS Expands When HFSAs & HRAS May Allow Over-The-Counter Drug Purchases With Drug Cards 1/2/2011 RESPONDING TO THE EPIDEMIC:STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVING DIABETES CARE IN TEXAS 11/2010 2011 Health Care Compliance Challenges On The Horizon 11/19/2010 Thanksgiving Wine & Cheese Reception 11/19/2010 Affordable Care Act Grandfathered Plan Rules Loosened To Allow Insured Plans Making Some Insurance Changes To Qualify 11/17/2010 Health Plan Eligibility Update 10/13/2010 Appeals process regulations extend DOL rules to non-ERISA plans 9/1/2010 Affordable Care Act’s Health Plan External & Internal Review Safe Harbor & Other 8/26/2010 Health Care Reform: Building Your Family's Healthcare Survival Plan 8/26/2010 Health Plan Compliance Checkup 8/24/2010 Tighten & Update of Health & Other Plan Claims & Appeals Procedures & Documentation In Response To New Regulations, Tightening Court Review 8/8/2010 Rite Aid Agrees to Pay $1 Million to Settle HIPAA Privacy Case As Office of Civil Rights Proposes Tighter HIPAA Privacy & Security Regulations 8/3/2010 HHS Invites Input On Medicaid Changes To Promote Children's Health Quality 8/2/2010 HHS Regulations Implementing Affordable Care Act Temporary High Risk Insurance Pool Program Regulations Issued 7/31/2010 CMS Adopts ESRD Facility Prospective Payment System & Proposes New Quality Incentive Program 7/31/2010 Proposed Modifications to the HIPAA Privacy, Security & Enforcement Rules July 14, 2010 7/14/2010 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 Health Care Reform’s Implications For Employers, Health Plans & Employee Benefits Practitioners 6/9/2010 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 Screening for Obesity in Children and Adolescents 1/2010 Employers Must Exercise Caution To Management Employment Liabilities When Acting To Manage H1N1 or Other Contagious Disease Risks 11/30/2009 Dealing With Leave & Other Workplace Fallout of Swine Flu Pandemic Response 5/4/2009 Workforce Swine Flu Pandemic Survival Preparedness Tips For Business Dallas Morning News 5/1/2009 Employers, Health Plans & Insurers Face Significant New Nondiscrimination & Other Rules Under Genetic Information Law Signed By President 5/21/2008 Health Care Opportunities In Mexico 12/2007 Telemedicine & E-Prescribing 10/2007 Healthcare & Immigrants 4/2007 Health Care Tool Box: Making Better Choices 1/2007 Selected Federal Mandates Affecting Design and Administration of ERISA-Covered Health Plans 9/2005 Catching Up With New Federal Health Plan Eligibility & Enrollment Rules For 2005 3/2005 Employee Communications-Latest Buzz on Requirements, Risks and Opportunities Related to the New Health Plan Rules 9/2002 Disease Management As Practical Solution for Achieving Clinical Quality & Financial Efficiency in an Evolving Health Care Arena 9/2001 Patient Confidentiality & Medical Records 5/7/1998 Privacy & Security Standards: A Brief Nutshell 2/4/1995 HHS Announces Adjustments To Federal Matching Shares Rates For Medicaid, Foster Care & Adoption Assistance Rates 12/30/1991 2/27 Deadline For Employers To Comment On DOL Proposed Rule Changes Extending Minimum Wage & Overtime Rules To More Home Caregiver Workers 12/27/1991 |
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