Human Resources: HIPAA

Tackling the Benefits Law Triumvirate: How to comply with ERISA, COBRA, and HIPPA
It's in your best interest to comply with ERISA, COBRA and HIPAA to avoid unnecessary and costly legal hazards. This report helps you protect yourself.

HIPAA Compliance Deadline For Employers Who Sponsor Group Health Plans Is Fast Approaching
-If you are an employer who sponsors a group health plan, you may be required to comply with certain HIPAA privacy requirements as early as April 14, 2003.

Privacy Roadmap for Health Plans
- Privacy regulations became applicable for group health plans with $5 million in receipts or more in April 2003.

FMLA Certification From Workers Avoids HIPAA Authorization
-Use or disclosure of protected health information for other reasons than to attain medical certification for an FMLA serious health condition or a hidden ADA covered disability, will require authorization from the employee.

HR Management Now Includes HIPAA Responsibilities
-Many HR professionals continue to struggle with the question of precisely what is required when it comes to the use and disclosure of protected health information.

HIPAA Security Compliance
So what does the Security Regulation really require you and your clients to do? Â From Melissa Grant, MSH.

Rain, Taxes and Now More HIPAA Security Compliance Regulations
The 3rd major part of HIPAA is the Security Regulation.Â What does this regulation really require you and your clients to do? From Melissa Grant.

Unity Promotes Efficient, Secure Interaction with Customers, Members, Clinicians
Managed Health Network, Inc. (MHN), a subsidiary of Health Net, Inc. (NYSE:HNT), announced today a new integrated health care management system that will help the company interact more efficiently with customers, members and clinicians, in a secure and reliable environment.

3PAdministrators Selects Eldorado Computing's ASP Solution for Managing Health Benefits
3PA´s implementation will include the complete suite of ECI´s HEALTHpac products including HEALTHpac, ADMINpac, eReports, WEBeci, and CSIpac.

Meet the COBRApoint Team at the ECFC Annual Conference
COBRApoint is the first web-powered software for COBRA, HIPAA, State Continuation and Retiree Billing administration and its revolutionary design makes it the first COBRA compliance platform developed on and accessed by the web.

Ultimate Software Launches Compliance Web Site
Ultimate Software's Compliance Resource Center includes factual information and recent court rulings on federal laws including the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO), Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act (HIPAA), Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA), sexual harassment, and Sarbanes-Oxley.

Workscape and Asparity Form Alliance to Offer Benefits Administration Decision Support Solutions
Strategic Collaboration Provides Workscape´s Clients with Tools to Streamline Benefits Selection and Service, Allowing Employees to Take Ownership of Healthcare Decisions

"Enclarity" Introduces New Software to Prepare Healthcare Industry for NPI
Payers have one year to be compliant with National Provider Identifier requirements.

C&B Consulting Group Simplifies HIPAA with New Compliance Guide
Reference source will help employers and benefit plan sponsors respond to privacy and security issues as they arise

Ultimate Software Presents Free Webcast: Are You at Risk for HIPAA Violations?
Roman Arce, Esq., attorney and partner with the employment law practice group of Marshall & Melhorn, LLC

The Countdown Has Begun& Enclarity" Asks: Is Your Organization Ready For NPI?
National Provider Identifier requirements are exactly one year away Enclarity offers checklist to assess readiness for NPI

Laurdan Associates Announces the Release of the Eighth Edition of its HR Auditing Tool
Laurdan Associates, Inc. recently announced the release of the eighth edition of the Employment-Labor Law Audit^TM (ELLA ®), the nation´s leading HR auditing and employment practices liability risk assessment tool.

EFT/Credit Card Payments, Quick Certs, and Broker Billing Updates Mark July Upgrade of Travis Software's WebCOBRA.com
July release geared to help administrators bring their business online Travis Software Corp., a market leader of Advanced Employee Benefits Software Administration and provider of the WebCOBRA.com system, announced today the availability of WebCOBRA.com's July '06 upgrade. The new version offers more enhanced features, including EFT/Credit Card Payments, Broker Billing, and Quick Certs for easy printing of HIPAA Certificates of Creditable Coverage.

New HR Tool Set to Transform Employee Benefit Education and Enrollment
THE NAVIGATORTM FROM NAVITECH SETS COURSE FOR IMPROVED BENEFITS COMMUNICATIONS

CONEXIS LAUNCHES ONLINE FSA QUOTING ENGINE
Web-based Proposals for Flexible Spending Account Services are Latest Example of CONEXIS´ Industry-Leading Benefits Administration Solutions

Enclarity Selected by CorVel for NPI Crosswalk, Provider Data Accuracy andIntegration
Nationally known company contracts for Enclarity's crosswalking and dataintegration solutions for its group health and workers' compensation operations

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Document-Shredding.Org Offers New Advertising Solutions For Document Destruction Business Owners
A leading online resource of document destruction companies in the USA is now offering paid advertising packages.

Janet Weinstock Joins Benefit Concepts to Direct Sales in the Southeastern U.S.
Benefit Concepts, Inc. announced today that Janet Weinstock has joined the company as Regional Sales Manager covering the Southeastern United States. In this new role Ms. Weinstock will be responsible for the distribution and management of the benefits administration outsourcing services offered by Benefit Concepts. Ms. Weinstock has established an office in Tampa, Florida to service clients located in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Alabama and Mississippi. In this capacity Janet will be working with both prospective end user clients and the broker/consultant community.

Warren L. Ezra Joins Benefit Concepts
Benefit Concepts, Inc. announced today that Warren Ezra has joined the company as Regional Sales Manager covering the Southeastern United States.