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AI in the Insurance and Coverage Landscape 2/23/2024 Emerging Impact of Dobbs on Employers, Employee Benefits and Healthcare 9/14/2023 Mental Health Parity Regulatory Update 8/18/2023 Clawbacks of Executive Compensation: The New Frontier 6/29/2023 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 Top 10 Opportunities For Advisors To Add Value To Executives & Business Owners Financial Planning 3/23/2023 Top10 Opportunities For Advisors To Add Value To Executives & Business Owners Financial Planning 3/23/2023 Top10 Opportunities For Advisors To Add Value To Executives & Business Owners Financial Planning 3/3/2023 Educating Students With Mental Illness Dallas Bar Association 2023 Education Law Symposium 2/28/2023 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 Workforce Management Tips For Mitigating Holiday Season Hangover Risks 11/16/2022 Justice Department Health Industry Antitrust Enforcement Update 9/8/2022 Cynthia Marcotte Stamer 2022 Martindale Hubble AV-Preeminent Rating 2022 COVID-19 Vaccination Mandates & Incentivies Applicable Rules & Emerging Litigation 11/12/2021 Cynthia Marcotte Stamer 2021 Top10Dallas Best of the Best Award 2021 Around the World in Cross Border Transactions - HR Considerations 4/14/2021 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 Beware Internship FLSA Wage & Hour Traps 3/3/2021 American Rescue Plan Act Of 2021 Raises Health Care Workforce Costs & Liabilities 3/2/2021 Prepare Business For Increased Wage Costs & Risks From American Rescue Plan Act Of 2021 FLSA Minimum Wage Changes 3/2/2021 WORKER HEALTH COVERAGE PROTECTION ACT UPDATE ON COVID RELIEF PROVISIONS IMPACTING EMPLOYERS & EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS 2/15/2021 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 HR & Benefit Leadership Resilience Strategies For Leading Your People & Operations Through COVID-19 Uncertainties & Disruptions 8/10/2020 Benefit Plans For Small Employers 5/14/2020 How Will Law Treat Science and Medicine Once the Pandemic Subsides 5/13/2020 How Will Law Treat Science and Medicine Once the Pandemic Subsides? 5/13/2020 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 COVID-19 WORKFORCE CHANGE PLANNING & IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS FLOW 3/17/2020 LIFE SCIENCES & HEALTH CARE PRIVACY & DATA SECURITY CONCERNS IN A CROSS BORDER WORLD 2/12/2020 Business Leaders Serve Jail Time For Employment Tax Crimes 11/2019 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 2018 Internal Revenue Code Retirement Plan/Savings Cost of Living Adjusted Limitations & Amounts 11/6/2017 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 Transgender Issues Across Trans-Legal Disciplines 4/21/2017 March 2017 National Physician's Council for Healthcare Policy Meeting 3/19/2017 DOJ/FTC ATIntitrust Guidance For Human Resources Professionals 10/20/2016 New DOL Fiduciary Guidelines and How to Protect Yourself and Your Clients from this Increased Liability 10/19/2016 Fiduciary Survival Skills Bootcamp.pdf 10/10/2016 4th Annual Healthcare Privacy and Security Forum 5/20/2016 2016 Benefits & Beyond: Navigating Employee Benefit Plans 4/5/2016 HIPAA UPDATE: THE LATEST ON SECURITY, PATIENT ACCESS & OTHER HIPAA DEVELOPMENTS 3/30/2016 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 IRS Notice 2015-87 12/17/2015 EXECUTIVE BRIEF - OCTOBER 2015 10/16/2015 HealthCare Reform 2015 Survival Bootcamp 10/1/2015 Health Plan Advice: Ethics, Technical & Practical Challenges 9/18/2015 EBSA Insights On Healthcare Organizations Health Plan Rights & Responsibilities 9/15/2015 The Hidden Traps In Same Sex Ruling 6/27/2015 Obergefell v. Hodges Same Sex Decision.pdf 6/26/2015 3rd Annual Healthcare Privacy & Security Forum 6/4/2015 Stamer Quoted IN DOTmed.com - Lapsed storage fee sends 65 boxes of medical records to dumpste.pdf 6/3/2015 Sox For Health Plans 4.30.2015 4/30/2015 IRS Excise Tax Requirements For Failing to Report Plan Violations Who Must File the IRS Form 8928, Requirement for Self-Reporting? 