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Health Plan Eligibility Update 10/13/2010 CE Invites Comments On Information Required For IMAGE Program Employers 8/31/2010 NLRB To Review, Invites Briefs In Cases Involving Voluntary Recognition Agreements & Successor Employers 8/31/2010 Affordable Care Act’s Health Plan External & Internal Review Safe Harbor & Other 8/26/2010 Health Plan Compliance Checkup 8/24/2010 2010 Health Plan Update 8/24/2010 Tighten & Update of Health & Other Plan Claims & Appeals Procedures & Documentation In Response To New Regulations, Tightening Court Review 8/8/2010 Small Employers Sponsoring Health Coverage May Qualify For New Tax Credit,Must Act Quickly To Comply With Other New Federal Health Plan Mandates 8/4/2010 Rite Aid Agrees to Pay $1 Million to Settle HIPAA Privacy Case As Office of Civil Rights Proposes Tighter HIPAA Privacy & Security Regulations 8/3/2010 New Affordable Care Act Mandated High Risk Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Pool Program Regulations Prohibit Plan Dumping of High Risk Members, Set Other Rules 7/31/2010 Review Of Worker Classifications Needed As Classification Scrutiny Rises 7/28/2010 Congress & Labor Department Considering Tightening Retirement Plan Regulations 7/28/2010 Businesses Employing Children Should Review & Tighten Practices in Light of Tightened Rules & Increased Penalties 7/27/2010 Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2010 7/22/2010 Stamer Speaks On Sex, Drugs & Rock ‘N Role: Personal Misconduct In Healthcare 7/21/2010 Labor Department FMLA Guidance Adopts Broad Interpretation,Employer Care Needed Determining Who Qualifies As Child 7/19/2010 Affordable Care Act Health Plan Guidance Update 7/9/2010 Office of Civil Rights Proposes Changes To HIPAA Privacy, Security & Civil 7/9/2010 Office of Civil Rights Proposes Changes To HIPAA Privacy, Security & Civil Sanctions Rules 7/9/2010 Employers Urged To Review & Strengthen Defensibility of Existing Worker Classification Practices In Light of Rising Congressional & Regulatory Scrutiny 6/30/2010 Worker Classification & Alternative Workforce: Employee Plans & Employment Tax Challenges 6/29/2010 Key Affordable Care Act Health Plan Coverage Mandates Guidance Issued 6/29/2010 Affordable Care Act Early Retiree Reinsurance Program Applications Open Today; More Key Affordable Health Plan Guidance Issued June 28 6/29/2010 Agencies Release Key Guidance On Affordable Care Act Health Plan Rules 6/25/2010 TPA & Other Plan Services Agreements - Managing Risks & Improving Effectiveness 6/16/2010 HHS, DOL & IRS Rules Define “Grandfathered” Group Health Plans & Health Insurance Coverage under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 6/15/2010 New Regulations Define “Grandfathered” Group Health Plans & 6/15/2010 Health Care Reform’s Implications For Employers, Health Plans & Employee Benefits Practitioners 6/9/2010 New Rule Requires Federal Government Contractors To Post New Employee Rights Under The National Labor Poster 5/20/2010 2010 Health Plan Checkup 5/13/2010 The Continuing Extension Act of 2010 (H.R. 4851) signed into law April 15, 2010) extends federal unemployment benefits and the COBRA premium subsidy program. While Congress co 4/16/2010 Leveraging The Law To Strengthen Your Defenses 3/26/2010 5th Annual UT Dallas Fraud Conference Flyer 3/26/2010 House Could Vote On Obama Health Care Reprint 3/18/2010 House Could Vote On Obama Health Care 3/18/2010 Getting Your Health Care Reform Views Before Key Congressional Decision-Makers 