Past Events

North Texas Healthcare Compliance Professional Association (NTHCPA) invites members and other interested health care compliance professionals to join other NTHCPA members and guests hear the experiences and insights of Eddie Reeves, Parkland Health and Hospital System Board Member and head of Reeves Strategy Group on “Managing The Message: Effective Crisis & Other Communications For Compliance Leaders In Good Times & Bad” on Wednesday, January 18, 2012 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Effective management of crisis and other compliance communications with board and other management, staff, regulators, patients and others is critical to promoting the effectiveness and defensibility of compliance issues and the mitigation of the legal, political and other operational consequences of a compliance or other operational event. As a member of the Parkland Board of Managers and head Reeves Strategy Group, Eddie Reeves knows first hand how communications can make or break efforts to prevent or manage compliance or other crisis. Newly appointed to the Parkland Board of Managers in 2010, Mr. Reeves has drawn upon his extensive experience helping companies and not-for-profits, political leaders, and others develop and manage sensitive internal and external crisis and other communications to help Parkland respond to the highly publicized compliance and operational challenges it faced during 2010. Mr. Reeves has a lengthy and impressive resume of helping high profile companies and leaders to manage sensitive communications. As the head of the strategic communications consultancy, Reeves Strategy Group, Mr. Reeves helps companies and not-for-profits develop, execute and assess integrated communications and marketing. Before founding Reeves Strategy Group, Mr. Reeves co-led the media relations practice of Public Strategies, Inc., where he built marketing and communications departments from the ground up, successfully managed major crisis engagements and advised heads of corporations. Previously, Mr. Reeves served as Vice President, Media Relations at Merrill Lynch. He also served as press secretary and legislative assistant to Congressman J.J. ”Jake” Pickle, serving as chief policy adviser on health reform, working with the staffs of the House Ways and Means Committee, the Senate Finance Committee and The White House, as well as with industry groups such as the American Hospital Association, the American Medical Association and the Health Insurance Association of America. He has also served as Press Secretary to former Houston Mayor Kathy Whitmire, as a senior legislative assistant in the Texas Legislature, as an award-winning columnist for the Austin American-Statesman and as a key advisor and strategist to several successful political campaigns. In addition to his volunteer service on the Parkland Board, Reeves serves on the boards of the East Dallas Community Schools, the AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic and Workforce Solutions for Dallas County. He has also served on the boards of the Austin Housing Authority and the Central Texas March of Dimes. NTHCPA meetings are open to all NTHCPA members and other interested health care compliance professionals. Participation in the meeting is complimentary. Participants are responsible for any parking charges incurred. RSVP & Register For Invites & Updates The meeting will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on January 18, 2012 at the offices of the Dallas Ft Worth Hospital Council, 250 Decker Drive, Irving, TX 75062-2706. To help us to notify you about upcoming meetings and to arrange for adequate space for this and other meetings, interested persons are encouraged to forward their current contact information including e-mail to Vice-President Cynthia Marcotte Stamer at (469) 767-8872 or by e-mail here by 5:00 p.m. on January 17, 2012. Stay on top of information about upcoming meetings and share and dialogue with other NTHCPA members about health care compliance challenges and developments by joining our Linked In Group here. Please feel free to share this invitation with others who may be interested. About the NTHCPA & Involvement NTHCPA exists to champion ethical practice and compliance standards and to provide the necessary resources for ethics and compliance Professionals and others in North Texas who share these principles. The vision of NTHCPA is to be a pre-eminent compliance and ethics group promoting lasting success and integrity of organizations within North Texas. To register or update your registration or to receive notice of future meetings, e-mail here. Would you like to get more involved? We encourage persons interested in serving on the steering committee, sponsoring refreshments for an upcoming meeting, wish to suggesting topics or speakers, or seeking more information about membership or involvement with the NTHCPA to contact: NTHCPA President Erma Lee at (817) 927-1232 or by e-mail here or Vice-President Cynthia Marcotte Stamer at (469) 767-8872 or by e-mail here This communication may be considered a marketing communication for certain purposes. If you wish to update your e-mail for purposes of or would prefer not to receive future e-mail concerning meetings or other activities of the North Texas Healthcare Compliance Professionals Association or other marketing and promotional mailings from it, please send an email with the word “unsubscribe” in its subject heading here.

Cynthia Marcotte Stamer, Cynthia Marcotte Stamer, PC, Addison, TX Speakers: Peter Mierko, Pearl Meyer & Partners, New York, NY Tara Silver Malyska, Grant Thornton, Dallas, TX Charmaine L. Slack, Jones Day, New York, NY Michael A. Tilghman, II, Bailey & Ehrenberg PLLC, Washington, DC Well-designed severance and other pay on separation arrangements and agreements can play critical roles in recruiting and retaining key executives and other employees and help settle exposures from terminating employees. To realize these benefits, however, companies seeking to use these tools and their counsel must negotiate a complicated web of increasingly complex legal, financial and political traps. This experienced panel of experts will explore evolving legal requirements, highlight common challenges and traps, and share practical tips for designing, negotiating and executing severance pay plans, separation agreements and other termination pay arrangements including: •Current market data and trends on severance amounts, designs and practices for executives and nonexecutives •IRC 409A, 280G and 4999 and other tax traps and tricks impacting severance pay design and payment •ERISA applicability and implications to severance arrangements •COBRA, 105(h) and other issues impacting negotiation of health and other welfare benefit rights on termination •ADEA and other requirements for securing enforceable waivers •Corporate, ERISA and other fiduciary responsibility traps for the unwary •Compensation committee approval and independence requirements •Say on pay and other common shareholder and corporate challenges impacting executive severance arrangements •Avoiding the Hewlett Packard "No" shareholder vote •Due diligence, problem solving and strategies corporate transactions and restructuring •Best practices for planning and administering executive severance near retirement, acceleration of equity vesting and option term extension as part of severance •Other practical tips and insights

“Equal Visitation: Medicare & Joint Commission Requirements, Pitfalls & Practicalities” Facilitated By Cynthia Marcotte Stamer, J.D. Wednesday, November 16, 2011 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Dallas Ft Worth Hospital Council 250 Decker Drive, Irving, TX 75062-2706 Light Complimentary Lunch Provided

Stamer Talks About Health Care Reform, ADA, FMLA & Military Leave Developments At 10/21 Joint ABA Tax and RPTE Section Meetings In Denver

Reload your compliance ghost busting skills by joining the North Texas Healthcare Compliance Professional Association (NTHCPA) on Wednesday, October 19, 2011 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the for a complimentary lunch and a lively round table discussion with other health care compliance professionals of risk management compliance processes, practices and other ideas for managing their organization’s health care compliance spooks and goblins. This discussion of “Health Care Compliance Spooks & Goblins: Honing Your Compliance Ghost-Busting Skills” moderated by Texas Health Resources Regional Director Compliance & Privacy Tauna Shelton, FACHE, CHC,MHSM,MS will focus on processes and other tips to help manage intractable risks and uncertainties inherent in identifying, balancing, managing and mitigating compliance amid operational, financial, time, lack of clarity, competing obligations and responsibilities, and other practical limits on your resources and controls. In celebration of Halloween, a complimentary light lunch will be provided by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer, P.C. for those who R.S.V.P. for the meeting

SMU DEDMAN SCHOOL OF LAW HEALTH LAW ASSOCIATION PRESENTS Health Law Careers Symposium September 29, 2011 12:15 PM to 1:15 PM Hillcrest Lecture Hall

As the debate over the validity and future of the sweeping health care reforms enacted under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) rages in Congress and the federal courts, employer and other health plan sponsors, insurers, fiduciaries and administrators face the daunting challenge of keeping their health plans compliant, affordable and relevant in the face of the steady rollout of the deluge of new mandates imposed by the Affordable Care Act and other evolving health plan mandates and planning for changes yet to come. A former national WEB member nationally and internationally known for her knowledge and work on health and other employee benefit matters and engaging and informative presentations, attorney, author and policy advocate Cynthia Marcotte Stamer will help you prepare your plan and organization to cope with these and other challenges of understanding and coping with health care reform. Chair of the American Bar Association (ABA) RPPT Employee Benefits & Other Compensation Arrangements, an ABA Joint Committee on Employee Benefits Council Representative, incoming ABA TIPS Employee Benefit Plan Committee Vice Chair, former ABA Health Law Section Managed Care & Insurance Interest Group Chair, past Southwest Benefits Association Board Member, Employee Benefit News Editorial Advisory Board Member, and a widely published speaker and author, Ms. Stamer has more than 24 years experience advising businesses, plans, fiduciaries, insurers and governments on health care, retirement, employment, insurance, :and tax program design, administration, defense and policy. Her experience includes extensive involvement in advising and representing these and other clients on ACA and other health care legislation, regulation, enforcement and administration. Widely published on health benefit and other related matters, Ms. Stamer’s insights and articles have been published by the Bureau of National Affairs, Aspen Publishers, Business Insurance, Employee Benefit News, the Wall Street Journal, the American Bar Association, Aspen Publishers, World At Work, Spencer Publications, SHRM, the International Foundation, Solutions Law Press and many others. Ms. Stamer’s presentation will focus on key health care reform information that can help employers and other plan sponsors, insurers, fiduciaries, insurers, administrators and advisors understand and cope with the effects and responsibilities of health care reform including: • Updating you on the status of litigation challenging the ACA health care reforms in the courts; • Updating you on the key developments affecting health care regulatory reforms likely to impact your health plan; • Sharing an updated roadmap of the currently scheduled implementation of key future health benefit reforms enacted under ACA; • Sharing selected tips and strategies for managing compliance and other risks and deal with uncertainties arising as health care reform continues to evolve; and • Audience questions and discussion of questions and ideas.

The employee benefits world is exploding with existing and new reporting requirements, so much so that Employee Benefits advisors can barely keep up. This 90-minute program starts off with a big-picture overview and drills down quickly to the issues of the day regarding reporting and disclosure. No longer are disclosures primarily limited to private employer, ERISA sponsored plans, but of recent include church plans and governmental entities on both the pension and health benefits side. While DOL, IRS, PBGC, and HHS pronouncements that touch on this area are addressed in general, the panel attempts to identify a number of potholes and a few landmines that may catch your client off guard. A few examples of areas covered are: Recent developments in Form 5500 Schedule C reporting Often-overlooked SEC reporting and disclosure requirements Part 7 Requirements, including 4980B, 4980D, 4980E, and 4980G penalties and self-reporting excise taxes on Form 8928 Opt-out options available to governmental entities Impact of most recent Supreme Court decision (Cigna Corp. v. Amara) on Plan document/SPD disclosures Health benefit claims disclosures required by the most recent DOL, IRS and HHS pronouncements, including impact of grandfathering, insured vs. self-funded, vs. private, vs. non-federal government

In the face of expansive healthcare reform and shrinking budgets, it is more important than ever for health plans to arm themselves with the necessary skills and strategies to combat Fraud, Waste and Abuse! Opal Events’ Medicare Advantage Compliance Symposium will bring together industry leaders to discuss these issues, and more! This event will provide health plans with strategies for minimizing the cost of health care fraud, combating waste and eliminating abuse! Join us for both days and receive 14.1 CEUs! Click here to see our full agenda and attendee list here. Featuring a presentation from Cynthia Marcotte Stamer on “Leveraging The Law To Enhance Defensibility & Performance” Ms. Stamer’s presentation will cover practical processes and practices health plans and industry leaders can use to leverage legal rules of statutory and contract interpretation, attorney-client privilege, documentation and evidence and other legal rules and legal procedures to promote the effectiveness and defensibility of fraud and other compliance efforts, contract enforcement, workforce, provider, vendor and claims management, internal investigations and other key legal and operational practices, performance and risk management activities. The content-packed agenda for this 2-day program also features practical presentations and programs for a faculty of industry and government leaders on key Medicare Advantage legal and operational risk management including prevention, detection and management of fraud, waste, abuse and other key performance and risk drivers..