4/29/2015 New Document - sllHealthcare Breaches_ How to Respond.pdf 4/7/2015 Fiduciary Obligations In the Context of a Data Breach 4/2/2015 3/18 OCR Civil Rights & Privacy Update NTHCPA Study Group Meeting 3/18/2015 Stamer, Others Discuss Employer, Health Plan Implications Of Anthem Breach on 4/2 3/18/2015 Welfare Benefit Plans Round-Robin Discussion 3/5/2015 2015 Federal Legislative, Regulatory & Enforcement Update: What HR & Benefit Leaders Should Expect & Do Now 1/13/2015 From Flu Season to Ebola: Challenges & Best Practices For Containing & Responding To Contagious Diseases for Health Care Organizations 10/2014 OSHA Compliance Strategies for Health Care Organizations 9/16/2014 Nine In Ninety 9/9/2014 ABA Real Property, Trusts & Estates Section Liasion, Representative on ABA Joint Committee On Employee Benefits 9/1/2014 ABA RPTE Groups & Substantive Committee Members 2014-2015 9/1/2014 EEOC Suit Against CVS Raises Concerns.doc 8/7/2014 State Law Provides Relief for Victims of HIPAA Violations.pdf 7/11/2014 DOL Health Plan Audits: What You Must Know to Prepare 6/23/2014 Getting Businesses Ready for the Affordable Care Act Rollout 6/17/2014 Post-Windsor Same-Sex Participant Guidance May Require Mid-Year Plan Amendments 5/24/2014 Getting Businesses Ready for the Affordable Care Act Rollout 5/16/2014 The 2nd Annual 2014 Healthcare Privacy and Security Summit 5/16/2014 ISSA Certificate of Appreciation 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 DOMA: Health & Cafeteria Plan Design & Administration In A Post-Windsor World 4/2014 Action Steps When A Client Stops Funding Claims 4/18/2014 Handling Health Plan Spouse, Dependent & Other "Family" Matters in Post-DOMA World 4/17/2014 Physician Conflict Resolution It Happens - Jane Ryan 4/15/2014 Tutoring On OCRs Latest HIPAA Homework 3/18/2014 More Issues With Healthcare Privacy 3/11/2014 Use Care Before Using "Skinny Plan" Option As Code Section 4980H Tool 2014 Stamer 4th Annual HIMSS Socal Privacy & Security Forum Speech Video 12/4/2013 Sex, Drugs & Rock N Role: Managing Physician Conduct In Health Care 9/17/2013 Should You Reconsider Giving FLSA Exchange Notices Given New DOL Guidance? 9/12/2013 Should You Reconsider Giving FLSA Exchange Notices Given New DOL Guidance? 9/12/2013 10/1 Exchange Notice & Other New Notice Deadlines Shorten Deadlines For Employers To Finalize 2014 Health Plan Terms & Contracts 8/22/2013 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 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 Healthcare HITECH Privacy and Security Summit 5/21/2013 Foreign Transferees: Outbound, Inbound, Equity And Treaty Issues 3/13/2013 Getting Ready for ACA Reform -13 Steps to Take Now 3/13/2013 Coping With Health Care Reform Now 2/14/2013 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 Stamer Speaks About Things Plan Committees Must Do Differently In 2012 At SWBA Meeting In November 11/15/2012 Benefit Plan Triage: 12 STEPS EVERY EMPLOYER WITH A HEALTH PLAN SHOULD DO NOW 10/26/2012 Brace For New Disability Discrimination Claims 10/11/2012 Current Challenges To Pre-Hire Screening Procedures 9/2012 Gainsharing, Shared Savings Examined 9/30/2012 The Practical Nitty Gritty For Coping With Health Care Reform NOW 9/25/2012 Employer Heads Up: NLRA Loss In Arizona Secret Ballot Rule Challenge Only Temporary Setback In Obama Administration's Ongoing Pro-Union Enforcement & Regulatory Campaign 9/6/2012 12 Steps Businesses Should Take Now To Manage Health Plan Risks 8/2012 Supreme Court Decision Means Heallth Plans Under Fire 8/2012 New Health Plan Partnership, Data Sharing With Federal Health Care Fraud Enforcers Promises Greater Federal Oversight of Providers & Health Plans 8/30/2012 Health Plan Communications Bootcamp: SBCs, SPDs & Beyond 8/28/2012 HIPAA Update Workshop 8/14/2012 Employers & Plan Fiduciaries Reminded To Confirm Credentials & Bonding For Internal Staff, Plan Fidiciaries & Vendors Dealing With Benefits 8/13/2012 Record $2.3 Million+ H-2A Backpay Order Plus Civil Money Penalty Reminds