3/17/2010 Employers Concerned About New Union Powers As NLRB Orders Union Elections In 31 California Health Care Facilities To Proceed 3/2/2010 SouthWest Benefits e-Connections Highlights Stamer On Importance For Health Plans, Their Sponsors & Business Associates To Update HIPAA Policies, Practice 2/21/2010 SouthWest Benefits e-Connections Highlights Stamer Article About Importance For Health Plans, Their Sponsors & Business Associates To Update HIPAA Policies, Practice 2/21/2010 Health Plans & Business Associates Face 2/17 Deadline To Update Policies, Contracts & Procedures For HIPAA Privacy Rule Changes 2/16/2010 Employers, Group Health Plans Subject To New CHIP/Medicaid Notice, Coordination of Benefits & Special Enrollment Requirements 2/16/2010 New Labor Department Rule Establishes 7 Day Deadline To Deliver 2/11/2010 St. Louis Employer’s OSHA Violations Trigger Contempt Order and Penalties 2/11/2010 HITECH Act Health Data Security & Breach Update 2/09/201 NTHCPA Presentation 2/9/2010 NTHCPA 2/9/10 HITECH Act Health Data Security & Breach Update 2/9/2010 Inapplicability of HIPAA Privacy To Disability Insurer Not License To Impose Unreasonable Proof Of Loss Requirements 2/8/2010 Legal Alert: Tough times are no excuse for ERISA shortcuts 2/5/2010 New Mental Health Parity Regulations Likely Require Health Plan Changes 1/29/2010 Homeland Security Updates List of Nations Whose Nationals Are Eligible For H-2A or H-2B Visas 1/19/2010 HHS Invites Comments On Health Center Program Federal Tort Claims Policy Manual 1/1/2010 Newly Extended COBRA Subsidy Rules Require Employers, Administrators Send Required Notices & Update Health Plan Documents & Procedures Quickly 12/30/2009 Distressed Businesses & Their Business Leaders Face Liability Risks When Employee Benefit Obligations Mishandled.doc 12/30/2009 Employer & Health Plan Action Required In Response to Law Extending & Expanding AARA COBRA Subsidy 12/22/2009 President Signs Law Extending & Expanding Temporary AARA COBRA Subsidy Requirements For Group Health Plans 12/22/2009 Employee Benefit Plan Sponsors & Fiduciaries Urged To Review Bonding, Credentials of Staff & Service Providers Under ERISA 12/2009 Mishandling Employee Benefit Obligations Creates Liabilities For Distressed Businesses & Their Business Leaders 12/2009 Department Of Labor Announces Plans To Expand Employee Benefits, Wage & Hour, OSHA & Other Reporting & Disclosure Requirements & To Implement Other New Employee Benefit Regula 12/2009 Employers Should Act Proactively To Minimize Legal Hangover Risks Following Holiday Season Cele 11/30/2009 Employers Must Exercise Caution To Management Employment Liabilities When Acting To Manage H1N1 or Other Contagious Disease Risks 11/30/2009 House Passes Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Bill Requiring “Chemical Facilities” To Implement Complex New HR & Other Safety & Security Mandates 11/16/2009 Proposed Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Bill Would Obligate Chemical Facilities To New Background Check, HR & Other Safety & Security Safeguards 11/13/2009 2009 Health Plan Update 10/2009 10/2009 Legal Alert: Appeals court says ADA Amendments Act is not retroactive Stamer Moderates June 25 ABA Teleconference On When Benefits Lawyers and Other Service Providers Be Sued for Malpractice for Services to ERISA Plans 6/25/2009 June 23, 2009 Dallas HR Management Association Health Plan Eligibility Update 6/23/2009 102 House Members Back New Bill To Mandate Employers Give 56 Hours Paid Leave Per Year 6/8/2009 Bill To Dictate