The Gulf Coast Area TEGE Council invites employee benefits and exempt organizations leaders , board members and trustees, and practitioners to catch up on key tax and other emerging regulatory and enforcement challenges from IRS, Labor Department and other industry leaders including: Conference Covers Key Employee Benefits & Exempt Organizations Topics • ERISA Fiduciary Disclosure • Welfare Plan Audits & Enforcement • Employee Benefit Plan Tax Qualification & Compliance In Mergers & Acquisitions • IRS Exempt Organization Issues Update On Exemption & PLR Application Process, 501(c)(3) Joint Ventures With For Profits, & Group Exemptions & Group Returns • Health Care Reform Regulatory Update • Exempt Organization Board Governance Regulation, Enforcement & Best Practices • EPCRS, 403(B), 457(F) Other New Developments Impacting Exempt Organization Plans Hear From Prominent Government Speakers

GULF COAST AREA TEGE COUNCIL EMPLOYEE BENEFITS & EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS ENFORCEMENT & COMPLIANCE MEETING ARE INVITED TO REGISTER FOR AN OPTIONAL PRE-EVENT NETWORKING DINNER SUNDAY, JULY 10, 2011

New federal claims and appeals requirements enacted as part of the health care reforms of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) are only one of several legal developments changing the legal landscape for the administration and enforcement of ERISA-covered health plan claims and appeals. Always challenging, legislative and regulatory reforms, Supreme Court and other emerging precedents, evolving products and practices and heightened sophistication of parties are driving the intricacy of health claims and appeals administration and litigation to new heights. Health and disability plan insurers, administrators, fiduciaries and sponsors, independent review organizations and other payer service providers, health care providers, participants and beneficiaries and the attorneys counseling and representing them need a strong understanding of the evolving claims and appeals requirements and their operation. Our experienced panel of experts will help participants update their understanding and skills for dealing with these evolving and increasingly complex rules governing ERISA-covered health claims and appeals

Overview: Join us as we endeavor to reduce risk and determine culpability by dissecting a case study in search of answers. As a team, we will investigate an event, seek out contributory factors, discuss legal theories, examine the liability landscape, and review the actual outcomes for the patient, provider, and insurance carrier. Objectives: (1) Describe liability claim trends affecting agency nursing. (2) Discuss implications for travel healthcare. (3) Discuss theories of liability unique to staffing agencies, and unique to healthcare. (4) Give an example of a coverage issue related to contractual liability. (5) List at least two ways to reduce risk. Wednesday, May 24, 2011 Time: 11:00 PDT / 1:00 CDT / 2:00 EDT Panelists: Michelle Foster Earle, ARM, President, OmniSure Consulting Group Ed Foley, CPCU, ARM, RPLU, President, The Foley Insurance Group Cynthia Marcotte Stamer, Esq., Cynthia Marcotte Stamer PC

Health plans and health insurers, health care providers, healthcare clearinghouses and their business associates (covered entities) face new imperatives to tighten their Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy and Security Rule compliance and risk management. Gain invaluable insights into the latest regulatory guidance and OCR’s enforcement, audit and other plans from OCR Deputy Director for Privacy Susan McAndrew. Among other things, this program will discuss:

Employee benefit attorney and author Cynthia Marcotte Stamer will share the latest guidance on the Affordable Care Act and other federal health plan regulatory changes impacting employment-based group health plans and their sponsors for plan years beginning between September 23, 2010 and September 22, 2011 with BDO Alliance Partners and guests attending the 2011 BDO Seidman Alliance Conference on May 2, 2011 in Las Vegas from2:00 pm to 3:00 pm Pacific Time

Stamer Speaks On “CPA Privacy & Identity Theft” May 2 At 2011 BDO Alliance Conference In Las Vegas

Employee benefit attorney and author Cynthia Marcotte Stamer is one of a distinguished panel of employee benefit attorneys scheduled to speak about “Welcome to the Jungle - Health Care Reform Bootcamp”at the ABA RPTE 22nd Annual Spring Symposia in Washington D.C. The Health Care Reform Bootcamp scheduled for 1:15-2:30 p.m. Eastern on April 29 is one of two programs at which Ms. Stamer is scheduled to speak during the Symposia.

Group Health and Disability Claims and Appeals: The Brave New World for Making, Administering, and Paying Claims Program

Recent criminal fraud indictments against health care plan service providers highlight the need for plan sponsors and fiduciaries to develop a strategy for combating health care plan fraud. Plan sponsors and fiduciaries - and their legal counsel - must determine “best practices” for credentialing and monitoring service providers, and responding to potential health care fraud or other misconduct by a plan sponsor, fiduciary, service provider and their employees.This program will discuss: * Embezzlement and other plan asset misuse, fraudulent multiple employer health plan product, and other selected fiduciary and service provider misconduct that health plan sponsors and fiduciaries should watch for; * ERISA core bonding and other fiduciary responsibility requirements for preventing, detecting and addressing health care fraud by health plan fiduciaries, service providers and their employees; * Other practical contracting, credentialing, monitoring, auditing and other risk management practices to minimize these exposures; * Practical problem resolution strategies for communicating with and working with the Departments of Labor and Justice in connection with the investigation and redress of known or suspected embezzlement or other health care fraud by a plan fiduciary, service provider or other member of the health plan or plan sponsor's workforce.

Stamer addresses health care and other challenges of Babyboomers and others living in place and policy and other actions that governments, communities, employers, insurers and individuals should consider to promote the ability of retired and disabled individuals and their family members to meet these challenges.

Cynthia Marcotte Stamer will speak and co-moderate a policy think-tank session exploring “What Would the Retirement Benefits Delivery System Look Like if Employers Stopped Sponsoring Plans?” for the American Bar Association Joint Committee on Employee Benefits Government Invitational on March 29, 2011 in Baltimore, Md.. The Program open only to invited guests of the JCEB and other sponsoring organizations will explore the role of employers in the sponsorship and delivery of pension and other retirement savings and benefit programs in the U.S., regulatory and other disincentives to the continuation or expansion of these programs, and historical and comparative indicators of potential consequences of declining employer participation in retirement program sponsorship as well as examine practices of other countries as potential alternative retirement models for providing retirement savings or benefits in the U.S.

3.17.2011 Women Executive Networking Reception Co-Sponsored by Solutions Law Press, Cynthia Marcotte Stamer PC & Executive Women's Network, With Special Guest Bayor Healthcare Systems CNO.

Attorney Cynthia Stamer will share key legal risks and best practices for handling participant health and other personal information with employee benefit and human resources leaders and consultants at the Southwest Benefits Association (SWBA)/Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Plan Administrator Skills Workshops to be held February 11 in Oklahoma City, February 25 in Dallas, and March 4 in Houston. Register or review the full agenda for the Workshops here. “Employee benefits and other human resources departments, their vendors and consultants are entrusted with a broad range of sensitive health care and other personal information about employees, their dependents and beneficiaries,” said Stamer, a Board Certified Labor & Employment Lawyer who Chairs the American Bar Association RPTE Employee Benefits & Other Compensation Arrangements Group. “Widespread publicity about laws and identity theft or other abusive uses of employee and other data have boosted concerns of American workers and regulators about how employee personal information is used and protected. Consequently, appropriately managing and safeguarding this information is critical to manage legal liability and preserve employee trust essential to the value of the programs.” Stamer, a noted Texas-based employee benefits and employment lawyer has more than 23 years experience counseling and representing employers and other employee benefit plan sponsors, plan administrators and fiduciaries, insurers and financial services providers, third party administrators, human resources and employee benefit information technology vendors and others privacy and data security, fiduciary responsibility, plan design and administration and other compliance, risk management and operations matters. Board Certified in Labor & Employment Law and author of hundreds of publications and workshops on human resources and employee benefit matters, Stamer serves in leadership roles of employee benefits, human resources, health care and other Sections of the American Bar Association and many other organizations. Ms. Stamer works, publishes and speaks extensively on privacy and data security and other human resources, employee benefits, compensation, internal controls and related matters. She also is recognized for her publications, industry leadership, workshops and presentations on these and other human resources concerns and regularly speaks and conducts training on these matters. Her insights on these and other matters appear in the Bureau of National Affairs, Spencer Publications, the Wall Street Journal, the Dallas Business Journal, the Houston Business Journal, and many other national and local publications. For additional information about Ms. Stamer and her experience or to access other publications by Ms. Stamer see CynthiaStamer.com or contact Ms. Stamer directly at cstamer@solutionslawyer.net or (469) 767-8872.

Dallas, TX – January 23, 2011: Attorney Cynthia Stamer will share key legal risks and best practices for handling participant health and other personal information with employee benefit and human resources leaders and consultants at the Southwest Benefits Association (SWBA)/Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Plan Administrator Skills Workshops to be held February 11 in Oklahoma City, February 25 in Dallas, and March 4 in Houston. Register or review the full agenda for the Workshops here. “Employee benefits and other human resources departments, their vendors and consultants are entrusted with a broad range of sensitive health care and other personal information about employees, their dependents and beneficiaries,” said Stamer, a Board Certified Labor & Employment Lawyer who Chairs the American Bar Association RPTE Employee Benefits & Other Compensation Arrangements Group. “Widespread publicity about laws and identity theft or other abusive uses of employee and other data have boosted concerns of American workers and regulators about how employee personal information is used and protected. Consequently, appropriately managing and safeguarding this information is critical to manage legal liability and preserve employee trust essential to the value of the programs.”

Complimentary 2/7 RPTE Employee Benefits & Other Compensation Arrangements Study Group Teleconference Call Explores Emerging Health Care Reform Plan Guidance. Cynthia Marcotte Stamer, Chiar of the RPTE Employee Benefits & Other Compensation Arrangements Group and Managing Partner of Cynthia Marcotte Stamer PC will be among the featured presenters.

NTHCPA invites members and other health industry compliance professionals to share their perspectives on what they see as their key health care compliance challenges for 2011 by joining in a discussion from to be facilitated by José A. Tabuena, PhyServe Physician Services, Inc. Senior Vice President of Governance and Compliance. Immediately following the meeting, NTHCPA meeting, participants are invited to enjoy a Thanksgiving Wine and Cheese Reception to be hosted by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer, P.C.

Reception Celebrating Clients and Friends With Special Guest Mark Fesen, M.D., FACP Author of “Surviving The Cancer System: An Empowering Guide To Taking Control Of Your Healthcare”

Sunrise Senior Living invites the public to learn from attorney and author Cynthia Marcotte Stamer about health care reform and learn practical tips to help senior and other patients and their caregivers plan their family’s healthcare survival plan. The program will be held on August 26, 2010 from 6:30 PM-8:00 PM at the Sunrise of Plano Center located at 4800 West Parker Road, Plano, TX 75093. During the program, Ms. Stamer will overview the impending health care reforms recently enacted by Congress and share some practical tools and information to help patients and their families, caregivers, employer and others plan for and prepare to deal with various challenges that commonly arise when caring for an elderly or ill person. For complete details and to RSVP, contact Sunrise Director of Community Relations Loretta Ressler by telephone at 972-985-9181 or by fax to 866-898-9748.

Health Plan Compliance Checkup

Speech to Dallas Bar Association Health Law Section

Solutions Law Press invites you to catch up on the latest guidance on new requirements that group health plans must meet under the Affordable Care Act and other emerging federal health plan regulations by participating in the “Affordable Care Act & Other Federal Health Plan Guidance Update” virtual briefing to be conducted by attorney Cynthia Marcotte Stamer on Friday, July 9, 2010 from Noon to 1:30 P.M. Central Time for a registration fee of $50.00. Affordable Care Act Requires Prompt Action By Group Health Plans & Employers The combined package of comprehensive health care reform legislation enacted by Congress this Spring through the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111-148) as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act (Public Law 111-152) (collectively referred to as the “Affordable Care Act”) will require most employers, employment-based group health plans, plan sponsors, plan fiduciaries, plan administrators and other service providers and insurers take prompt action to meet compliance deadlines and preserve other options over the next several months. Employer and other group health plan sponsors, fiduciaries, insurers and administrators must act quickly to update their health plan documents, communications and practices to comply with new federal requirements that become effective under the Affordable Care Act on the first day of the plan year beginning after September 22, 2010 and various other changes in federal health plan rules effective or scheduled to take effect during 2010 or 2011 plan years. Quick action also may be needed to claim small employer tax credits, retiree medical subsidies or other benefits.

Employers and employee benefit plans that misclassify workers run significant tax and other risks. IRS announced plans to audit 6,000 businesses and other organizations a year between 2010 and 2013 as part of its Employment Tax National Research Project. The inclusion of worker classification as one of the key issues in the IRS audits heightens the advisability for employers and employee benefit plans to review for proper classification practices. Misclassification or improper use of alternative work force arrangements can lead to substantial employment tax liabilities, employee benefit plan penalties and make-whole costs, and other tax-related enforcement risks. Listen to a discussion of the IRS Employment Tax National Research Project and IRS worker classification and alternative workforce issues and their potential implications for employers and employee benefit plans.

TPA & Other Plan Services Agreements- Managing Risks & Improving Effectiveness 2010 Great Lakes Benefits Conference Wyndham Chicago Hotel June 16-17, 2010

Cynthia Marcotte Stamer will discuss “Health Care Reform’s Implications for Employers, Health Plans and Employee Benefits Practitioners” at the June 9, 2010 meeting of Houston WEB.