Businesses Employing Foreign Workers To Manage Compliance 8/10/2012 EBSA Updates Guidance On Fee Disclosure Requirements For 401(k) Plan Brokerage Window Arrangements 8/8/2012 Federal Mandate That Employer Health Plans Must Cover 100% Of Contraceptive, Other Womens Health Services With No Cost Sharing Now Effective 8/6/2012 Use NIH & Other Free Government Resources To Help Round Out Wellness Programs 8/6/2012 Where ERISA Intersects With Other Areas Of The Law 8/4/2012 96% Employers of 50+ Employees, 36% Employers of Smaller Employers Provide Health Coverage 8/4/2012 12 Steps Every Employer With A Health Plan Should Do Now To Manage 2012-14 Health Plan Risks & Liabilities 8/1/2012 Congress Gives Defined Benefit Plan Sponsors Welcome Funding Relief, Raises PBGC Premiums & Makes Other Reforms 7/31/2012 Claims & Appeals Bootcamp 7/31/2012 Coping with Health Care Reform - Health Plan-U Workshop Series 7/24/2012 Coping With Health Care Reform: 2012 Health Plan Update 7/24/2012 Essential Health Benefit Definition Built On Expensive Mandated Benefit Plan Likely To Be Expensive For Employers, States & Individuals 7/20/2012 Leprino Foods To Pay $550K To Settle OFCCP Charge Pre-Hire Screening Test Illegally Discriminated 7/19/2012 Record $2.3 Million+ Backpay Order 7/16/2012 Update Health Plans For Expanded MHPAEA & Health Care Reform Mental Health Mandates 7/15/2012 Risks Plan Sponsors and Fiduciaries Face When Employee BEnefit Responsibilities Are Mishandled 7/9/2012 New EEOC State Discrimination Charge Data Helpful Employer Risk Assessment Tool Discrimination Exposures Grow 6/26/2012 OCR Hits Alaska Medicaid For $1.7M+ For HIPAA Security Breach 6/26/2012 Model Language May Aid Section 83(b) Elections Even As Executive & Other Special Compensation Carry Growing Liability Traps 6/26/2012 IRS To Offer Help For U.S. Citizens Overseas With Foreign Retirement Plans, Dual Citizenship Tax Issues 6/26/2012 IRS Changing Individual Taxpayer ID Number Application Requirements 6/22/2012 Obamas Reaffirms Commitment Prosecute Disability Discrimination To Mark Omlstead Anniversary 6/22/2012 HIPAA To Do & To Dont: New Rules, New Enforcement 6/19/2012 NLRB Moves To Promote Non-Union Employee Use of Collective Action Rights By Launching Webpage 6/18/2012 Insurer Group Health Inc. To Refund $500,00+ & Change Claims Practices To Settle NY AG Charges It Wrongfully Denied Coverage 6/18/2012 Making Wellness Work On A Shoestring Budget 5/28/2012 Tighten Defensibility of Criminal & Other Background Check Practices In Light of Labor Department Non-Discrimination Regulation & Enforcement Emphasis 5/25/2012 Employee Plan Fee Disclosure Rules Clarified 5/22/2012 HHS OIG Finds The New York Hotel Trades Council and Hotel Association of New York City, Inc., Health Benefits Fund Reported Unallowable Costs on 2009 Medicare Cost Report 5/18/2012 OIG: Extremely High Prescription Drug Retail Pharmacy Billings Warrant Tighter Medicare Part D Oversight & Controls 5/18/2012 Stamer To Speak At HFMA On Making Gain Sharing Work 5/11/2012 ERISA Advisory Opinion Addresses If Connecticut Group Health Plan Plan Is Government Plan 5/4/2012 Comment On IRS Proposals On Determing Health Plan Minimum Value By June 11 4/26/2012 Brokerage Firm To Pay $630,000+ To Benefit Plans To Settle DOL Charges It Wrongfully Steered Clients To Investments 4/18/2012 EEOC Sues Wendys Franchisee For Disability Discrimination 4/18/2012 Arizona Physicians Group To Pay $100,000 To Settle HIPAA Charges 4/18/2012 Latest $100,000 HIPAA Resolution Agreement Nails Physician Group, 4/17/2012 DC Court Enjoins Implementation of NLRB Poster Rule 4/17/2012 Health Plans Should Act Quickly To Prepare Affordable Care Act Required Summary of Benefits & Communications & Update Other Health Plan Communications 3/20/2012 Small Employers Should Evaluate Eligibility For Small Business Health Care Tax Credit 3/14/2012 Health Plan BCBST To Pay $1.5 Million In 1st OCR Enforcement Action Prompted By HITECH Breach Report 3/13/2012 March 21 New Deadline To Comment On Proposal To