Employers Give Up To 56 Hours of Paid Leave Per Year Enjoys Broad Support In House 6/8/2009 Legislation To Exempt Health Benefits For Domestic Partners and Other Beneficiaries Introduced In House & Senate 6/3/2009 New Amendments To False Claims Act Increase Whistleblower and Other Exposures For Health Care Providers 5/26/2009 DOJ/HHS Step Up Health Care Fraud Enforcement By Announcing New Interagency Health Care Fraud Prevention and Enforcement Action Team 5/20/2009 Most Employers, Plans Still Have Work To Do To Comply With Stimulus Bill COBRA Rules 5/13/2009 Legal Alert: Group health plans will face challenges with GINA 5/8/2009 Workforce Swine Flu Pandemic Survival Preparedness Tips For Business Dallas Morning News 5/1/2009 FTC Extends Red Flag Rule Compliance Deadline From May 1 to August 1, 2009 5/1/2009 Workforce Swine Flu Pandemic Survival Preparedness Tips For Business 4/29/2009 Connecticut Man Pleads Guilty To Multi-Millon Dollar Tax Fraud Conspiracy Involving False Charges For Hospital Maintenance & Insullation Services 4/4/2009 Retaliation For Filing HIPAA Complaint Recognized As Basis For State Retalitory Discharge Claim 3/30/2009 2009 HIPAA Privacy & Security Update Webinar 3/25/2009 Supreme Court’s Broad Definition Of Retailiation Requires Employers To Exercise Care 3/20/2009 DOL Releases Stimulus Bill Model COBRA Notices, Other Guidance 3/20/2009 Actions That Can Confirm Client Claims 1/19/2009 Recession Readying Your Workforce & Employee Benefit Plans 9/10/2008 ERISA Claims & Appeals Boot Camp 8/1/2008 Providence To Pay $100,000 & Implement Other Safeguards to Settle HIPAA Civil Penalty Exposure 7/18/2008 Teen Summer-Job Market Shrinking 6/2008 Quest Diagnostics Inc. to Pay $688,000 in Overtime Back Wages After Misclassifying Systems Employees as Exempt Under FLSA - 2 6/2008 Supreme Court: ERISA Participants Can Sue Fiduciaries For Individual Damages 6/2008 Supreme Court Provides Guidance About When Conflict of Interest Justifies Closer Scrutiny of Employee Benefit Plan Claims Decisions 6/2008 Employers, Health Plans & Insurers Face Significant New Nondiscrimination & Other Rules 6/2008 Quest Diagnostics Inc. to Pay $688,000 in Overtime Back Wages After Misclassifying Systems Employees as Exempt Under FLSA 6/2008 New Law Increases Penalties For Violations of FLSA, Child Labor, Minimum Wage & Overtime 6/2008 Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA) , ABA Health eSource June 2008 Volume 4 Number 10 6/2008 Recession Readying Your Workforce To Meet New Business Challenges & Opportunities 5/30/2008 GINA Amends FLSA Civil Penalties 5/22/2008 Employers, Health Plans & Insurers Face Significant New Nondiscrimination & Other Rules Under Genetic Information Law Signed By President 5/21/2008 OIG Loosens Conditions For Health Care Voluntary Self-Disclosures; Provider Precautions To Prevent & Detect Violations & When Deciding Make Self-Disclosure 5/15/2008 Quest Diagnostics Inc. To Pay $688,000 In Overtime Back Wages Settlement After Misclassifying Systems Employees As Exempt 4/30/2008 Nurse Pleads Guilty To HIPAA Privacy Breach 4/28/2008 Texas Hospital Settles Self-Disclosed Violation of Stark Law, Signs CIA 4/22/2008 Privacy & Public Health: Real-World Scenarios And Strategies 4/2008 Privacy & Public Health: Real-World Scenarios And Strategies 4/15/2008 2008 Employment Law Conference 4/2008 New Revisions to FMLA 4/2008 Supreme Court Rules Participants & Beneficiaries Can Sue Fiduciaries Under ERISA Section 502(a) To Recover 401(k) & Other Defined Contribution Account