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American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Changes to HIPPA Rules
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) expanded HIPAA by requiring new notices in the event of an unauthorized use, access, or disclosure of protected health information (PHI). If a "covered entity" discovers a breach in privacy and security protocols, it is required to provide, within 60 days of discovery, notice by first class mail to each individual whose PHI has been (or is reasonably believed to have been) breached.

Buyers Study 2008: The Trends Employers Are Facing and the Plans They're Buying
What are the trends employers are facing when it comes to benefits? Unum shares its study.

New White Paper Tells HR How to Meet COBRA and Other Obligations Under Stimulus Act
A new white paper, available for free download at HRhero.com, explains everything Human Resources professionals need to know about the new stimulus law’s effect on COBRA, unemployment insurance, tax credits and relief, health information privacy, visas, executive compensation, and whistleblowers.

Healthcare Faces New Balancing Act in Sharing Health Data Under Revised FMLA Rules
Melamedia Audio Seminar Examines Effects Of New Family Medical Leave Act Regulation On Sharing Patient and Employee Health Information Dec. 18 Audio Seminar 1 pm - 2:30 pm Eastern

HR.com offers award-winning legal, compliance resources & experts to their over 180,000 US members
HR.com and HR & Benefits Essential today announced that they have entered into an agreement that will allow HR.com premier members free access to HR & Benefits Essentials’ award-winning human resources and benefits library.

Cashing in on Personal Health Information
Importance of URAC's HIPAA Privacy and Security Standards to Protect Personal Health Information Is Focus of New Issue Brief

URAC rolls out revised standards to protect personal health information and boost consumer privacy
Today URAC announced the rollout of significant revisions to its health information technology standards. The changes affect Health Web Site accreditation and URAC’s HIPAA Privacy and Security Standards.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

HIPAA Compliance....It´s BACK!
Just when you thought you had cleared all of the compliance hurdles related to Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), another set of requirements comes along. Â This time, it´s your electronic data that needs to be secured; from Corporate Synergies.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.