DFW ISCEBS May 13, 2010 Dallas, Texas

A Legal Update on Employment Law presentation by Board Certified Labor & Employment Attorney Cynthia Marcotte Stamer is among 5 hours of “Barnstorm 2010: Creating an Effective Leaders-Tools of the Trade” management training that the Texas Society for Healthcare Human Resources Administration and Education (TSHHRAE) will be hosting for health industry human resources and other managers in five Texas cities between April 26 and April 30, 2010. Interested health industry human resources and other managers can elect to participate in TSHHRAE’s Barnstorm 2010 management training at the following dates and locations: • April 26 - Weslaco, Knapp Medical Center • April 28 - Sweetwater, Rolling Plains Memorial Hospital • April 28 - Brenham, Trinity Medical Center • April 29 - Lubbock, University Medical Center • April 30 - Odessa, Medical Center Hospital Update on Employment Law Program Highlights Ms. Stamer’s Legal Update on Employment Law Program will address: • Recent changes in FMLA, Military Leave, wage and hour, ADA & other disability, COBRA, GINA, HIPAA and other selected federal & Texas employment laws and regulations; • Rising government enforcement of EEOC, HIPAA, wage & hour, worker classification, and other laws and regulations; • Recent developments and increases in retaliation claims; • Recent cases related to supervision; and • Other selected developments impacting health industry human resources management.

5th Annual Fraud Conference

Harris County Medical Society Council of Chiefs of Staff

Privacy & Information Security: Managing Your Accounting Practice’s Liabilities & Counseling Your Clients

Single Employer Defined Benefit Plan - Funding and Benefit Restriction Notice Requirements: The New IRS Final Regulations

A WEB CONFERENCE FROM HCCA Health Information Security & Data Breach Under HITECH Act September 17, 2009 | 12:00 pm CT | 90 minutes

How to Ensure That Your Organization Is In Compliance With Regulations Governing Discrimination -- What You Should Be Doing To Be Prepared for the New, Stepped Up Enforcement Actions

Sept 24 Deadline For Employer & Other Health Plans, Health Care Providers & Other HIPAA-Covered Entities & Business Associates To Comply With New HHS Health Information Data Breach Rules

Join us for an Important Dialogue On Proposed Health Care Reform With Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) & Congressman Pete Sessions (R-TX)

Cynthia Marcotte Stamer will moderate a June 25, 2009 teleconference on “Can Benefits Lawyers and Other Service Providers Be Sued for Malpractice for Services to ERISA Plans?” The telephone conference hosted by the American Bar Association (ABA) Joint Committee on Employee Benefits (JCEB) is scheduled for Thursday, June 25, 2009 from 1:00-2:00 pm Eastern Time.

Amid soaring health care costs and tightening corporate budgets, employers and other group health plan sponsors, fiduciaries and administrations now also must update their group health plan eligibility and enrollment practices to comply with the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (the "Stimulus Bill"), COBRA subsidy mandates, HIPAA special enrollment rule amendments and a host of other legislative changes to total rewards.

Using physician gainsharing to promote desired performances within the bounds of the law without undesirable side effects involves more than staying within the STARK exceptions and anti-kickback safe harbors. Cynthia Marcotte Stamer will discuss key strategies and processes for designing and administering legally defensible pay-for-performance and other gainsharing arrangements that promote desired outcomes in operation at the Dallas Bar Association Health Law Section meeting on on June 17, 2009.

2009 Spring Symposia, Washington DC, The ABA Section of Real Property, Trust and Estate Law

April 21 ABA JCEB Subrogation Soup Teleconference

2009 HIPAA Privacy & Security Update Webinar

2009 Health Plan Update Teleconference

The Crossover Issues: Tax and Employment Law Considerations

Medical Staff Bylaws For Effective Medical Staff Management

HIPAA Enforcement How to Prepare for an Audit

American Bar Association Health Law Section 6th Annual Washington Healthcare Summit

2008 RPTE Fall Leadership Meeting

1st Annual National ERISA Fiduciary ExecSummit - New York

Who's Afraid of the OIG?

Transparency in Health Care

Healthcare Executive Networking Group Fall Social

Medical Staff Bylaw Essentials

Telemedicine & E-Prescribing Evolving Ethical, Licensing & Reimbursement Rules & Realities

TPA Contracting Tips & Strategies

Recession Readying Your Workforce & Employee Benefit Plans

Supreme Court Ruling Provides Guidance For Improving Defensibility Of ERISA Claims Decisions

Payment (Or Not) for Never Events

2008 EDS Global Healthcare Symposium

Privacy & Public Health: Real-World Scenarios And Strategies

2008 Employment Law Conference

2nd Annual Data Protection Summit - Your Most Intimate Secrets Exposed! The Human Factor in Security Breaches

Stamer and Other Panelists Discuss New Medicare and Private Payer Policies Concerning The Payment of Benefits For Preventable Complications and Other "Never Events" at 9th Annual Conference on Emerging Issues in Healthcare Law

Getting Paid without Getting Nailed

Update On Employment Rights Of Employees In The Military & Their Family

Hot Topics and Emerging Issues in Health Care Compliance

Health Plan Communications: Maximizing The Bang For Your Benefits Buck While Managing Legal Risks

“Sex, Drugs & Rock ‘N Roll: A Survival Toolkit for When Private Lives Affect Performance”

Health Care Opportunities In Mexico Presentation At U.S.-Mexico Chamber of Commerce Binational Meeting & Awards Gala Dinner

Healthcare Executive Networking Group Fall Social

Transparent PBM Contracting: Industry Practices and Managed Care Part D Plans

HCCAs Physicians Practice Compliance Conference

A Medical Group Manager’s Survival Toolkit For When Private Lives Affect Performance

Our experienced panel will examine these emerging federal and state regulatory developments and their impact on the current and future ongoing prompt pay battle between contracted providers and payers. The discussion will include an examination of various contracting, billing and claims processing, regulatory, litigation and other strategies that contracted providers and payers are deploying in these battles, and the interaction and implications of HIPAA's EDI and ERISA preemption rules on the prompt pay battle.

Legislative Updates ERISA Appeals Medicare Advantage

Medical Staff Bylaws

Physicians Survival Training

ERISA Rights and Preemption of Non-Contracted Providers’ Health Benefit Claims

This one-day seminar is designed for human resource managers, benefits administrators, payroll managers, accountants, business and office managers, and insurance professionals.

Ms. Stamer will examine common human resources and other business concerns and exposures as well as discuss technology, tools and practices that businesses and employers can use to minimize cybercrime exposures and develop an effective compliance/risk management program.

DR. RON J. ANDERSON President and CEO of Parkland Health & Hospital System will speak. Moderator: Cynthia Marcotte Stamer

Workshop on Privacy Issues In Planning For The Pendemic

A Medical Group Manager’s Survival Toolkit For When Private Lives Affect Performance

Should the U.S. pay for the healthcare of its undocumented aliens? Are all people entitled to basic healthcare?

A Medical Group Manager’s Survival Toolkit For When Private Lives Affect Performance

Should the U.S. pay for the healthcare of its undocumented aliens? Are all people entitled to basic healthcare?

In this comprehensive seminar, Cynthia Marcotte Stamer, will answer common questions employers and employees face when making health care choices.

Ms. Stamer will brief you about the latest new developments and enforcement trends affecting impacting employment based health, wellness, and health savings acc

A Medical Group Manager’s Survival Toolkit For When Private Lives Affect Performance

EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS AND OTHER COMPENSATION ARRANGEMENTS GROUP

Fine-Tuning Your Health And Welfare Plans for 2006 Teleconference

Section of Real Property Probate & Trust Law 17th Annual SYMPOSIA

TAHFA Heathcare Finance Conference

Ms. Stamer will discuss general delegation requirements, Medicare Advantage Oversight and Beneficiary Protection Guidance, Reporting Requirements and Compliance with other laws and regulations. Organizations likely to apply for Medicare Advantage contracts commonly enter into business relationships with entities that they place under contract to perform certain functions that otherwise would be the responsibility of the organization to perform, including management and provision of services. The Medicare Advantage organization retains ultimate responsibility for all services provided and terms of the contract and otherwise fulfilling all terms and conditions of its contract with CMS regardless of any relationships that the organization may have with entities, contractors, subcontractors, first-tier or downstream entities.

HIPAA Enforcement - Audio Conference

Experimental & Emerging Treatment Medical Appropriateness Competing Legal, Ethical and Practical Realities of Providers, Payers, the FDA and Patients

12:00:00 PM Mountain

Claims Processing under the New World Order Presentation to 7th Annual Conference on Emerging Issues in Healthcare Law on ERISA claims, prompt pay, and other federal and state mandates affecting the administration of claims and appeals under employer health plans and health insurance plans including managed care contracts

SEC Proposes Changes to Sox Disclosure About Compensation and Related Matters

2nd Annual Private Payer Summit

Georgia Society of CPA

The New Standard of Ethical Behavior

“Managing Conflicts of Interest in Healthcare: From the Board, Medical State Employees, Vendors/Consultants and You as Counsel,” Jose Tabuena and Cynthia Marcotte Stamer. Ethics 1.00*

Operationalizing Circular 230 Compliance: A Real World Perspective

Employers are facing new state and federal cybercrime prevention mandates to secure their HR and employee benefit data. The presentation will examine technology, tools and practices that businesses and employers can minimize cybercrime exposures and to develop an effective compliance/risk management program.

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Managed Care But Were Afraid to Ask

Risk Management For Brokers and Others: Data Protection, Fiduciary Responsibility, Broker Reimbursement and Beyond"

Instant Messaging Discussion Panel "Business Friend or Foe?"

Discussion of Stark, fraud & abuse, tax exemption and other health care regulatory and operational challenges to structuring, documenting and defending physician gainsharing arrangements with hospitals and other health care providerws made to 12th Annual Joint Fall Symposium of: Texas Association for Healthcare Financial Administration

Selected Federal Mandates Affecting Design and Administration of ERISA-Covered Health Plans PThe Society of Professional Benefit Administrators San Antonio Conferenceresentation To

Cynthia Marcotte Stamer will speak about "Protecting & Using Patient Data In Disease Management: Opportunities, Problems, Liabilities & Prescriptions

Fine-Tuning Your Health And Welfare Plans for 2006 Teleconference

Private Payer Contract Solutions

A Process Approach To Building and Administering Effective Technology Based Risk Management and Compliance Strategies

“Dealing with HIPAA in Your Law Practice”

Catching Up With New Federal Health Plan Eligibility

Emerging Issues in Healthcare Law 2005 - 6th Annual Conference

NAFTA & CAFTA Conference 2004USA Patriot Act Requirements Presentation At NAFTA & CAFTA Conference 2004

Discussion about the SOX legislation and operational strategies for developing a rational compliance process for meeting internal controls and other mandates.

8th Annual Border Issues Conference Discussion On Cross Border Workforce Development Challenges & Opportunities, Migration Reform Proposals, Immigation Challenges and Requirements, Health and Other Benefit Issues, and Operational and Public Policy Solutions

“THE MEDICARE PRESCRIPTION DRUG, IMPROVEMENT, & MODERNIZATION LAW” What’s In It (and What’s Not) For You and Your Organization and What To Do About It

What You Don’t Know About Your Health Plan Can Hurt You - Getting Ready For April 14, 2004 HIPAA Privacy Compliance Deadline and More

Employee Benefits Subcommittee Meetings—Friday, September 12th 2003 Joint Fall CLE Meeting, Sheraton Hotel, Chicago

SPECIAL HIPAA SEMINAR - HIPAA Privacy Triage: Strategic Compliance Strategies For Health Plans

Employee Communications-Latest Buzz on Requirements, Risks and Opportunities Related to the New Health Plan Rules

911 An Emergency Preparedness Plan For Managing Your People Through a Catastrophe or Crisis

Discussion of exposures for corporations, officers, directors hr staff, plan fiduciaries and service providersw and other to liability for fiduciary responsibility during turbulant times

Health Plan Liability Pitfalls for Plan Sponsors and Their Brokers and Consultants

“Sex, Drugs & Rock ‘N Roll: A Survival Toolkit for When Private Lives Affect Performance”

Health Plans in the Hot Seat

Prompt Pay and Other Regulatory Updates Impacting IPAs in Texas at Texas Chapter Educational Symposium

Disease Management As Practical Solutions for Achieving Clinical Quality & Financial Efficiency in an Evolving Health Care Arena

“Sex, Drugs & Rock ‘N Roll: A Survival Toolkit for When Private Lives Affect Performance”

“Managed Care Law Update”

Health Plan Liability Pitfalls For Employees

Outsourcing, Employee Leasing and Other Alternate Staffing Arrangements

Selected Issues Regarding Health And Welfare Plans For Texas Governmental Employers

Liability of UR programs of both ERISA plan and HMOs. Recent decisions will be highlighted.

Fundamentals And Advanced Issues Of Employee Benefits Including Tax, Fiduciary Responsibility, Claims, Plan Documentation, Benefit Mandates, SPDs, and Other Rules

Human Resources Management During Mergers, Acquisitions, Reductions in Force and Other Significant Business Changes

Drafting And Negotiating Agreements With Executives

Dictates, Mandates and Liability Gates Eligibility, Benefits, Claims Administration, Privacy, Liability and Other Existing and Proposed Laws and Regulations Affecting Health

Changes Already? ... An Update on Recently Published COBRA Regulations and Proposed DOL Regulations on Processing Benefits Claims

ABA SECTION OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT LAW EMPLOYEE BENEFITS SUBCOMMITTEE LIABILITY ISSUES UNIQUE TO WELFARE PLANS 1999 MID-WINTER MEETING LAPOSADA RESORT - SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA

Nursing Law in Texas How to prevent and protect against nursing liability

Recent legislation that will affect employers who sponsor plans as well as those professionals who administer benefit plans.

