Our Health Plan Compliance Services practice includes members of our Employee Benefits, Healthcare, Privacy & Security practice and industry teams.
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Publications
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05.18.2017Potential HIPAA Pitfalls for Developers of Healthcare AppsUpdatesAs federal and state governments struggle to address future healthcare regulation, demand for healthcare that is cheaper, better and faster continues to surge.
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05.11.2017The American Health Care Act: What Has Changed and What Is NextUpdatesOn May 4, 2017, the U.S. House of Representatives approved the American Health Care Act (AHCA) by a vote of 217 to 213 (with 20 Republicans voting against the bill), sending the AHCA to the Senate.
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05.03.2017Another HIPAA Settlement: Stolen Laptop Costs $2.5 Million Plus Encryption RequirementUpdatesThe U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recently announced yet another HIPAA privacy and security settlement involving Protected Health Information on a stolen laptop.
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04.27.2017Employer Shared Responsibility: Have Penalties Been—or Will Penalties Ever Be—Assessed?Updates
Are you an Applicable Large Employer (ALE) that has received rejected Forms 1095-C from the IRS? If so, you are not alone.
This update was also published by Employee Benefit Advisor on 05.04.2017, "Views Assessing Employer Shared Responsibility Penalties," and by Society for Human Resource Management on 05.05.2017, "Employer Shared Responsibility: Have Penalties Been—or Will Penalties Ever Be—Assessed?" -
04.19.2017The Fate of the ACA’s Cost-Sharing Reduction SubsidiesUpdatesAs deliberations over a replacement of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) continue in the U.S. House of Representatives, the fate of the ACA’s Cost-Sharing Reduction subsidies may be at stake.
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04.12.2017House Amends the American Health Care Act: Where Will It Lead?UpdatesOn the last day before the U.S. Congress began its spring recess, the U.S. House of Representatives amended the now consolidated bill H.R. 1628, known as the American Health Care Act.
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04.06.2017Recent HIPAA Privacy and Security Settlements and Lessons LearnedUpdatesAlthough the fate of the Affordable Care Act remains undecided, enforcement of the HIPAA privacy and security regulations by the Office for Civil Rights of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is ongoing, with three settlements and one assessment of penalties already in 2017.
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03.28.2017American Health Care Act Pulled From House Floor: No New Legislation to Repeal and Replace the ACAUpdatesThe much-anticipated vote by the U.S. House of Representatives on the “American Health Care Act,” also known as “AHCA” or the “Obamacare replacement bill,” was cancelled last week, leaving many to ask “what now?”
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03.10.2017New Legislation Proposes to Repeal and Replace the ACAUpdatesThe U. S. House of Representatives (the House) proposed two bills to “repeal and replace Obamacare” this week, and while many popular consumer protections under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) look to be preserved at this stage, some significant changes are included that could have an impact on employers and other plan sponsors if signed into law. We’ve highlighted a few of these potential changes below.
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01.23.2017SEC Staff Allows Brokers to Set Fund Commissions with “Clean Shares”UpdatesThe SEC’s Division of Investment Management issued a no-action letter on January 11, 2017 explicitly permitting brokers to set their own commission rates for sales of so-called “clean shares” of mutual funds.
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01.19.2017Avoiding COBRA’s Bite: Measures to Counter COBRA Class ActionsUpdatesWith the filing of a class action complaint in late 2016 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. became the latest large company accused of failing to provide adequate notices as required by COBRA.
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12.27.2016SEC Staff Smooths the Way for DOL Fiduciary Rule ComplianceUpdatesThe SEC’s Division of Investment Management released a Guidance Updateon December 19, 2016, addressing certain procedural issues that have arisen in connection with the so-called “Fiduciary Rules” adopted by the U.S. Department of Labor.
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12.16.2016Basics of New Qualified Small Employer Health Reimbursement Arrangement (QSEHRA)UpdatesThe Qualified Small Employer Health Reimbursement Arrangement (QSEHRA), part of the 21st Century Cures Act signed into law by President Barack Obama on December 13, 2016, makes available to small employers a new option to provide health reimbursements or payments to eligible employees by setting aside IRS guidance that made stand-alone health reimbursement arrangements (HRAs) subject to penalties under the ACA.
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11.22.2016Will Employers’ ACA Obligations Change Under the Trump Administration?UpdatesDuring his campaign, President-elect Trump promised to make the repeal and replacement of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) a priority. Now that the election is over, what should employers expect?
