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Fitbit Hopping aboard the HIPAA Bandwagon
You’ve probably noticed more and more employees sporting Fitbit devices lately—wearable gadgets that track everything from steps to sleep time to heart rate and more. As with almost anything that...
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Photos Worth Much More Than 1,000 Words … They Cost One Employer $25,000
California employers in the healthcare industry must be ever-vigilant when it comes to Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) regulations. A simple matter of testimonials...
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Record HIPAA Settlement: Advocate Health Care Pays $5.55 Million
Advocate Health Care Network (Advocate) has agreed to pay $5.55 million to settle with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights (OCR), multiple potential Health...
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Cures Act Creates New HRA Option for Small Employers
A broad-based healthcare bill signed December 13 by President Obama established a new form of stand-alone health reimbursement arrangement (HRA) for small employers. Tacked on at the very end of the...
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Wireless Health Company Settles HIPAA Allegations for $2.5 Million
The unprecedented rate of Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) settlements so far in 2017 continued with a $2.5 million agreement reached between the U.S. Department of Health...
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Achieving the Prudent Health Plan Audit
Yesterday’s Leadership Daily Advisor explored how organizations are focusing on specific audits and design reviews to better pursue health plan accuracy and cost-effectiveness. Today we take a look at...
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NIST Releases Draft Update to Data Privacy, Security Guidance
A draft update to the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) widely used data privacy and security guidance was released August 15 for public comment. This fifth revision to Special...
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HR’s Top HIPAA Compliance Misconceptions Dispelled
HIPAA has become synonymous with medical records privacy, for good reason. Enacted more than 20 years ago, it gives individuals the power to decide who has access to their health records and has forced...
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Back to the Future: Making Sense of the Election Timing Rules for Cafeteria...
When H. G. Wells wrote The Time Machine in 1895, he struck a chord with mankind’s dream of going back in time. Interestingly, some employees may have the same dream regarding health and welfare...
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The Final Two: South Dakota, Alabama Pass Breach Notification Laws
Every state in the Union now has some type of law in place requiring companies to notify affected individuals of a data breach involving their information. South Dakota and Alabama, the final holdouts,...
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Premera to Pay $6.85M in HIPAA Settlement Over 2015 Data Breach
Health insurer Premera Blue Cross agreed to pay $6.85 million to settle alleged violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) related to a major data breach that the...
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