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Expanded HIPAA Requirements and HHS Guidance on Securing PHI
Watson Wyatt Worldwide
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The push for health information technology (IT) has prompted concerns about keeping health information private, and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) expands the privacy protections under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
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Deadlines Loom for Parity In Mental Health Benefits
CFO.com
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Since provisions of the new mental-health-parity law apply to benefit-plan years beginning in January 2010, companies should assess their benefits this summer and make the necessary adjustments in time for fall open-enrollment periods, experts suggest.
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Recent Legislation and Regulations Require Changes to Health and Welfare Benefit Plans
Littler Mendelson P.C.
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Congress and federal regulatory agencies have been busy enacting legislation and proffering guidance which implements many new requirements for group health and welfare benefit plans.
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COBRA Expansion Added To House Health Reform Bill
Business Insurance
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WASHINGTON—Employers’ obligation to extend COBRA health care continuation coverage to former employees and dependents would be expanded dramatically under an amendment tucked into sweeping health care reform legislation approved by a House panel.
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Health Care Reform Advances, Obstacles Loom
Watson Wyatt Worldwide
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Health care reform took important steps forward in mid-July, when three of the congressional committees responsible for moving the legislation approved proposals.
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News |
Practical Employee Relations
The Rough Notes Company, Inc.
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Under federal, state and local non-discrimination laws, well over 100 different factors listed are listed as a “protected status.” In compliance-based training programs, managers are told “discrimination is illegal—don’t do it.”
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CDC Introduces New Website to Help Employers Combat Obesity and Reduce Health-Related Costs
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today unveiled LEANWorks!, a Website designed to help businesses address obesity. LEAN stands for Leading Employees to Activity and Nutrition. The new Website was announced at a National Business Group on Health meeting in Washington, D.C
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Businesses Balk At Health Care Reform
Forbes.com
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Business groups aren't wasting any time opposing the health care plan introduced in the House of Representatives this week.
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More Turn to Aggressive Health Cost Strategies
Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)
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The tough economic climate and tighter health care budgets have employers working even harder during 2009 to hold down health care costs.
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Witness: Bundle Health Pay
National Underwriter Company
Allison Bell
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Doctors and hospitals share responsibility with insurers for the price and access problems in the health care and health coverage markets.
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Benefits |
Healthy Workers Could Get Bigger Insurance Breaks
Kaiser Health News
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A health care reform proposal that would allow employers and insurers to give large discounts to employees who lose weight or lower their cholesterol is facing push back from several groups worried about premium disparities, Kaiser Health News reports.
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