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- DOL Issues Checklist to Measure Plan Compliance With HIPAA's Wellness Program Regulations
- From the February 21, 2008 EBIA Weekly
- The DOL has released Field Assistance Bulletin (FAB) 2008-02, which provides guidance to the agency’s national and regional offices on the final HIPAA wellness program regulations (Wellness Regulations) issued in December 2006. The FAB contains a step-...
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- IRS Issues Promised Enforcement Safe Harbor for Supplemental Plans Under HIPAA Portability Rules
- From the February 21, 2008 EBIA Weekly
- Various types of benefits are excepted from HIPAA’s portability rules, including certain “supplemental” coverage provided under a separate policy, certificate, or contract of insurance. Last December, the DOL and HHS issued safe harbor rules concerning which ...
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- DOL Proposes Revisions to FMLA Regulations
- From the February 14, 2008 EBIA Weekly
- The DOL has issued proposed FMLA regulations that would change and clarify many provisions in the existing regulations. For example, the proposed regulations revise employers’ notice obligations, as well as the provisions regarding when and how employees should provide ...
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- CMS Issues HIPAA Security Rule Guidance for Small Providers
- From the January 10, 2008 EBIA Weekly
- This final installment in the seven-paper CMS HIPAA security rule series focuses on compliance for small providers, including implementation specifications and other requirements. Although the paper does not specifically define “small provider,” its intended targets are physicians ...
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- DOL Announces Availability of 2007 Form M-1, Including Health Care Self-Compliance Tool; Both Virtually Unchanged From 2006
- From the December 20, 2007 EBIA Weekly
- The Employee Benefits Security Administration of the Department of Labor (DOL) has issued the 2007 MEWA/ECE Form M-1 and Instructions. The Form M-1 is the annual report that most multiple employer welfare arrangements (MEWAs) that provide health ...
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- DOL Announces Enforcement Safe Harbor for Supplemental Plans Under HIPAA Portability, MHPA, WHCRA, and NMHPA Rules
- From the December 13, 2007 EBIA Weekly
- Several categories of benefits are excepted from HIPAA’s portability, nondiscrimination, and wellness program rules, including certain “supplemental” coverage provided under a separate policy, certificate, or contract of insurance. (This type of supplemental insurance coverage is also ...
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- CMS Announces Internet Access to NPPES Data
- From the September 27, 2007 EBIA Weekly
- HIPAA requires health care providers that conduct HIPAA standard transactions to obtain a National Provider Identifier (NPI), and all covered entities, including health plans, to use NPIs to identify medical providers in standard transactions. Most covered entities were required to ...
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- EEOC Officials Offer Informal Views on ADEA, ADA, and PDA Issues
- From the September 20, 2007 EBIA Weekly
- The American Bar Association’s Joint Committee on Employee Benefits (JCEB) has posted a report on the May 2007 Q&A session between JCEB representatives and EEOC officials. Highlights include the following informal, nonbinding remarks covering a range ...
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- CMS Informally Responds to HIPAA Security Questions
- From the September 20, 2007 EBIA Weekly
- The Joint Committee on Employee Benefits (JCEB) of the American Bar Association has reported on its May 2007 Q&A session with CMS officials. The report includes the following informal, nonbinding remarks about HIPAA security issues. Security for an ...
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- HHS's OCR Representatives Offer Their Informal Views on a Wide Variety of HIPAA Privacy Issues
- From the August 02, 2007 EBIA Weekly
- The American Bar Association’s Joint Committee on Employee Benefits (JCEB) has posted on its website the report of its annual question-and-answer session with representatives from HHS’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR). Here are some ...