Employee Benefits And Other Human Resource Issues Affecting Health Care Transactions

Emerging Health Plan Issues

WHAT’ S THE BUZZ Breaking News Affecting Employee Benefits

When An Employee's Personal Behavior Is An Employer's Business

“Patient Confidentiality & Medical Records”

Health Plan Design And Administration Under Hipaa And Other Selected Federal Laws

Nursing Law in Texas How to prevent and protect against nursing liability

Health Insurance & Benefits Planning

“HIPAA” Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

Structuring Health Care Provider Organizations

Employee Benefits And Bankruptcy “Developing A Game Plan For Plan Sponsors And Fiduciaries”

Changing Times Are You Ready For The New Workplace

“The Changes and Future in Employer Sponsored Health Plans”

Establishing A Federal Sentencing Guidelines Compliance Program

RE-ENGINEERING YOUR DEFLECTOR SHIELDS: Emerging Benefit and Health Issues

A Proactive Approach To Hr And Benefits Planning For Mergers And Acquisitions

“A Guided Tour of Healthcare Purchasing” A SYMPOSIUM FOR HEALTHCARE DECISION MAKERS

Selected Insights into Managed Care Contract Negotiations from the Plan Sponsor’s Perspective

Healthcare Reform Roundtable

Employer’s Briefing On The Americans With Disabilities Act

Past Events
Date	Time	Name	Description
1/18/2012	11:30:00 PM Central	Eddie Reeves On Managing The Message: Effective Crisis & Other Communications	North Texas Healthcare Compliance Professional Association (NTHCPA) invites members and other interested health care compliance professionals to join other NTHCPA members and guests hear the experiences and insights of Eddie Reeves, Parkland Health and Hospital System Board Member and head of Reeves Strategy Group on “Managing The Message: Effective Crisis & Other Communications For Compliance Leaders In Good Times & Bad” on Wednesday, January 18, 2012 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Effective management of crisis and other compliance communications with board and other management, staff, regulators, patients and others is critical to promoting the effectiveness and defensibility of compliance issues and the mitigation of the legal, political and other operational consequences of a compliance or other operational event. As a member of the Parkland Board of Managers and head Reeves Strategy Group, Eddie Reeves knows first hand how communications can make or break efforts to prevent or manage compliance or other crisis. Newly appointed to the Parkland Board of Managers in 2010, Mr. Reeves has drawn upon his extensive experience helping companies and not-for-profits, political leaders, and others develop and manage sensitive internal and external crisis and other communications to help Parkland respond to the highly publicized compliance and operational challenges it faced during 2010. Mr. Reeves has a lengthy and impressive resume of helping high profile companies and leaders to manage sensitive communications. As the head of the strategic communications consultancy, Reeves Strategy Group, Mr. Reeves helps companies and not-for-profits develop, execute and assess integrated communications and marketing. Before founding Reeves Strategy Group, Mr. Reeves co-led the media relations practice of Public Strategies, Inc., where he built marketing and communications departments from the ground up, successfully managed major crisis engagements and advised heads of corporations. Previously, Mr. Reeves served as Vice President, Media Relations at Merrill Lynch. He also served as press secretary and legislative assistant to Congressman J.J. ”Jake” Pickle, serving as chief policy adviser on health reform, working with the staffs of the House Ways and Means Committee, the Senate Finance Committee and The White House, as well as with industry groups such as the American Hospital Association, the American Medical Association and the Health Insurance Association of America. He has also served as Press Secretary to former Houston Mayor Kathy Whitmire, as a senior legislative assistant in the Texas Legislature, as an award-winning columnist for the Austin American-Statesman and as a key advisor and strategist to several successful political campaigns. In addition to his volunteer service on the Parkland Board, Reeves serves on the boards of the East Dallas Community Schools, the AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic and Workforce Solutions for Dallas County. He has also served on the boards of the Austin Housing Authority and the Central Texas March of Dimes. NTHCPA meetings are open to all NTHCPA members and other interested health care compliance professionals. Participation in the meeting is complimentary. Participants are responsible for any parking charges incurred. RSVP & Register For Invites & Updates The meeting will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on January 18, 2012 at the offices of the Dallas Ft Worth Hospital Council, 250 Decker Drive, Irving, TX 75062-2706. To help us to notify you about upcoming meetings and to arrange for adequate space for this and other meetings, interested persons are encouraged to forward their current contact information including e-mail to Vice-President Cynthia Marcotte Stamer at (469) 767-8872 or by e-mail here by 5:00 p.m. on January 17, 2012. Stay on top of information about upcoming meetings and share and dialogue with other NTHCPA members about health care compliance challenges and developments by joining our Linked In Group here. Please feel free to share this invitation with others who may be interested. About the NTHCPA & Involvement NTHCPA exists to champion ethical practice and compliance standards and to provide the necessary resources for ethics and compliance Professionals and others in North Texas who share these principles. The vision of NTHCPA is to be a pre-eminent compliance and ethics group promoting lasting success and integrity of organizations within North Texas. To register or update your registration or to receive notice of future meetings, e-mail here. Would you like to get more involved? We encourage persons interested in serving on the steering committee, sponsoring refreshments for an upcoming meeting, wish to suggesting topics or speakers, or seeking more information about membership or involvement with the NTHCPA to contact: NTHCPA President Erma Lee at (817) 927-1232 or by e-mail here or Vice-President Cynthia Marcotte Stamer at (469) 767-8872 or by e-mail here This communication may be considered a marketing communication for certain purposes. If you wish to update your e-mail for purposes of or would prefer not to receive future e-mail concerning meetings or other activities of the North Texas Healthcare Compliance Professionals Association or other marketing and promotional mailings from it, please send an email with the word “unsubscribe” in its subject heading here.
1/17/2012	12:00:00 PM Central	Severance and Other Termination Arrangements: Planning and Executing Defensible Goodbyes	Cynthia Marcotte Stamer, Cynthia Marcotte Stamer, PC, Addison, TX Speakers: Peter Mierko, Pearl Meyer & Partners, New York, NY Tara Silver Malyska, Grant Thornton, Dallas, TX Charmaine L. Slack, Jones Day, New York, NY Michael A. Tilghman, II, Bailey & Ehrenberg PLLC, Washington, DC Well-designed severance and other pay on separation arrangements and agreements can play critical roles in recruiting and retaining key executives and other employees and help settle exposures from terminating employees. To realize these benefits, however, companies seeking to use these tools and their counsel must negotiate a complicated web of increasingly complex legal, financial and political traps. This experienced panel of experts will explore evolving legal requirements, highlight common challenges and traps, and share practical tips for designing, negotiating and executing severance pay plans, separation agreements and other termination pay arrangements including: •Current market data and trends on severance amounts, designs and practices for executives and nonexecutives •IRC 409A, 280G and 4999 and other tax traps and tricks impacting severance pay design and payment •ERISA applicability and implications to severance arrangements •COBRA, 105(h) and other issues impacting negotiation of health and other welfare benefit rights on termination •ADEA and other requirements for securing enforceable waivers •Corporate, ERISA and other fiduciary responsibility traps for the unwary •Compensation committee approval and independence requirements •Say on pay and other common shareholder and corporate challenges impacting executive severance arrangements •Avoiding the Hewlett Packard "No" shareholder vote •Due diligence, problem solving and strategies corporate transactions and restructuring •Best practices for planning and administering executive severance near retirement, acceleration of equity vesting and option term extension as part of severance •Other practical tips and insights
11/16/2011	11:30:00 AM Central	Equal Visitation: Medicare & Joint Commission Requirements, Pitfalls & Practicalities	“Equal Visitation: Medicare & Joint Commission Requirements, Pitfalls & Practicalities” Facilitated By Cynthia Marcotte Stamer, J.D. Wednesday, November 16, 2011 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Dallas Ft Worth Hospital Council 250 Decker Drive, Irving, TX 75062-2706 Light Complimentary Lunch Provided
10/21/2011	12:00:00 PM Central	Stamer Talks About Health Care Reform, ADA, FMLA & Military Leave Developments At 10/21 Joint ABA Tax and RPTE Section Meetings In Denver	Stamer Talks About Health Care Reform, ADA, FMLA & Military Leave Developments At 10/21 Joint ABA Tax and RPTE Section Meetings In Denver
10/19/2011	11:30:00 AM Central	“Health Care Compliance Spooks & Goblins: Honing Your Compliance Ghost-Busting Skills”	Reload your compliance ghost busting skills by joining the North Texas Healthcare Compliance Professional Association (NTHCPA) on Wednesday, October 19, 2011 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the for a complimentary lunch and a lively round table discussion with other health care compliance professionals of risk management compliance processes, practices and other ideas for managing their organization’s health care compliance spooks and goblins. This discussion of “Health Care Compliance Spooks & Goblins: Honing Your Compliance Ghost-Busting Skills” moderated by Texas Health Resources Regional Director Compliance & Privacy Tauna Shelton, FACHE, CHC,MHSM,MS will focus on processes and other tips to help manage intractable risks and uncertainties inherent in identifying, balancing, managing and mitigating compliance amid operational, financial, time, lack of clarity, competing obligations and responsibilities, and other practical limits on your resources and controls. In celebration of Halloween, a complimentary light lunch will be provided by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer, P.C. for those who R.S.V.P. for the meeting
9/29/2011	12:15:00 PM Central	SMU Dedman School of Law Health Law Careers Symposium Panel	SMU DEDMAN SCHOOL OF LAW HEALTH LAW ASSOCIATION PRESENTS Health Law Careers Symposium September 29, 2011 12:15 PM to 1:15 PM Hillcrest Lecture Hall
9/14/2011	11:30:00 AM Central	Coping With Health Care Reform: What's New, What Lies Ahead & What To Do	As the debate over the validity and future of the sweeping health care reforms enacted under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) rages in Congress and the federal courts, employer and other health plan sponsors, insurers, fiduciaries and administrators face the daunting challenge of keeping their health plans compliant, affordable and relevant in the face of the steady rollout of the deluge of new mandates imposed by the Affordable Care Act and other evolving health plan mandates and planning for changes yet to come. A former national WEB member nationally and internationally known for her knowledge and work on health and other employee benefit matters and engaging and informative presentations, attorney, author and policy advocate Cynthia Marcotte Stamer will help you prepare your plan and organization to cope with these and other challenges of understanding and coping with health care reform. Chair of the American Bar Association (ABA) RPPT Employee Benefits & Other Compensation Arrangements, an ABA Joint Committee on Employee Benefits Council Representative, incoming ABA TIPS Employee Benefit Plan Committee Vice Chair, former ABA Health Law Section Managed Care & Insurance Interest Group Chair, past Southwest Benefits Association Board Member, Employee Benefit News Editorial Advisory Board Member, and a widely published speaker and author, Ms. Stamer has more than 24 years experience advising businesses, plans, fiduciaries, insurers and governments on health care, retirement, employment, insurance, :and tax program design, administration, defense and policy. Her experience includes extensive involvement in advising and representing these and other clients on ACA and other health care legislation, regulation, enforcement and administration. Widely published on health benefit and other related matters, Ms. Stamer’s insights and articles have been published by the Bureau of National Affairs, Aspen Publishers, Business Insurance, Employee Benefit News, the Wall Street Journal, the American Bar Association, Aspen Publishers, World At Work, Spencer Publications, SHRM, the International Foundation, Solutions Law Press and many others. Ms. Stamer’s presentation will focus on key health care reform information that can help employers and other plan sponsors, insurers, fiduciaries, insurers, administrators and advisors understand and cope with the effects and responsibilities of health care reform including: • Updating you on the status of litigation challenging the ACA health care reforms in the courts; • Updating you on the key developments affecting health care regulatory reforms likely to impact your health plan; • Sharing an updated roadmap of the currently scheduled implementation of key future health benefit reforms enacted under ACA; • Sharing selected tips and strategies for managing compliance and other risks and deal with uncertainties arising as health care reform continues to evolve; and • Audience questions and discussion of questions and ideas.