Extend Minimum Wage, Overtime Rules To In Home Care Workers 3/9/2012 NLRB Report Shows Rise In Unfair Labor Practice Complaints & Formal Proceedings 3/9/2012 Sullivan University System to Pay $483,000 in Back Wages Overtime Violations Stemming From Worker Misclassifications 3/8/2012 New DOL Final Rules Tighten Requirements For Employers To Hire Alien Workers Using H-2B Visas 2/21/2012 Immigration Compliance For The Health Care Industry 2/15/2012 New IRS Worker Classification Settlement Program and its Risks 1/2012 OSHA $1Million Award Against AirTran Airways Highlights Retaliation Risks 1/18/2012 Severance and Other Termination Arrangements: Planning and Executing Defensible Goodbyes 1/17/2012 HHS Chides Trustmark Life Insurance Company For Excessive Health Premium Increases After Affordable Care Act Rate Audit 1/12/2012 Constitutionality of Obama Recess Appointments Questioned 1/11/2012 Labor Department Final Rule Defines Recreation Vehicle For Longshore & Harbor Workers Compensation Act 1/10/2012 Portion of Health Care Costs Paid By Government Programs Rose As Employer Provided & Other Private Health Care Coverage Declined In 2010 1/9/2012 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 NLRB Changes Certification Election Case Procedures 12/26/2011 NLRB Delays Deadline For Employee Labor Rights Poster Requirement To April 30 12/23/2011 Medical Identity Theft/Fraud Convictions Highlight Need For Health Care Providers To Safeguard Health Information, Guard Against Fraud Schemes 11/27/2011 Maxim Health Services Exec Becomes 9th Former Employee Convicted For False Claims Act Role 11/27/2011 New Rule Offers Plans & Their Advisors New Options For Providing Investment Advice To 401(k) & Other Individual Account Plan Participants & Beneficiaries 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 $20+ Million Settlement Shows Business Risk of Violating Military Service Member Or Veterans Federal Credit, Other Rights 11/14/2011 IRS U-Tube Video Discusses 2012 Flexible Benefit Plan Rule Change 11/14/2011 SLP:Employers Face New Labor-Management Exposures Under Activist National Labor Relations Board 11/8/2011 Employers Face New Labor-Management Exposures Under Activist National Labor Relations Board 11/8/2011 Unions Gaining New Power From National Labor Relations Boards New Activism 11/8/2011 OCR 1st HIPAA Privacy, Security & Breach Notification Compliance Audits Begin 11/8/2011 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 Labor Secretary Comments Highlight Federal Protections & Resources To Support Veteran's Employment Rights 11/7/2011 IRS Exempts Enrolled Retirement Plan Agents From PTIN Requirement-SLP 11/4/2011 IRS Exempts Enrolled Retirement Plan Agents From PTIN Requirement 11/4/2011 IRS To Waive User Fee On Certain Plan Qualification Determination Applications 10/30/2011 IRS Updates Meal, Travel Reimbursement & Deduction Rules 10/30/2011 2012 Employee Benefits Cost of Living Adjustments Announced 10/30/2011 IRS Publishes More Guidance For Tax Preparers On Preparer Tax Identification Number 10/30/2011 IRS Updates Meal, Travel Reimbursement & Deduction Rules-SLP 10/30/2011 Plans & Investment Advisors Get Flexibility To Give Investment Advice To 401(k) & Other Individual Account Plan Participants & Beneficiaries 10/30/2011 EBSA Plans To Include Health Care Reform Compliance In Health Plan Audits Beginning In FY 2012; Disputes OIG Criticism Of ACA Enforcement Efforts 10/30/2011 ABC President Klein To Speak At Nov. 10 Dallas WEB Meeting 10/26/2011 Fact Sheet Final Regulation On Individual Account Plan Investtment Advice 10/25/2011 EBSA Final Rule On Investment Advice To Participants & Beneficiaries In Individual Account Plans 10/25/2011 OCR Settlements Show Health Care & Disabled Housing Providers Face Growing Disability Discrimination Risks 10/22/2011 Stamer Talks About Health Care Reform, ADA, FMLA & Military Leave Developments At 10/21 Joint ABA Tax and RPTE Section Meetings In Denver 10/21/2011 Affordable Care Act Pre-Existing Coverage Plan Only Covered About 39,000 of