Losses 4/2008 Texas Clinic CEO Sentence Highlights Risks of Upcoding 3/31/2008 2nd Annual Data Protection Summit - Your Most Intimate Secrets Exposed! The Human Factor in Security Breaches 3/2008 Supreme Court Rules Participants & Beneficiaries Can Sue Fiduciaries Under ERISA § 502(a)(2) To Recover 401(k) & Other Defined Contribution Account Losses 2/20/2008 DOL Publishes Wellness FAQ 2/18/2008 Update On Employment Rights Of Employees In The Military & Their Family 2/2008 CMS Delays Publication of ERSD Conditions of Participation Rule 2/5/2008 New Federal Law Extending Federal Family Leave Rights To Employees With Family Member Called To Active Duty Or Caring For Family Member Injured 1/29/2008 Executives and Others Face Tough Tax Liability Unless Deferred Compensation Arrangements Are Timely Updated For New Internal Revenue Code Section 409A Compliance 12/2007 Agencies Release 2007 Form 5500 Annual Report 12/2007 2007 AM News Article On E-Discovery Risks For Physicians and Health Care Providers 7/2007 Identity Theft and Cybercrime Risks, Liabilities and Prevention: Risks & Exposures Relating to HR and Employee Benefits 6/2007 Planning For The Pandemic - Selected Privacy Related Legal Concerns 5/2007 Congress Scrutinizing Executive Compensation 5/25/2007 CMS Says Specialty Hospitals Participating In Medicare Must Meeting Emergency Care Conditions 5/23/2007 CMS Letter Regarding Specialty Hosptials 5/23/2007 Identity Theft and Cybercrime Risks, Liabilities and Prevention: Risks & Exposures Relating to HR and Employee Benefits 5/2007 Web Cybercrime Powerpoint Presentation Handout 5/2007 Operationalizing Circular 230 Compliance: A Real World Perspective 5/2007 Letter from Henry Waxman 5/2007 Ny Ag Announces Identity Theft Settlement 4/30/2007 Texas Ag Suit Against Radio Shack For Alleged Violation Of 2005 Texas Identity Theft Law 4/10/2007 Keeping Lists in Line with the Law 4/2007 Establishing a Data-Protection Policy 3/2007 CMS Speeches Presentation Chart 1/2007 Final HIPAA Nondiscrimination Regulations Affecting Health and Wellness Programs 12/13/2006 Final HIPAA Nondiscrimination Regulations Affecting Health and Wellness Programs 12/2006 Identity Theft and Cybercrime Risks, Liabilities and Prevention For HR & Benefits Professionals 11/2006 Fine-Tuning Your Health And Welfare Plans for 2006 Teleconference 7/2006 SEC Proposes Changes to Sox Disclosure About Compensation and Related Matters 2/2006 Georgia Society of CPA December 12/1/2005 Operationalizing Circular 230 Compliance: A Real World Perspective 12/2005 2005 All Industry Day 11/2005 “Managing Conflicts of Interest in Healthcare: From the Board, Medical State Employees, Vendors/Consultants and You as Counsel,” Jose Tabuena and Cynt 11/2005 Georgia Society of CPA November 11/2/2005 Operationalizing Circular 230 Compliance: A Real World Perspective 11/2005 HR's Role in Personal Identity Theft and Cybercrime Prevention 10/2005 Broker & Insurers Identity Theft & Privacy Perils 10/2005 Supreme Court Strikes Sentencing Guidelines 10/1/2005 Instant Messaging Discussion Panel 9/2005 Fine-Tuning Your Health And Welfare Plans for 2006 Teleconference 7/2005 New Federal Requirements For Disposal of Personal Records and Information 7/1/2005 I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification Form 6/1/2005 Cybercrime and Identity Theft: Health Information Security Beyond HIPAA Reprint 5/2005 Personal Identity Management 5/2005 Cybercrime and Identity Theft: Health Information Security Beyond HIPAA 5/2005 “Dealing with HIPAA in Your Law Practice” 4/2005 Privacy and Securities Standards - A Brief Nutshell 2/2005 Identity Management 1/18/2005 Final Regulations for Health Coverage Portability; Final Rule 12/2004 IRS plans to put tax_exempt organizations under the microscope 9/2004 USA Patriot Act Requirements Presentation At NAFTA & CAFTA Conference 2004 5/2004 How to Survive Sarbanes-Oxley? 