8/30/2011	12:00:00 PM Central	The Nuts and Bolts of Reporting and Disclosure Rules for Employee Benefit Plans	The employee benefits world is exploding with existing and new reporting requirements, so much so that Employee Benefits advisors can barely keep up. This 90-minute program starts off with a big-picture overview and drills down quickly to the issues of the day regarding reporting and disclosure. No longer are disclosures primarily limited to private employer, ERISA sponsored plans, but of recent include church plans and governmental entities on both the pension and health benefits side. While DOL, IRS, PBGC, and HHS pronouncements that touch on this area are addressed in general, the panel attempts to identify a number of potholes and a few landmines that may catch your client off guard. A few examples of areas covered are: Recent developments in Form 5500 Schedule C reporting Often-overlooked SEC reporting and disclosure requirements Part 7 Requirements, including 4980B, 4980D, 4980E, and 4980G penalties and self-reporting excise taxes on Form 8928 Opt-out options available to governmental entities Impact of most recent Supreme Court decision (Cigna Corp. v. Amara) on Plan document/SPD disclosures Health benefit claims disclosures required by the most recent DOL, IRS and HHS pronouncements, including impact of grandfathering, insured vs. self-funded, vs. private, vs. non-federal government
7/12/2011	8:00:00 AM Eastern	Medicare Advantage: Leveraging The Law To Enhance Defensibility & Performance	In the face of expansive healthcare reform and shrinking budgets, it is more important than ever for health plans to arm themselves with the necessary skills and strategies to combat Fraud, Waste and Abuse! Opal Events’ Medicare Advantage Compliance Symposium will bring together industry leaders to discuss these issues, and more! This event will provide health plans with strategies for minimizing the cost of health care fraud, combating waste and eliminating abuse! Join us for both days and receive 14.1 CEUs! Click here to see our full agenda and attendee list here. Featuring a presentation from Cynthia Marcotte Stamer on “Leveraging The Law To Enhance Defensibility & Performance” Ms. Stamer’s presentation will cover practical processes and practices health plans and industry leaders can use to leverage legal rules of statutory and contract interpretation, attorney-client privilege, documentation and evidence and other legal rules and legal procedures to promote the effectiveness and defensibility of fraud and other compliance efforts, contract enforcement, workforce, provider, vendor and claims management, internal investigations and other key legal and operational practices, performance and risk management activities. The content-packed agenda for this 2-day program also features practical presentations and programs for a faculty of industry and government leaders on key Medicare Advantage legal and operational risk management including prevention, detection and management of fraud, waste, abuse and other key performance and risk drivers..
7/11/2011	8:00:00 AM Central	Gulf Coast Area TEGE Council Employee Benefits & Exempt Organizations Enforcement & Compliance Summer 2011 Meeting	The Gulf Coast Area TEGE Council invites employee benefits and exempt organizations leaders , board members and trustees, and practitioners to catch up on key tax and other emerging regulatory and enforcement challenges from IRS, Labor Department and other industry leaders including: Conference Covers Key Employee Benefits & Exempt Organizations Topics • ERISA Fiduciary Disclosure • Welfare Plan Audits & Enforcement • Employee Benefit Plan Tax Qualification & Compliance In Mergers & Acquisitions • IRS Exempt Organization Issues Update On Exemption & PLR Application Process, 501(c)(3) Joint Ventures With For Profits, & Group Exemptions & Group Returns • Health Care Reform Regulatory Update • Exempt Organization Board Governance Regulation, Enforcement & Best Practices • EPCRS, 403(B), 457(F) Other New Developments Impacting Exempt Organization Plans Hear From Prominent Government Speakers
7/10/2011	6:00:00 PM Central	Gulf Coast Area TEGE Council Pre-Event Reception & Dinner	GULF COAST AREA TEGE COUNCIL EMPLOYEE BENEFITS & EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS ENFORCEMENT & COMPLIANCE MEETING ARE INVITED TO REGISTER FOR AN OPTIONAL PRE-EVENT NETWORKING DINNER SUNDAY, JULY 10, 2011
6/14/2011	12:00:00 PM Central	Group Health Claims And Appeals: The Brave New World For Making, Administering, And Paying Health Claims	New federal claims and appeals requirements enacted as part of the health care reforms of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) are only one of several legal developments changing the legal landscape for the administration and enforcement of ERISA-covered health plan claims and appeals. Always challenging, legislative and regulatory reforms, Supreme Court and other emerging precedents, evolving products and practices and heightened sophistication of parties are driving the intricacy of health claims and appeals administration and litigation to new heights. Health and disability plan insurers, administrators, fiduciaries and sponsors, independent review organizations and other payer service providers, health care providers, participants and beneficiaries and the attorneys counseling and representing them need a strong understanding of the evolving claims and appeals requirements and their operation. Our experienced panel of experts will help participants update their understanding and skills for dealing with these evolving and increasingly complex rules governing ERISA-covered health claims and appeals
5/24/2011	1:00:00 PM Central	CSI Travel Healthcare: Case Scene Investigation	Overview: Join us as we endeavor to reduce risk and determine culpability by dissecting a case study in search of answers. As a team, we will investigate an event, seek out contributory factors, discuss legal theories, examine the liability landscape, and review the actual outcomes for the patient, provider, and insurance carrier. Objectives: (1) Describe liability claim trends affecting agency nursing. (2) Discuss implications for travel healthcare. (3) Discuss theories of liability unique to staffing agencies, and unique to healthcare. (4) Give an example of a coverage issue related to contractual liability. (5) List at least two ways to reduce risk. Wednesday, May 24, 2011 Time: 11:00 PDT / 1:00 CDT / 2:00 EDT Panelists: Michelle Foster Earle, ARM, President, OmniSure Consulting Group Ed Foley, CPCU, ARM, RPLU, President, The Foley Insurance Group Cynthia Marcotte Stamer, Esq., Cynthia Marcotte Stamer PC
5/16/2011	12:00:00 PM Central	HIPAA Privacy Post HITECH Act: OCR Speaks On Managing Risks & Responsibilities	Health plans and health insurers, health care providers, healthcare clearinghouses and their business associates (covered entities) face new imperatives to tighten their Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy and Security Rule compliance and risk management. Gain invaluable insights into the latest regulatory guidance and OCR’s enforcement, audit and other plans from OCR Deputy Director for Privacy Susan McAndrew. Among other things, this program will discuss:
5/2/2011	2:00:00 PM Central	Health Plan Update, BDO Las Vegas	Employee benefit attorney and author Cynthia Marcotte Stamer will share the latest guidance on the Affordable Care Act and other federal health plan regulatory changes impacting employment-based group health plans and their sponsors for plan years beginning between September 23, 2010 and September 22, 2011 with BDO Alliance Partners and guests attending the 2011 BDO Seidman Alliance Conference on May 2, 2011 in Las Vegas from2:00 pm to 3:00 pm Pacific Time
5/2/2011	1:00:00 PM Pacific	CPA Privacy & Identity Theft	Stamer Speaks On “CPA Privacy & Identity Theft” May 2 At 2011 BDO Alliance Conference In Las Vegas
4/29/2011	1:15:00 PM Eastern	Welcome To The Jungle: Health Care Reform Bootcamp	Employee benefit attorney and author Cynthia Marcotte Stamer is one of a distinguished panel of employee benefit attorneys scheduled to speak about “Welcome to the Jungle - Health Care Reform Bootcamp”at the ABA RPTE 22nd Annual Spring Symposia in Washington D.C. The Health Care Reform Bootcamp scheduled for 1:15-2:30 p.m. Eastern on April 29 is one of two programs at which Ms. Stamer is scheduled to speak during the Symposia.
4/28/2011	10:00:00 AM Eastern	Group Health and Disability Claims and Appeals: The Brave New World for Making, Administering, and Paying Claims Program	Group Health and Disability Claims and Appeals: The Brave New World for Making, Administering, and Paying Claims Program
4/5/2011	12:00:00 PM Central	Health Plan Embezzlement & Fraud: Prevention, Detection & Response Strategies for Plan Sponsors and Fiduciaries	Recent criminal fraud indictments against health care plan service providers highlight the need for plan sponsors and fiduciaries to develop a strategy for combating health care plan fraud. Plan sponsors and fiduciaries - and their legal counsel - must determine “best practices” for credentialing and monitoring service providers, and responding to potential health care fraud or other misconduct by a plan sponsor, fiduciary, service provider and their employees.This program will discuss: * Embezzlement and other plan asset misuse, fraudulent multiple employer health plan product, and other selected fiduciary and service provider misconduct that health plan sponsors and fiduciaries should watch for; * ERISA core bonding and other fiduciary responsibility requirements for preventing, detecting and addressing health care fraud by health plan fiduciaries, service providers and their employees; * Other practical contracting, credentialing, monitoring, auditing and other risk management practices to minimize these exposures; * Practical problem resolution strategies for communicating with and working with the Departments of Labor and Justice in connection with the investigation and redress of known or suspected embezzlement or other health care fraud by a plan fiduciary, service provider or other member of the health plan or plan sponsor's workforce.
4/1/2011	8:00:00 AM Eastern	The Boomers are Coming, Is the System Prepared?	Stamer addresses health care and other challenges of Babyboomers and others living in place and policy and other actions that governments, communities, employers, insurers and individuals should consider to promote the ability of retired and disabled individuals and their family members to meet these challenges.
3/31/2011	8:00:00 AM Eastern	“What Would the Retirement Benefits Delivery System Look Like if Employers Stopped Sponsoring Plans?”	Cynthia Marcotte Stamer will speak and co-moderate a policy think-tank session exploring “What Would the Retirement Benefits Delivery System Look Like if Employers Stopped Sponsoring Plans?” for the American Bar Association Joint Committee on Employee Benefits Government Invitational on March 29, 2011 in Baltimore, Md.. The Program open only to invited guests of the JCEB and other sponsoring organizations will explore the role of employers in the sponsorship and delivery of pension and other retirement savings and benefit programs in the U.S., regulatory and other disincentives to the continuation or expansion of these programs, and historical and comparative indicators of potential consequences of declining employer participation in retirement program sponsorship as well as examine practices of other countries as potential alternative retirement models for providing retirement savings or benefits in the U.S.
3/17/2011	6:00:00 PM Central	Woman's Power Hour For Executive Women's Network	3.17.2011 Women Executive Networking Reception Co-Sponsored by Solutions Law Press, Cynthia Marcotte Stamer PC & Executive Women's Network, With Special Guest Bayor Healthcare Systems CNO.