Millions Denied Private Coverage As of August 1, 2011 10/21/2011 IRS Announces 2012 Cost of Living Increases For Employee Benefit Contributions & Benefits Limits 10/20/2011 OCR Settlements Show Health Care & DisablHealth Care &Housing Providers Face Growing Disability Discrimination Risks 10/19/2011 2010 Webcast Series on Federal Employer Employment of Persons With Disabilities Planned 10/19/2011 EBSA Plans To Include Health Care Reform Compliance In Health Plan Audits Beginning In FY 2012; Disputes OIG Criticism Of ACA Enforcement Efforts-SLP 10/7/2011 ONC Hires APP Design, Inc. To Run Patient E-Consent Trial Project 10/3/2011 New Labor Department Video Tries To Educate Young Workers About Benefits & Benefit Rights 10/1/2011 Employer Assistance and Resource Network Offers Free Webinars For Employers During October In Honor of Disability Employment Awareness Month on Thursdays in October from 2:00 9/29/2011 New IRS Voluntary IRS Settlement Program Offers New Option For Resolving Payroll Tax Risks Of Misclassification But Employers Also Must Manage Other Legal Risks 9/26/2011 HHS Projects Medicare Advantage Enrollment Will Rise As Premiums Decline In 2012; Plans Face Increased Regulation & Enforcement 9/25/2011 HHS Projects Medicare Advantage Enrollment Will Rise As Premiums Decline In 2012; Plans Face Increased Regulation & Enforcement-SLP 9/25/2011 HHS Credits Health Reform For Getting Health Coverage For Added 1 Million Young Adults 9/22/2011 Employers Considering Using New IRS Voluntary Worker Classification Settlement Program To Resolve Payroll Tax Risks Must Also Manage Other Legal Exposures 9/22/2011 Participant Notification Added To Required Procedures For Church Plan Determination Letter Requests 9/22/2011 HHS Credits Affordable Care Act Adult Dependent Child Coverage Rule With Getting 1 Million Young Adults Health Coverage 9/22/2011 Coping With Health Care Reform: What's New, What Lies Ahead & What To Do 9/14/2011 4th Circuit Rejects Two Challenges To Affordable Care Act Constitutionality 9/8/2011 Stamer Named Fellow In American College of Employee Benefits Counsel 9/2/2011 Unions Get New Tool As NLRB Changes Bargaing Units Certification Rules For Non-Acute Health Care Facilities 9/1/2011 The Nuts and Bolts of Reporting and Disclosure Rules for Employee Benefit Plans 8/30/2011 New IRS Voluntary Worker Classification Settlement Program Signals Growing Worker Misclassification Audit & Enforcement Emphasis 8/21/2011 ABA TIPS Section Appoints Cynthia Marcotte Stamer Vice Chair of Employee Benefits General Committee 8/15/2011 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 Womens Health Procedures Beginning In 2012 8/2/2011 Labor Department 2011 Stats Show Employer Health Coverage & Other Benefit Statistics 7/29/2011 Stamer Speaks 9/14 On Coping With Health Care Reform: Whats New, What Lies Ahead & What To Do 7/29/2011 Gulf Coast Area TEGE Council Employee Benefits & Exempt Organizations Enforcement & Compliance Summer 2011 Meeting 7/11/2011 Gulf Coast Area TEGE Council Pre-Event Reception & Dinner 7/10/2011 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 CSI Travel Healthcare: Case Scene Investigation 5/24/2011 HIPAA Privacy Post HITECH Act: OCR Speaks On Managing Risks & Responsibilities 5/16/2011 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 DOL considers easing rules for electronic benefit communications 4/22/2011 Improving the Effectiveness of Compliance & Risk Management By Getting HR On The Compliance Team 4/11/2011 Labor Department Rules On Electronic Distribution of ERISA-Required Benefit Plan Notices White Paper 4/9/2011 Health Plan Embezzlement & Fraud: Prevention, Detection & Response Strategies for Plan Sponsors and Fiduciaries 4/5/2011 Plan Sponsors. Their Owners & Management & Others Risk Personal Liability If Others Defraud Plans or Mismanage Employee Benefit Plan Responsibilities 4/5/2011 Company Executives, Plan Sponsors & Others May Face Personal Liability When Others Defraud Plans or Mismanage Employee Benefit Plan Responsibilities 4/4/2011 Agencies Clarify Affordable Care Act Grandfathered Health Plan Rules, 4/1/2011 The Boomers are Coming, Is the System Prepared? 