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  1. CMS Officials Provide Informal Views on HIPAA Security Issues
    From the July 15, 2008 EBIA Weekly
    The Joint Committee on Employee Benefits (JCEB) of the American Bar Association has reported on its May 5, 2008 Q&A session with officials from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The report includes the following informal, ...
    [ABA Joint Committee on Employee Benefits, Meeting with CMS Officials (May 5, 2008)]
  2. IRS Proposes Regulations on HSA Comparability Requirements and HSA and Group Health Plan Excise Tax Reporting
    From the July 15, 2008 EBIA Weekly
    The IRS has issued proposed regulations providing guidance on changes to the HSA comparability rules under the Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006 (TRHCA). (The comparability rules only apply to employer HSA contributions made outside of a cafeteria ...
    [Prop. Treas. Reg. Secs. 54.4980B-2, 54.4980D-1, 54.4980E-1, 54.4980G-1, 54.4980G-3, 54.4980G-4, 54.4980G-6, and 54.4980G-7, 72 Fed. Reg. __ (July 16, 2008)]
  3. HIPAA Privacy Information for Consumers Now Available in Eight Languages on HHS Website
    From the May 22, 2008 EBIA Weekly
    HHS has posted HIPAA privacy consumer information on its website in eight languages: English, Chinese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Spanish, Tagalog, and Vietnamese. The information includes two consumer brochures—”Privacy and Your Health Information” and “Your Health ...
    [HHS Publications "Privacy and Your Health Information," "Your Health Information Privacy Rights;" "How to File a Health Information Privacy Complaint," and "Health Information Privacy Complaint Form"]
  4. President Signs Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008
    From the May 22, 2008 EBIA Weekly
    We recently reported that Congress had passed the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008, which is intended to prevent discrimination on the basis of genetic information in health insurance and employment. (See our article at http://www.ebia.com/WeeklyArchives/...
    [Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008, Pub. L. No. 110-233 (May 21, 2008)]
  5. DOL Releases Interactive Elaws Advisor to Help Employers Comply With Recordkeeping, Reporting, and Notice Requirements
    From the May 15, 2008 EBIA Weekly
    The DOL recently unveiled a new elaws Employment Law Advisor to help employers determine which federal employment laws apply to them, what recordkeeping and reporting requirements they must comply with, and what posters they need to post. The website guidance ...
    [FirstStep Employment Law Advisor (May 6, 2008)]
  6. Congress Passes Legislation Prohibiting Genetic Discrimination by Health Plans and Employers
    From the May 08, 2008 EBIA Weekly
    Congress has passed the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008, which is intended to prevent discrimination on the basis of genetic information in health insurance and employment. (It was signed into law by President Bush on May 21, 2008.) The ...
    [Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008, Pub. L. No. 110-233 (May 21, 2008)]
  7. Side-by-Side Comparisons of Current and "HIPAA 2" EDI Standards Posted on CMS Website
    From the May 01, 2008 EBIA Weekly
    Under HIPAA, covered entities (and their business associates) that engage in certain electronic transactions are required to comply with specific electronic data interchange (EDI) standards. The Medicare program has announced that it is evaluating the impact of implementing the next ...
    [CMS Electronic Billing & EDI Transactions HIPAA 2 Information Webpage]
  8. Eligibility Requirement of More Than Twenty Hours of Active Employment Was Not Discriminatory Under HIPAA
    From the April 10, 2008 EBIA Weekly
    HIPAA provides that health plans and insurers may not establish rules for eligibility based on health status or disability. The employee in this case claimed that this HIPAA rule was violated when his employer’s health plan insurer refused ...
    [Ames v. Group Health Inc., 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 27656 (E.D.N.Y 2008)]
  9. Will including a privacy notice in our health plan's SPD satisfy HIPAA's privacy notice distribution requirements?
    From the March 06, 2008 EBIA Weekly
    QUESTION: Our company has a new self-insured health plan, and we are preparing the plan’s SPD and HIPAA privacy notice. Can we satisfy HIPAA’s privacy notice distribution requirements by placing the privacy notice in the ...
  10. CMS Releases Sample HIPAA Security Interview and Document Request Guidelines for Investigators
    From the February 28, 2008 EBIA Weekly
    CMS recently issued a sample document listing the personnel that may be interviewed and the documents that may be sought when it or its third-party contractors conduct a HIPAA security rule onsite investigation or compliance review. Many of the ...
    [CMS Sample Interview and Document Request for HIPAA Security Onsite Investigations and Compliance Reviews]

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