3/4/2011	12:00:00 PM Central	Stamer Shares Best Practices for Protecting Plan Participant & Other Employee Information At Houston SBWA/IRS Plan Administrator Skills Workshop	Attorney Cynthia Stamer will share key legal risks and best practices for handling participant health and other personal information with employee benefit and human resources leaders and consultants at the Southwest Benefits Association (SWBA)/Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Plan Administrator Skills Workshops to be held February 11 in Oklahoma City, February 25 in Dallas, and March 4 in Houston. Register or review the full agenda for the Workshops here. “Employee benefits and other human resources departments, their vendors and consultants are entrusted with a broad range of sensitive health care and other personal information about employees, their dependents and beneficiaries,” said Stamer, a Board Certified Labor & Employment Lawyer who Chairs the American Bar Association RPTE Employee Benefits & Other Compensation Arrangements Group. “Widespread publicity about laws and identity theft or other abusive uses of employee and other data have boosted concerns of American workers and regulators about how employee personal information is used and protected. Consequently, appropriately managing and safeguarding this information is critical to manage legal liability and preserve employee trust essential to the value of the programs.” Stamer, a noted Texas-based employee benefits and employment lawyer has more than 23 years experience counseling and representing employers and other employee benefit plan sponsors, plan administrators and fiduciaries, insurers and financial services providers, third party administrators, human resources and employee benefit information technology vendors and others privacy and data security, fiduciary responsibility, plan design and administration and other compliance, risk management and operations matters. Board Certified in Labor & Employment Law and author of hundreds of publications and workshops on human resources and employee benefit matters, Stamer serves in leadership roles of employee benefits, human resources, health care and other Sections of the American Bar Association and many other organizations. Ms. Stamer works, publishes and speaks extensively on privacy and data security and other human resources, employee benefits, compensation, internal controls and related matters. She also is recognized for her publications, industry leadership, workshops and presentations on these and other human resources concerns and regularly speaks and conducts training on these matters. Her insights on these and other matters appear in the Bureau of National Affairs, Spencer Publications, the Wall Street Journal, the Dallas Business Journal, the Houston Business Journal, and many other national and local publications. For additional information about Ms. Stamer and her experience or to access other publications by Ms. Stamer see CynthiaStamer.com or contact Ms. Stamer directly at cstamer@solutionslawyer.net or (469) 767-8872.
2/25/2011	7:30:00 AM Central	Stamer Shares Best Practices for Protecting Plan Participant & Other Employee Information At Dallas SBWA/IRS Plan Administrator Skills Workshop	Attorney Cynthia Stamer will share key legal risks and best practices for handling participant health and other personal information with employee benefit and human resources leaders and consultants at the Southwest Benefits Association (SWBA)/Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Plan Administrator Skills Workshops to be held February 11 in Oklahoma City, February 25 in Dallas, and March 4 in Houston. Register or review the full agenda for the Workshops here. “Employee benefits and other human resources departments, their vendors and consultants are entrusted with a broad range of sensitive health care and other personal information about employees, their dependents and beneficiaries,” said Stamer, a Board Certified Labor & Employment Lawyer who Chairs the American Bar Association RPTE Employee Benefits & Other Compensation Arrangements Group. “Widespread publicity about laws and identity theft or other abusive uses of employee and other data have boosted concerns of American workers and regulators about how employee personal information is used and protected. Consequently, appropriately managing and safeguarding this information is critical to manage legal liability and preserve employee trust essential to the value of the programs.”
2/11/2011	7:30:00 AM Central	Attorney Cynthia Stamer Shares Best Practices for Protecting Plan Participant & Other Employee Information At SBWA/IRS Plan Administrator Skills Workshops Flyer	Dallas, TX – January 23, 2011: Attorney Cynthia Stamer will share key legal risks and best practices for handling participant health and other personal information with employee benefit and human resources leaders and consultants at the Southwest Benefits Association (SWBA)/Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Plan Administrator Skills Workshops to be held February 11 in Oklahoma City, February 25 in Dallas, and March 4 in Houston. Register or review the full agenda for the Workshops here. “Employee benefits and other human resources departments, their vendors and consultants are entrusted with a broad range of sensitive health care and other personal information about employees, their dependents and beneficiaries,” said Stamer, a Board Certified Labor & Employment Lawyer who Chairs the American Bar Association RPTE Employee Benefits & Other Compensation Arrangements Group. “Widespread publicity about laws and identity theft or other abusive uses of employee and other data have boosted concerns of American workers and regulators about how employee personal information is used and protected. Consequently, appropriately managing and safeguarding this information is critical to manage legal liability and preserve employee trust essential to the value of the programs.”
2/7/2011	12:00:00 PM Central	Complimentary 2/7 RPTE Employee Benefits & Other Compensation Arrangements Study Group Teleconference Call Explores Emerging Health Care Reform Plan Guidance	Complimentary 2/7 RPTE Employee Benefits & Other Compensation Arrangements Study Group Teleconference Call Explores Emerging Health Care Reform Plan Guidance. Cynthia Marcotte Stamer, Chiar of the RPTE Employee Benefits & Other Compensation Arrangements Group and Managing Partner of Cynthia Marcotte Stamer PC will be among the featured presenters.
11/19/2010	5:30:00 PM Central	2011 Health Care Compliance Challenges On The Horizon	NTHCPA invites members and other health industry compliance professionals to share their perspectives on what they see as their key health care compliance challenges for 2011 by joining in a discussion from to be facilitated by José A. Tabuena, PhyServe Physician Services, Inc. Senior Vice President of Governance and Compliance. Immediately following the meeting, NTHCPA meeting, participants are invited to enjoy a Thanksgiving Wine and Cheese Reception to be hosted by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer, P.C.
11/19/2010	6:30:00 PM Central	Thanksgiving Wine & Cheese Reception	Reception Celebrating Clients and Friends With Special Guest Mark Fesen, M.D., FACP Author of “Surviving The Cancer System: An Empowering Guide To Taking Control Of Your Healthcare”
10/13/2010	12:00:00 PM Central	Health Plan Eligibility Update	October 13, 2010
8/26/2010	6:30:00 PM Central	Health Care Reform: Building Your Family's Healthcare Survival Plan	Sunrise Senior Living invites the public to learn from attorney and author Cynthia Marcotte Stamer about health care reform and learn practical tips to help senior and other patients and their caregivers plan their family’s healthcare survival plan. The program will be held on August 26, 2010 from 6:30 PM-8:00 PM at the Sunrise of Plano Center located at 4800 West Parker Road, Plano, TX 75093. During the program, Ms. Stamer will overview the impending health care reforms recently enacted by Congress and share some practical tools and information to help patients and their families, caregivers, employer and others plan for and prepare to deal with various challenges that commonly arise when caring for an elderly or ill person. For complete details and to RSVP, contact Sunrise Director of Community Relations Loretta Ressler by telephone at 972-985-9181 or by fax to 866-898-9748.
8/24/2010	11:00:00 AM Central	Health Plan Compliance Checkup	Health Plan Compliance Checkup
7/21/2010	12:00:00 PM Central	Stamer Speaks On Sex, Drugs & Rock ‘N Role: Personal Misconduct In Healthcare	Speech to Dallas Bar Association Health Law Section
7/9/2010	12:00:00 PM Central	Affordable Care Act Health Plan Guidance Update	Solutions Law Press invites you to catch up on the latest guidance on new requirements that group health plans must meet under the Affordable Care Act and other emerging federal health plan regulations by participating in the “Affordable Care Act & Other Federal Health Plan Guidance Update” virtual briefing to be conducted by attorney Cynthia Marcotte Stamer on Friday, July 9, 2010 from Noon to 1:30 P.M. Central Time for a registration fee of $50.00. Affordable Care Act Requires Prompt Action By Group Health Plans & Employers The combined package of comprehensive health care reform legislation enacted by Congress this Spring through the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111-148) as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act (Public Law 111-152) (collectively referred to as the “Affordable Care Act”) will require most employers, employment-based group health plans, plan sponsors, plan fiduciaries, plan administrators and other service providers and insurers take prompt action to meet compliance deadlines and preserve other options over the next several months. Employer and other group health plan sponsors, fiduciaries, insurers and administrators must act quickly to update their health plan documents, communications and practices to comply with new federal requirements that become effective under the Affordable Care Act on the first day of the plan year beginning after September 22, 2010 and various other changes in federal health plan rules effective or scheduled to take effect during 2010 or 2011 plan years. Quick action also may be needed to claim small employer tax credits, retiree medical subsidies or other benefits.
6/29/2010	12:00:00 PM Central	Worker Classification & Alternative Workforce: Employee Plans & Employment Tax Challenges	Employers and employee benefit plans that misclassify workers run significant tax and other risks. IRS announced plans to audit 6,000 businesses and other organizations a year between 2010 and 2013 as part of its Employment Tax National Research Project. The inclusion of worker classification as one of the key issues in the IRS audits heightens the advisability for employers and employee benefit plans to review for proper classification practices. Misclassification or improper use of alternative work force arrangements can lead to substantial employment tax liabilities, employee benefit plan penalties and make-whole costs, and other tax-related enforcement risks. Listen to a discussion of the IRS Employment Tax National Research Project and IRS worker classification and alternative workforce issues and their potential implications for employers and employee benefit plans.
6/16/2010	8:00:00 AM Central	TPA & Other Plan Services Agreements - Managing Risks & Improving Effectiveness	TPA & Other Plan Services Agreements- Managing Risks & Improving Effectiveness 2010 Great Lakes Benefits Conference Wyndham Chicago Hotel June 16-17, 2010
6/9/2010	11:30:00 AM Central	Health Care Reform’s Implications For Employers, Health Plans & Employee Benefits Practitioners	Cynthia Marcotte Stamer will discuss “Health Care Reform’s Implications for Employers, Health Plans and Employee Benefits Practitioners” at the June 9, 2010 meeting of Houston WEB.
5/13/2010	8:00:00 AM Central	2010 Health Plan Checkup	DFW ISCEBS May 13, 2010 Dallas, Texas
4/26/2010	12:00:00 PM Central	Update On Employment Law For Health Industry HR & Other Managers	A Legal Update on Employment Law presentation by Board Certified Labor & Employment Attorney Cynthia Marcotte Stamer is among 5 hours of “Barnstorm 2010: Creating an Effective Leaders-Tools of the Trade” management training that the Texas Society for Healthcare Human Resources Administration and Education (TSHHRAE) will be hosting for health industry human resources and other managers in five Texas cities between April 26 and April 30, 2010. Interested health industry human resources and other managers can elect to participate in TSHHRAE’s Barnstorm 2010 management training at the following dates and locations: • April 26 - Weslaco, Knapp Medical Center • April 28 - Sweetwater, Rolling Plains Memorial Hospital • April 28 - Brenham, Trinity Medical Center • April 29 - Lubbock, University Medical Center • April 30 - Odessa, Medical Center Hospital Update on Employment Law Program Highlights Ms. Stamer’s Legal Update on Employment Law Program will address: • Recent changes in FMLA, Military Leave, wage and hour, ADA & other disability, COBRA, GINA, HIPAA and other selected federal & Texas employment laws and regulations; • Rising government enforcement of EEOC, HIPAA, wage & hour, worker classification, and other laws and regulations; • Recent developments and increases in retaliation claims; • Recent cases related to supervision; and • Other selected developments impacting health industry human resources management.
3/26/2010	3:30:00 PM Central	Leveraging The Law To Strengthen Your Defenses	5th Annual Fraud Conference
3/9/2010	6:00:00 PM Central	JCAHO Physician Performance Evaluation Requirements	Harris County Medical Society Council of Chiefs of Staff
1/12/2010	1:00:00 PM Central	Privacy & Information Security: Managing Your Accounting Practice’s Liabilities & Counseling Your Clients	Privacy & Information Security: Managing Your Accounting Practice’s Liabilities & Counseling Your Clients
11/12/2009	12:00:00 PM Central	Single Employer Defined Benefit Plan - Funding and Benefit Restriction Notice Requirements: The New IRS Final Regulations	Single Employer Defined Benefit Plan - Funding and Benefit Restriction Notice Requirements: The New IRS Final Regulations
9/17/2009	12:00:00 PM Central	How To Comply With The New HITECH Rules	A WEB CONFERENCE FROM HCCA Health Information Security & Data Breach Under HITECH Act September 17, 2009 \| 12:00 pm CT \| 90 minutes
9/10/2009	1:30:00 PM Eastern	How to Ensure That Your Organization Is In Compliance With Regulations Governing Discrimination	How to Ensure That Your Organization Is In Compliance With Regulations Governing Discrimination -- What You Should Be Doing To Be Prepared for the New, Stepped Up Enforcement Actions