4/1/2011 What Would the Retirement Benefits Delivery System Look Like if Employers Stopped Sponsoring Plans? 3/31/2011 EEOC Finalizes Updates To Disability Regulations In Response to ADA Amendments Act 3/24/2011 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 Woman's Power Hour For Executive Women's Network 3/17/2011 Employer Charged With Misclassifying & Underpaying Workers To Pay $754,578 FLSA Back pay Settlement 3/11/2011 Stamer Speaks 4/28 On Lean On Me - Group Health and Disability Claims and Appeals: 3/7/2011 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 Shares Best Practices for Protecting Plan Participant & Other Employee Information At Houston SBWA/IRS Plan Administrator Skills Workshop 3/4/2011 NLRB Settlement Shows Care Necessary When Using Social Networking & Other Policies Restricting Employee Communications 3/1/2011 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 Safeguarding Yourself From Liability For Anothers Employee Benefit Plan Embezzlement Or Other Misconduct 2/25/2011 HHS Imposes 1st HIPAA Privacy Civil Penalty of $4.3 Million 2/22/2011 $4.3 Million HIPAA Penalty Signals Health Plans, Sponsors & Service Providers 2/22/2011 Attorney Cynthia Stamer Shares Best Practices for Protecting Plan Participant & Other Employee Information At SBWA/IRS Plan Administrator Skills Workshops Flyer 2/11/2011 Health Care Employers NLRB Settlement Shows Care Necessary When Using Social Networking & Other Policies Restricting Employee Communication 2/7/2011 NLRB Settlement Shows Care Necessary When Employers Use Social Networking & Other Policies Restricting Employee Communications 2/7/2011 Complimentary 2/7 RPTE Employee Benefits & Other Compensation Arrangements Study Group Teleconference Call Explores Emerging Health Care Reform Plan Guidance 2/7/2011 Attorney Cynthia Stamer Shares Best Practices for Protecting Plan Participant & Other Employee Information At SBWA/IRS Plan Administrator Skills Workshops 2/4/2011 DOL Wage & Hour Settlements Highlight Rising Wage & Hour Enforcement Risks 1/25/2011 Wage & Hour Law Settlements Highlight Rising Wage & Hour Risks of U.S. Employers 1/24/2011 OCR Requires Rhode Island DHS To Provide Translation, Other Services For Limited English, Other Language Impaired Accommodations 1/24/2011 Supreme Court Medical Resident Stipend Ruling Highlights Advisability of Worker Classification & Payroll Practice Review Advisable For Health Care, Other Employers 1/12/2011 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 Holiday Season Celebration Reminder To Manage Intoxication Risks 12/29/2010 Avoiding Post-Holiday Season HR Liability Hangover 12/29/2010 White Paper on New Guidance Clarifying Requirements For Health Plan Credit For Small Employers Now Available 12/5/2010 2011 Standard Mileage Rates Announced 12/4/2010 RESPONDING TO THE EPIDEMIC:STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVING DIABETES CARE IN TEXAS 11/2010 Proposed New DOL Defined Benefit Plan Annual Funding Notice Rule 11/19/2010 Proposed New Defined Benefit Plan Annual Funding Notice Rule Reminder of Need to Carefully Manage DB Plan Responsibilities 11/18/2010 Affordable Care Act Grandfathered Plan Rules Loosened To Allow Insured Plans Making Some Insurance Changes To Qualify 11/17/2010 DOL Proposes To Expand Investment Related Services Giving Rise to ERISA 10/21/2010 Managed Care Executive Quotes Stamer On Implications Of Affordable Care Act Claims & Appeals Rules 10/21/2010 EEOC Charges Employers With Violating ADA By Denying Medical Leave 10/19/2010 Health Plan Eligibility Update 10/13/2010 Annual Benefit Limitation Waiver & Anticipated HHS Medical Loss Ratio Guidance Offer 10/3/2010 New Insured Group Health Plan Non-Discrimination Rules Create Significant Liability For Employers & Insurers; Prompt IRS Also To Review Self-Insured Group Health Plan Rules 9/20/2010 Appeals process regulations extend DOL rules to non-ERISA