4/2004 Cross Border Workforce Development Challenges & Opportunties 8th Annual Border Issues Conference 3/2004 Employee Benefits Subcommittee Meetings—Friday, September 12th 9/12/2003 Federal Legal Safeguards for Womens Health Coverage Expanding 5/2003 SPECIAL HIPAA SEMINAR - HIPAA Privacy Triage: Strategic Compliance Strategies 2/2003 Employee Communications-Latest Buzz on Requirements, Risks and Opportunities Related to the New Health Plan Rules 9/2002 911 An Emergency Preparedness Plan For Managing Your People Through a Catastrophe or Crisis 6/2002 Fiduciary Responsibility During Turbulent Times 5/2002 “Sex, Drugs & Rock ‘N Roll: A Survival Toolkit for When Private Lives Affect Performance” 1/2002 “Sex, Drugs & Rock ‘N Roll: A Survival Toolkit for When Private Lives Affect Performance” 9/2001 Outsourcing, Employee Leasing and Other Alternate Staffing Arrangements 11/1999 Human Resources Management During Mergers, Acquisitions, Reductions in Force and Other Significant Business Changes 5/1999 Drafting And Negotiating Agreements With Executives 5/1999 Recent legislation that will affect employers who sponsor plans as well as those professionals who administer benefit plans. 1/1999 Selected Ethical Issues Affecting Corporate Counsel Involved in Employee Benefit Matters 1999 Real World Compliance Strategies for Improving Operations and Managing Risk 1999 Fiduciary Responsibility In A Nutshell 1999 Employee Benefit Communications 1999 When Your Employee's Private Life Becomes Your Business 1999 Workplace Privacy Issues 1999 Selected Thoughts About Drafting, Negotiating & Enforcing Executive Employee Agreements 1999 Fiduciary Hotspots for Health Plans 1999 Mergers, Acquisitions, & Integration Solving The People Puzzle 1999 Leased Employees and other Contingent Workforce Issues 1999 Introduction to Bankruptcy A Basic Overview 1999 Avoiding The Liability Noose Between Human Resources and ERISA 1999 Avoiding The Liability Noose 1999 Bankruptcy and Employee Benefit Issues 1999 Compliance Programs As Tools For Avoiding Liability and Improving Business Effectiveness 1999 Employee Benefit Communications 1999 Employee Benefits and Other Human Resources Issues Affecting Health Care Transactions 1999 What To Do When An Employee's Private Life Becomes Your Business 1999 Employee Benefits And Other Human Resource Issues Affecting Health Care Transactions 11/1998 Employee Benefits And Bankruptcy “Developing A Game Plan For Plan Sponsors And Fiduciaries” 8/1997 Changing Times Are You Ready For The New Workplace 6/1997 Establishing A Federal Sentencing Guidelines Compliance Program 3/1997 RE-ENGINEERING YOUR DEFLECTOR SHIELDS: Emerging Benefit and Health Issues 2/1997 A Proactive Approach To Hr And Benefits Planning For Mergers And Acquisitions 2/1997 health and Welfare Plans And The Americans With Disabilities Act 2/1993 CMS Medicare Website 12/1992 Overview of the Americans With Disabilities Act for Healthcare Institutions 1992 Most Employers, Group Health Plans Need Additional Action To Finish COBRA Subsidy Compliance 12/30/1991 Employer’s Briefing On The Americans With Disabilities Act 7/1991 |
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