9/9/2009	12:00:00 PM Central	HITECH Act Health Data Security & Breach Update Teleconference	Sept 24 Deadline For Employer & Other Health Plans, Health Care Providers & Other HIPAA-Covered Entities & Business Associates To Comply With New HHS Health Information Data Breach Rules
8/17/2009	7:30:00 AM Central	Charting America’s Health Care Future	Join us for an Important Dialogue On Proposed Health Care Reform With Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) & Congressman Pete Sessions (R-TX)
6/25/2009	12:00:00 PM Eastern	Stamer Moderates June 25 ABA Teleconference On When Benefits Lawyers and Other Service Providers Be Sued for Malpractice for Services to ERISA Plans	Cynthia Marcotte Stamer will moderate a June 25, 2009 teleconference on “Can Benefits Lawyers and Other Service Providers Be Sued for Malpractice for Services to ERISA Plans?” The telephone conference hosted by the American Bar Association (ABA) Joint Committee on Employee Benefits (JCEB) is scheduled for Thursday, June 25, 2009 from 1:00-2:00 pm Eastern Time.
6/23/2009	7:30:00 AM Eastern	June 23, 2009 Dallas HR Management Association Health Plan Eligibility Update	Amid soaring health care costs and tightening corporate budgets, employers and other group health plan sponsors, fiduciaries and administrations now also must update their group health plan eligibility and enrollment practices to comply with the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (the "Stimulus Bill"), COBRA subsidy mandates, HIPAA special enrollment rule amendments and a host of other legislative changes to total rewards.
6/17/2009	12:00:00 PM Eastern	Making Gainsharing Work:Managing Physician Performance At Dallas Bar Association	Using physician gainsharing to promote desired performances within the bounds of the law without undesirable side effects involves more than staying within the STARK exceptions and anti-kickback safe harbors. Cynthia Marcotte Stamer will discuss key strategies and processes for designing and administering legally defensible pay-for-performance and other gainsharing arrangements that promote desired outcomes in operation at the Dallas Bar Association Health Law Section meeting on on June 17, 2009.
4/30/2009	12:00:00 PM Eastern	20th Annual Spring Symposia for the ABA Section of RPTE	2009 Spring Symposia, Washington DC, The ABA Section of Real Property, Trust and Estate Law
4/21/2009	12:00:00 PM Pacific	April 21 ABA JCEB Subrogation Soup Teleconference	April 21 ABA JCEB Subrogation Soup Teleconference
3/25/2009	12:00:00 PM Central	2009 HIPAA Privacy & Security Update Webinar	2009 HIPAA Privacy & Security Update Webinar
3/11/2009	12:00:00 PM Central	2009 Health Plan Update Teleconference	2009 Health Plan Update Teleconference
2/26/2009	12:00:00 PM Central	2009 Advanced Immigration Law Course	The Crossover Issues: Tax and Employment Law Considerations
2/12/2009	12:00:00 PM Eastern	Medical Staff Bylaws For Effective Medical Staff Management	Medical Staff Bylaws For Effective Medical Staff Management
1/15/2009	1:00:00 PM Eastern	HIPAA Enforcement How to Prepare for an Audit	HIPAA Enforcement How to Prepare for an Audit
11/17/2008	12:00:00 PM Eastern	6th Annual Washington Healthcare Summit	American Bar Association Health Law Section 6th Annual Washington Healthcare Summit
11/6/2008	12:00:00 PM Eastern	2008 RPTE Fall Leadership Meeting	2008 RPTE Fall Leadership Meeting
11/4/2008	12:00:00 PM Eastern	ERISA Claims Administration Boot Camp: Making Claims Decisions That Hold Up In Court	1st Annual National ERISA Fiduciary ExecSummit - New York
10/29/2008	12:00:00 PM Eastern	Who's Afraid of the OIG?	Who's Afraid of the OIG?
10/22/2008	5:00:00 PM Central	Transparency in Health Care	Transparency in Health Care
10/16/2008	6:00:00 PM Central	Healthcare Executive Networking Group Fall Social	Healthcare Executive Networking Group Fall Social
9/24/2008	11:30:00 PM Eastern	Medical Staff Bylaw Essentials	Medical Staff Bylaw Essentials
9/18/2008	11:00:00 AM Central	Telemedicine & E-Prescribing Evolving Ethical, Licensing & Reimbursement Rules & Realities	Telemedicine & E-Prescribing Evolving Ethical, Licensing & Reimbursement Rules & Realities
9/11/2008	12:00:00 PM Eastern	TPA Contracting Tips & Strategies	TPA Contracting Tips & Strategies
9/10/2008	11:30:00 PM Eastern	Recession Readying Your Workforce & Employee Benefit Plans	Recession Readying Your Workforce & Employee Benefit Plans
8/1/2008	12:00:00 PM Central	ERISA Claims & Appeals Boot Camp	Supreme Court Ruling Provides Guidance For Improving Defensibility Of ERISA Claims Decisions
5/28/2008	11:00:00 AM Central	Payment (Or Not) for Never Events	Payment (Or Not) for Never Events
4/23/2008	7:00:00 AM Central	2008 EDS Global Healthcare Symposium	2008 EDS Global Healthcare Symposium
4/15/2008	1:00:00 PM Pacific	Privacy & Public Health: Real-World Scenarios And Strategies	Privacy & Public Health: Real-World Scenarios And Strategies
4/8/2008	7:30:00 AM Eastern	2008 Employment Law Conference	2008 Employment Law Conference
3/14/2008	8:00:00 AM Pacific	2nd Annual Data Protection Summit - Your Most Intimate Secrets Exposed! The Human Factor in Security Breaches	2nd Annual Data Protection Summit - Your Most Intimate Secrets Exposed! The Human Factor in Security Breaches
2/20/2008	8:00:00 AM Pacific	Preventable Complications At 9th Annual Conference on Emerging Issues in Healthcare Law	Stamer and Other Panelists Discuss New Medicare and Private Payer Policies Concerning The Payment of Benefits For Preventable Complications and Other "Never Events" at 9th Annual Conference on Emerging Issues in Healthcare Law
2/18/2008	9:45:00 AM Central	Getting Paid without Getting Nailed	Getting Paid without Getting Nailed
2/13/2008	9:00:00 AM Central	Update On Employment Rights Of Employees In The Military & Their Family	Update On Employment Rights Of Employees In The Military & Their Family
1/22/2008	8:30:00 PM Central	Hot Topics and Emerging Issues in Health Care Compliance	Hot Topics and Emerging Issues in Health Care Compliance
1/9/2008	11:30:00 AM Central	Health Plan Communications: Maximizing The Bang For Your Benefits Buck While Managing Legal Risks	Health Plan Communications: Maximizing The Bang For Your Benefits Buck While Managing Legal Risks
12/12/2007	6:00:00 PM Central	“Sex, Drugs & Rock ‘N Roll: A Survival Toolkit for When Private Lives Affect Performance”	“Sex, Drugs & Rock ‘N Roll: A Survival Toolkit for When Private Lives Affect Performance”
12/5/2007	9:00:00 AM Central	Health Care Opportunities In Mexico	Health Care Opportunities In Mexico Presentation At U.S.-Mexico Chamber of Commerce Binational Meeting & Awards Gala Dinner
10/25/2007	4:30:00 PM Central	Healthcare Executive Networking Group Fall Social	Healthcare Executive Networking Group Fall Social
10/10/2007	11:00:00 AM Central	Transparent PBM Contracting: Industry Practices and Managed Care Part D Plans	Transparent PBM Contracting: Industry Practices and Managed Care Part D Plans
10/3/2007	12:00:00 PM Eastern	Telemedicine & E-Prescribing	HCCAs Physicians Practice Compliance Conference
9/27/2007	6:00:00 PM Central	Sex, Drugs & Rock ‘N Roll	A Medical Group Manager’s Survival Toolkit For When Private Lives Affect Performance
9/20/2007	11:00:00 AM Central	Timely Payment Litigation in the Managed Care Arena: Payer and Provider Perspectives & Strategies	Our experienced panel will examine these emerging federal and state regulatory developments and their impact on the current and future ongoing prompt pay battle between contracted providers and payers. The discussion will include an examination of various contracting, billing and claims processing, regulatory, litigation and other strategies that contracted providers and payers are deploying in these battles, and the interaction and implications of HIPAA's EDI and ERISA preemption rules on the prompt pay battle.
9/19/2007	11:45:00 AM Central	Tomball Regional Hospital Area Physicians' Luncheon	Legislative Updates ERISA Appeals Medicare Advantage
9/11/2007	6:00:00 PM Central	Medical Staff Bylaws	Medical Staff Bylaws
8/9/2007	6:00:00 PM Central	Physicians Survival Training	Physicians Survival Training
7/25/2007	11:00:00 AM Central	ERISA Rights and Preemption of Non-Contracted Providers’ Health Benefit Claims	ERISA Rights and Preemption of Non-Contracted Providers’ Health Benefit Claims
7/19/2007	8:30:00 AM Central	Health Plan Update in Texas	This one-day seminar is designed for human resource managers, benefits administrators, payroll managers, accountants, business and office managers, and insurance professionals.
6/20/2007	8:00:00 AM Eastern	Identity Theft and Cybercrime Risks, Liabilities and Prevention: Risks & Exposures Relating to HR and Employee Benefits	Ms. Stamer will examine common human resources and other business concerns and exposures as well as discuss technology, tools and practices that businesses and employers can use to minimize cybercrime exposures and develop an effective compliance/risk management program.
5/31/2007	11:00:00 AM Central	Hispanic Health Care In America : Perspectives On Imperatives, Challenges & Opportunities	DR. RON J. ANDERSON President and CEO of Parkland Health & Hospital System will speak. Moderator: Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
5/30/2007	1:00:00 PM Eastern	Planning For The Pandemic - Selected Privacy Related Legal Concerns	Workshop on Privacy Issues In Planning For The Pendemic
5/22/2007	12:00:00 PM Central	Identity Theft and Cybercrime Risks, Liabilities and Prevention: Risks & Exposures Relating to HR and Employee Benefits	Ms. Stamer will examine common human resources and other business concerns and exposures as well as discuss technology, tools and practices that businesses and employers can use to minimize cybercrime exposures and develop an effective compliance/risk management program.
4/18/2007	6:30:00 PM Central	Sex, Drugs & Rock ‘N Roll	A Medical Group Manager’s Survival Toolkit For When Private Lives Affect Performance
4/11/2007	12:00:00 PM Central	Healthcare & Immigrants	Should the U.S. pay for the healthcare of its undocumented aliens? Are all people entitled to basic healthcare?
3/27/2007	12:00:00 PM Central	Sex, Drugs & Rock ‘N Roll	A Medical Group Manager’s Survival Toolkit For When Private Lives Affect Performance
3/21/2007	6:00:00 PM Central	Sex, Drugs & Rock ‘N Roll	Should the U.S. pay for the healthcare of its undocumented aliens? Are all people entitled to basic healthcare?
1/25/2007	7:30:00 AM Central	Health Care Tool Box: Making Better Choices	In this comprehensive seminar, Cynthia Marcotte Stamer, will answer common questions employers and employees face when making health care choices.
1/17/2007	12:00:00 PM Central	2007 Health Plan Requirements Update	Ms. Stamer will brief you about the latest new developments and enforcement trends affecting impacting employment based health, wellness, and health savings acc
1/17/2007	6:00:00 PM Central	Sex, Drugs & Rock ‘N Roll	A Medical Group Manager’s Survival Toolkit For When Private Lives Affect Performance
11/8/2006	12:15:00 PM Central	Identity Theft and Cybercrime Risks, Liabilities and Prevention For HR & Benefits Professionals	Ms. Stamer will examine common human resources and other business concerns and exposures as well as discuss technology, tools and practices that businesses and employers can use to minimize cybercrime exposures and develop an effective compliance/risk management program.
10/20/2006	2:00:00 PM Mountain	EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS AND OTHER COMPENSATION ARRANGEMENTS GROUP	EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS AND OTHER COMPENSATION ARRANGEMENTS GROUP
7/26/2006	1:00:00 PM Eastern	Fine-Tuning Your Health And Welfare Plans for 2006 Teleconference	Fine-Tuning Your Health And Welfare Plans for 2006 Teleconference
6/9/2006	7:00:00 AM Eastern	Fine-Tuning Your Health And Welfare Plans for 2006 Teleconf	Fine-Tuning Your Health And Welfare Plans for 2006 Teleconference
5/3/2006	7:00:00 AM Pacific	Patient Empowerment In Elder Law and Disability Planning	Section of Real Property Probate & Trust Law 17th Annual SYMPOSIA
4/23/2006	12:00:00 PM Central	TAHFA Heathcare Finance Conference	TAHFA Heathcare Finance Conference
4/18/2006	2:45:00 PM Eastern	Delegation: Contractual Implications and Health Plan Responsibilities	Ms. Stamer will discuss general delegation requirements, Medicare Advantage Oversight and Beneficiary Protection Guidance, Reporting Requirements and Compliance with other laws and regulations. Organizations likely to apply for Medicare Advantage contracts commonly enter into business relationships with entities that they place under contract to perform certain functions that otherwise would be the responsibility of the organization to perform, including management and provision of services. The Medicare Advantage organization retains ultimate responsibility for all services provided and terms of the contract and otherwise fulfilling all terms and conditions of its contract with CMS regardless of any relationships that the organization may have with entities, contractors, subcontractors, first-tier or downstream entities.
4/11/2006	2:00:00 PM Eastern	HIPAA Enforcement - Audio Conference	HIPAA Enforcement - Audio Conference
3/28/2006	12:00:00 PM Eastern	Experimental & Emerging Treatment Medical Appropriateness Competing Legal, Ethical and Practical Realities of Providers, Payers, the FDA and Patients	Experimental & Emerging Treatment Medical Appropriateness Competing Legal, Ethical and Practical Realities of Providers, Payers, the FDA and Patients
2/22/2006	12:00:00 PM Mountain	Claims Processing under the New World Order	Claims Processing under the New World Order Presentation to 7th Annual Conference on Emerging Issues in Healthcare Law on ERISA claims, prompt pay, and other federal and state mandates affecting the administration of claims and appeals under employer health plans and health insurance plans including managed care contracts