plans 9/1/2010 CE Invites Comments On Information Required For IMAGE Program Employers 8/31/2010 NLRB To Review, Invites Briefs In Cases Involving Voluntary Recognition Agreements & Successor Employers 8/31/2010 Initial EHR Certification Bodies Named 8/30/2010 Health Care Reform: Building Your Family's Healthcare Survival Plan 8/26/2010 Affordable Care Acts Health Plan External & Internal Review Safe Harbor & Other 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 Small Employers Sponsoring Health Coverage May Qualify For New Tax Credit,Must Act Quickly To Comply With Other New Federal Health Plan Mandates 8/4/2010 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 Regulations Implementing Affordable Care Act Temporary High Risk Insurance Pool Program Regulations Issued 7/31/2010 New Affordable Care Act Mandated High Risk Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Pool Program Regulations Prohibit Plan Dumping of High Risk Members, Set Other Rules 7/31/2010 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 Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2010 7/22/2010 Stamer Speaks On Sex, Drugs & Rock N Role: Personal Misconduct In Healthcare 7/21/2010 Labor Department FMLA Guidance Adopts Broad Interpretation,Employer Care Needed Determining Who Qualifies As Child 7/19/2010 Proposed Modifications to the HIPAA Privacy, Security & Enforcement Rules July 14, 2010 7/14/2010 Office of Civil Rights Proposes Changes To HIPAA Privacy, Security & Civil 7/9/2010 Affordable Care Act Health Plan Guidance Update 7/9/2010 Employers Urged To Review & Strengthen Defensibility of Existing Worker Classification Practices In Light of Rising Congressional & Regulatory Scrutiny 6/30/2010 Worker Classification & Alternative Workforce: Employee Plans & Employment Tax Challenges 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 Key Affordable Care Act Health Plan Coverage Mandates Guidance Issued 6/29/2010 Agencies Release Key Guidance On Affordable Care Act Health Plan Rules 6/25/2010 TPA & Other Plan Services Agreements - Managing Risks & Improving Effectiveness 6/16/2010 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 Health Care Reforms Implications For Employers, Health Plans & Employee Benefits Practitioners 6/9/2010 Texas Society for Healthcare Human Resources Administration & Education Thank You 5/25/2010 New Rule Requires Federal Government Contractors To Post New Employee Rights Under The National Labor Poster 5/20/2010 2010 Health Plan Checkup 5/13/2010 Update On Employment Law For Health Industry HR & Other Managers 4/26/2010 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 Leveraging The Law To Strengthen Your Defenses 3/26/2010 Revised Joint Commission Medical Staff Bylaw Standard Requires New 3/25/2010 Revised Joint Commission Medical Staff Bylaw Standard Requires New Collaboration, Other Updates 3/25/2010 House Could Vote On Obama Health Care Reprint 3/18/2010 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 SouthWest Benefits e-Connections Highlights Stamer Article About Importance For Health Plans, Their Sponsors & Business Associates To Update HIPAA Policies, Practice 2/21/2010 SouthWest Benefits e-Connections Highlights Stamer On Importance For Health Plans, Their Sponsors & Business Associates To Update HIPAA Policies, Practice 2/21/2010 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 St. Louis Employers OSHA Violations Trigger Contempt Order and Penalties 2/11/2010 Labor Department Final H-2A Certification Procedures Tighten Requirements 2/11/2010 HITECH Act Health Data Security & Breach Update 2/09/201 NTHCPA Presentation 2/9/2010 NTHCPA 2/9/10 HITECH Act Health Data Security & Breach Update 2/9/2010 Inapplicability of HIPAA Privacy To Disability Insurer Not License To Impose Unreasonable Proof Of Loss Requirements 2/8/2010 Legal Alert: Tough times are no excuse for ERISA shortcuts 2/5/2010 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 DOL Announces Changes To H-2B Prevailing Wage Calculation Rules 1/20/2010 Homeland