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Category: HIPAA

Spring Cleaning Your HR Records

4/4/2013  8:33AM

COBRA/USERRA | FMLA | HIPAA | HR/Employer Services | Medicare | Payroll | SPDs/ERISA Compliance

Whether it looks like it outside or not, spring officially arrived on March 20. While we normally associate this change in season to spring cleaning our homes, it is also a good time to spring clean the company’s records. [More]

High Court Considers Same-sex Marriage Cases

3/28/2013  8:50AM

ACA/Health Care Reform | Cafeteria Plans/Flexible Benefits | COBRA/USERRA | FMLA | HIPAA | HR/Employer Services | HSAs | Medicare | Payroll | State Laws

Wednesday, March 27, 2013, marked the end of two days of oral arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court on the issue of same-sex marriage. The outcome of two cases, expected in June 2013, could cause sweeping changes to benefits, insurance and HR laws. [More]

HIPAA Fine Signals Higher Level of Enforcement

1/29/2013  8:38AM

HIPAA

In the past, “500” was the magic number for HIPAA settlements of breaches of unsecured protected health information (PHI). All reported fines occurred where more than 500 individuals were affected. [More]

Final Regulations on HIPAA, HITECH ACT and GINA Issued

1/21/2013  10:19AM

HIPAA

On January 17, 2013, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued final regulations that modify rules for protected health information (PHI) and will require changes to HIPAA-related policies and procedures. [More]

HIPAA Privacy and the HITECH Act

10/18/2012  10:09AM

HIPAA

Why take HIPAA privacy and security seriously? Just ask two Massachusetts health care providers affiliated with Harvard Medical School. They can give you 1.5 million reasons. [More]
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