2/15/2006	12:00:00 PM Central	SEC Proposes Changes to Sox Disclosure About Compensation and Related Matters	SEC Proposes Changes to Sox Disclosure About Compensation and Related Matters
2/9/2006	7:00:00 AM Eastern	2nd Annual Private Payer Summit	2nd Annual Private Payer Summit
1/18/2006	11:30:00 AM Eastern	Health Coverage	Health Coverage
12/1/2005	12:00:00 PM Eastern	Georgia Society of CPA November	Georgia Society of CPA
11/22/2005	7:00:00 AM Central	2005 All Industry Day	The New Standard of Ethical Behavior
11/16/2005	12:00:00 PM Eastern	“Managing Conflicts of Interest in Healthcare: From the Board, Medical State Employees, Vendors/Consultants and You as Counsel,” Jose Tabuena and Cynt	“Managing Conflicts of Interest in Healthcare: From the Board, Medical State Employees, Vendors/Consultants and You as Counsel,” Jose Tabuena and Cynthia Marcotte Stamer. Ethics 1.00*
11/8/2005	12:00:00 PM Eastern	Operationalizing Circular 230 Compliance: A Real World Perspective	Operationalizing Circular 230 Compliance: A Real World Perspective
10/28/2005	8:30:00 AM Central	HR's Role in Personal Identity Theft and Cybercrime Prevention	Employers are facing new state and federal cybercrime prevention mandates to secure their HR and employee benefit data. The presentation will examine technology, tools and practices that businesses and employers can minimize cybercrime exposures and to develop an effective compliance/risk management program.
10/27/2005	11:00:00 AM Central	Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Managed Care But Were Afraid to Ask	Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Managed Care But Were Afraid to Ask
10/19/2005	12:00:00 PM Eastern	Broker & Insurers Identity Theft & Privacy Perils	Risk Management For Brokers and Others: Data Protection, Fiduciary Responsibility, Broker Reimbursement and Beyond"
9/29/2005	5:30:00 PM Eastern	Instant Messaging Discussion Panel	Instant Messaging Discussion Panel "Business Friend or Foe?"
9/18/2005	12:00:00 PM Central	Physician Gainsharing Presentaiton At 12th Annual Joint Fall Symposium of: Texas Association for Healthcare Financial Administration	Discussion of Stark, fraud & abuse, tax exemption and other health care regulatory and operational challenges to structuring, documenting and defending physician gainsharing arrangements with hospitals and other health care providerws made to 12th Annual Joint Fall Symposium of: Texas Association for Healthcare Financial Administration
9/13/2005	8:00:00 AM Central	Selected Federal Mandates Affecting Design and Administration of ERISA-Covered Health Plans	Selected Federal Mandates Affecting Design and Administration of ERISA-Covered Health Plans PThe Society of Professional Benefit Administrators San Antonio Conferenceresentation To
8/1/2005	12:00:00 PM Eastern	Protecting & Using Patient Data In Disease Management: Opportunities, Problems, Liabilities & Prescriptions	Cynthia Marcotte Stamer will speak about "Protecting & Using Patient Data In Disease Management: Opportunities, Problems, Liabilities & Prescriptions
7/26/2005	1:00:00 PM Eastern	Fine-Tuning Your Health And Welfare Plans for 2006 Teleconference	Fine-Tuning Your Health And Welfare Plans for 2006 Teleconference
7/21/2005	12:00:00 AM Eastern	Make Sure Your Payer Meets Its Obligations	Private Payer Contract Solutions
7/21/2005	7:30:00 AM Central	Building a Compliant Infrastructure	A Process Approach To Building and Administering Effective Technology Based Risk Management and Compliance Strategies
4/15/2005	12:00:00 PM Central	“Dealing with HIPAA in Your Law Practice”	“Dealing with HIPAA in Your Law Practice”
3/9/2005	11:30:00 AM Central	Catching Up With New Federal Health Plan Eligibility & Enrollment Rules For 2005	Catching Up With New Federal Health Plan Eligibility
2/23/2005	12:00:00 PM Central	Emerging Issues in Healthcare Law 2005 - 6th Annual Conference	Emerging Issues in Healthcare Law 2005 - 6th Annual Conference
1/18/2005	7:00:00 AM Central	Identity Management	Identity Management
5/26/2004	12:00:00 PM Eastern	USA Patriot Act Requirements Presentation At NAFTA & CAFTA Conference 2004	NAFTA & CAFTA Conference 2004USA Patriot Act Requirements Presentation At NAFTA & CAFTA Conference 2004
4/29/2004	7:00:00 AM Central	How to Survive Sarbanes-Oxley?	Discussion about the SOX legislation and operational strategies for developing a rational compliance process for meeting internal controls and other mandates.
3/17/2004	1:30:00 PM Eastern	Cross Border Workforce Development Challenges & Opportunties 8th Annual Border Issues Conference	8th Annual Border Issues Conference Discussion On Cross Border Workforce Development Challenges & Opportunities, Migration Reform Proposals, Immigation Challenges and Requirements, Health and Other Benefit Issues, and Operational and Public Policy Solutions
3/4/2004	11:30:00 AM Central	The Medicare Prescriptiuon Drug, Improvement & Modernization Law: What's In It (And What's Not) For You & Your Organization	“THE MEDICARE PRESCRIPTION DRUG, IMPROVEMENT, & MODERNIZATION LAW” What’s In It (and What’s Not) For You and Your Organization and What To Do About It
2/25/2004	8:00:00 AM Central	Health Plan University	What You Don’t Know About Your Health Plan Can Hurt You - Getting Ready For April 14, 2004 HIPAA Privacy Compliance Deadline and More
9/12/2003	7:00:00 AM Eastern	Employee Benefits Subcommittee Meetings—Friday, September 12th	Employee Benefits Subcommittee Meetings—Friday, September 12th 2003 Joint Fall CLE Meeting, Sheraton Hotel, Chicago
2/19/2003	8:30:00 AM Central	SPECIAL HIPAA SEMINAR - HIPAA Privacy Triage: Strategic Compliance Strategies	SPECIAL HIPAA SEMINAR - HIPAA Privacy Triage: Strategic Compliance Strategies For Health Plans
9/18/2002	11:30:00 AM Central	Employee Communications-Latest Buzz on Requirements, Risks and Opportunities Related to the New Health Plan Rules	Employee Communications-Latest Buzz on Requirements, Risks and Opportunities Related to the New Health Plan Rules
6/13/2002	8:00:00 AM Central	911 An Emergency Preparedness Plan For Managing Your People Through a Catastrophe or Crisis	911 An Emergency Preparedness Plan For Managing Your People Through a Catastrophe or Crisis
5/20/2002	12:00:00 PM Central	Fiduciary Responsibility During Turbulent Times	Discussion of exposures for corporations, officers, directors hr staff, plan fiduciaries and service providersw and other to liability for fiduciary responsibility during turbulant times
2/6/2002	7:30:00 AM Central	Health Plan Liability Pitfalls for Plan Sponsors and Their Brokers and Consultants	Health Plan Liability Pitfalls for Plan Sponsors and Their Brokers and Consultants
1/8/2002	8:00:00 AM Eastern	“Sex, Drugs & Rock ‘N Roll: A Survival Toolkit for When Private Lives Affect Performance”	“Sex, Drugs & Rock ‘N Roll: A Survival Toolkit for When Private Lives Affect Performance”
10/18/2001	8:00:00 AM Central	Health Plans in the Hot Seat	Health Plans in the Hot Seat
10/16/2001	8:00:00 AM Eastern	Health Plans in the Hot Seat	Health Plans in the Hot Seat
9/20/2001	8:00:00 AM Central	Health Care Regulatory Compliance Session	Prompt Pay and Other Regulatory Updates Impacting IPAs in Texas at Texas Chapter Educational Symposium
9/20/2001	8:00:00 AM Eastern	Disease Management As Practical Solution for Achieving Clinical Quality & Financial Efficiency in an Evolving Health Care Arena	Disease Management As Practical Solutions for Achieving Clinical Quality & Financial Efficiency in an Evolving Health Care Arena
9/9/2001	12:00:00 PM Central	“Sex, Drugs & Rock ‘N Roll: A Survival Toolkit for When Private Lives Affect Performance”	“Sex, Drugs & Rock ‘N Roll: A Survival Toolkit for When Private Lives Affect Performance”
9/6/2001	11:30:00 AM Central	“Managed Care Law Update”	“Managed Care Law Update”
5/22/2001	8:00:00 AM Central	Health Plan Update	Health Plan Update
5/25/2000	12:00:00 PM Central	Health Plan Liability Pitfalls For Employees	Health Plan Liability Pitfalls For Employees
11/18/1999	11:30:00 AM Central	Outsourcing, Employee Leasing and Other Alternate Staffing Arrangements	Outsourcing, Employee Leasing and Other Alternate Staffing Arrangements
9/16/1999	8:30:00 AM Central	Selected Issues Regarding Health And Welfare Plans For Texas Governmental Employers	Selected Issues Regarding Health And Welfare Plans For Texas Governmental Employers
6/27/1999	8:00:00 AM Central	Liability of UR programs of both ERISA plan and HMOs. Recent decisions will be highlighted.	Liability of UR programs of both ERISA plan and HMOs. Recent decisions will be highlighted.
5/25/1999	8:00:00 AM Central	Legal Environment of Welfare Plans- Fundamentals And Advanced Issues Of Employee Benefits	Fundamentals And Advanced Issues Of Employee Benefits Including Tax, Fiduciary Responsibility, Claims, Plan Documentation, Benefit Mandates, SPDs, and Other Rules
5/20/1999	8:30:00 AM Central	Human Resources Management During Mergers, Acquisitions, Reductions in Force and Other Significant Business Changes	Human Resources Management During Mergers, Acquisitions, Reductions in Force and Other Significant Business Changes
5/6/1999	12:00:00 PM Eastern	Drafting And Negotiating Agreements With Executives	Drafting And Negotiating Agreements With Executives
4/22/1999	8:00:00 AM Central	Health Plan Dictates, Mandates and Liability Gates Eligibility, Benefits, Claims Administration, Privacy, Liability and Other Existing and Proposed Laws and Regul	Dictates, Mandates and Liability Gates Eligibility, Benefits, Claims Administration, Privacy, Liability and Other Existing and Proposed Laws and Regulations Affecting Health
3/30/1999	11:30:00 AM Central	Changes Already? ... An Update on Recently Published COBRA Regulations and Proposed DOL Regulations on Processing Benefits Claims	Changes Already? ... An Update on Recently Published COBRA Regulations and Proposed DOL Regulations on Processing Benefits Claims
2/17/1999	12:00:00 PM Central	LIABILITY ISSUES UNIQUE TO WELFARE PLANS	ABA SECTION OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT LAW EMPLOYEE BENEFITS SUBCOMMITTEE LIABILITY ISSUES UNIQUE TO WELFARE PLANS 1999 MID-WINTER MEETING LAPOSADA RESORT - SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA
2/2/1999	12:00:00 PM Central	Nursing Law in Texas How to prevent and protect against nursing liability	Nursing Law in Texas How to prevent and protect against nursing liability
1/28/1999	7:30:00 AM Central	Recent legislation that will affect employers who sponsor plans as well as those professionals who administer benefit plans.	Recent legislation that will affect employers who sponsor plans as well as those professionals who administer benefit plans.
11/19/1998	8:00:00 AM Central	Employee Benefits And Other Human Resource Issues Affecting Health Care Transactions	Employee Benefits And Other Human Resource Issues Affecting Health Care Transactions
9/16/1998	8:00:00 AM Central	Emerging Health Plan Issues	Emerging Health Plan Issues
5/28/1998	12:00:00 PM Central	WHAT’ S THE BUZZ Breaking News Affecting Employee Benefits	WHAT’ S THE BUZZ Breaking News Affecting Employee Benefits
5/28/1998	12:00:00 PM Central	Sex, Drugs & Rock and Roll	When An Employee's Personal Behavior Is An Employer's Business
5/7/1998	11:45:00 AM Central	“Patient Confidentiality & Medical Records”	“Patient Confidentiality & Medical Records”
2/13/1998	11:45:00 PM Eastern	Health Plan Design And Administration Under Hipaa And Other Selected Federal Laws	Health Plan Design And Administration Under Hipaa And Other Selected Federal Laws
1/13/1998	12:00:00 PM Central	Nursing Law in Texas How to prevent and protect against nursing liability	Nursing Law in Texas How to prevent and protect against nursing liability
1/1/1998	12:00:00 PM Central	Health Insurance & Benefits Planning	Health Insurance & Benefits Planning
10/24/1997	11:45:00 AM Central	“HIPAA” Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act	“HIPAA” Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
9/17/1997	12:00:00 PM Central	Structuring Health Care Provider Organizations Presentation To Advanced Tax Law Course - 1997	Structuring Health Care Provider Organizations
8/14/1997	7:30:00 AM Central	Employee Benefits And Bankruptcy “Developing A Game Plan For Plan Sponsors And Fiduciaries”	Employee Benefits And Bankruptcy “Developing A Game Plan For Plan Sponsors And Fiduciaries”
6/17/1997	8:00:00 AM Central	Changing Times Are You Ready For The New Workplace	Changing Times Are You Ready For The New Workplace
4/2/1997	11:30:00 AM Central	“The Changes and Future in Employer Sponsored Health Plans”	“The Changes and Future in Employer Sponsored Health Plans”
3/7/1997	12:00:00 PM Central	Establishing A Federal Sentencing Guidelines Compliance Program	Establishing A Federal Sentencing Guidelines Compliance Program
2/28/1997	8:00:00 AM Central	RE-ENGINEERING YOUR DEFLECTOR SHIELDS: Emerging Benefit and Health Issues	RE-ENGINEERING YOUR DEFLECTOR SHIELDS: Emerging Benefit and Health Issues
2/25/1997	11:30:00 AM Central	A Proactive Approach To Hr And Benefits Planning For Mergers And Acquisitions	A Proactive Approach To Hr And Benefits Planning For Mergers And Acquisitions
2/17/1997	11:30:00 AM Central	“A Guided Tour of Healthcare Purchasing” A SYMPOSIUM FOR HEALTHCARE DECISION MAKERS	“A Guided Tour of Healthcare Purchasing” A SYMPOSIUM FOR HEALTHCARE DECISION MAKERS
6/8/1994	8:00:00 AM Central	Selected Insights into Managed Care Contract Negotiations from the Plan Sponsor’s Perspective	Selected Insights into Managed Care Contract Negotiations from the Plan Sponsor’s Perspective
11/11/1993	8:30:00 AM Central	Healthcare Reform Roundtable	Healthcare Reform Roundtable
7/17/1991	8:00:00 AM Central	Employer’s Briefing On The Americans With Disabilities Act	Employer’s Briefing On The Americans With Disabilities Act