Security Updates List of Nations Whose Nationals Are Eligible For H-2A or H-2B Visas 1/19/2010 Screening for Obesity in Children and Adolescents 1/2010 Legal Alert: Holiday season can cause legal headaches 2009 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 Holiday Season Can Cause Legal Headaches 12/4/2009 Department Of Labor Announces Plans To Expand Employee Benefits, Wage & Hour, OSHA & Other Reporting & Disclosure Requirements & To Implement Other New Employee Benefit Regula 12/2009 Mishandling Employee Benefit Obligations Creates Liabilities For Distressed Businesses & Their Business Leaders 12/2009 Employee Benefit Plan Sponsors & Fiduciaries Urged To Review Bonding, Credentials of Staff & Service Providers Under ERISA 12/2009 Employers Should Act Proactively To Minimize Legal Hangover Risks Following Holiday Season Cele 11/30/2009 Employers Must Exercise Caution To Management Employment Liabilities When Acting To Manage H1N1 or Other Contagious Disease Risks 11/30/2009 House Passes Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Bill Requiring Chemical Facilities To Implement Complex New HR & Other Safety & Security Mandates 11/16/2009 Proposed Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Bill Would Obligate Chemical Facilities To New Background Check, HR & Other Safety & Security Safeguards 11/13/2009 2009 Health Plan Update 10/2009 10/2009 Legal Alert: Appeals court says ADA Amendments Act is not retroactive Nomination of Phyllis Borzi as Assistant Secretary of Labor for the Employment Benefits Security Administration Unanimously Confirmed 7/15/2009 Stamer Moderates June 25 ABA Teleconference On When Benefits Lawyers and Other Service Providers Be Sued for Malpractice for Services to ERISA Plans 6/25/2009 June 23, 2009 Dallas HR Management Association Health Plan Eligibility Update 6/23/2009 With September 8 Deadline for Government Contractors to Use E-Verify, USCIS Invites Comments on E-Verify Program Designated Agent Process 6/23/2009 Making Gainsharing Work:Managing Physician Performance At Dallas Bar Association 6/17/2009 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 102 House Members Back New Bill To Mandate Employers Give 56 Hours Paid Leave Per Year 6/8/2009 Legislation To Exempt Health Benefits For Domestic Partners and Other Beneficiaries Introduced In House & Senate 6/3/2009 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 Legal Alert: Group health plans will face challenges with GINA 5/8/2009 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 Dallas Morning News 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 April 21 ABA JCEB Subrogation Soup Teleconference 4/7/2009 Retaliation For Filing HIPAA Complaint Recognized As Basis For State Retalitory Discharge Claim 3/30/2009 2009 HIPAA Privacy & Security Update Webinar 3/25/2009 JPI & United Airlines Lawsuits Highlight Rising Discrimination Risks To US Businesses 3/22/2009 March 25 HIPAA Privacy & Security Update Webinar 3/20/2009 Obama Taps David Blumenthal, M.D., M.P.P. To Lead Effort To Modernize U.S. Health Information Technology 3/20/2009 Supreme Courts Broad Definition Of Retailiation Requires Employers To Exercise Care 3/20/2009 DOL Releases Stimulus Bill Model COBRA Notices, Other Guidance 3/20/2009 Actions That Can Confirm Client Claims 1/19/2009 The Hospitalist, Avoidng The Bad Hire 10/2007 Cybercrime and Identity Theft: Health Information Security Beyond HIPAA Reprint 5/2005 Benefits Planning For Mergers Acquisitions and Downsizing Mergers & Acquisition 2/2002 Stamer Joins Andrews and Kurth Labor and Employment Practice 9/10/2001 Patient Confidentiality & Medical Records 5/7/1998 Privacy & Security Standards: A Brief Nutshell 2/4/1995 Workers Compensation Chapter of Texas Employment Law Handbook 1992 1992 Worker's Compensation Texas Employment Law Handbook (1992) 1992 Most Employers, Group Health Plans Need Additional Action To Finish COBRA Subsidy Compliance 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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