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Employee Paid Leave Rights with FFCRA
The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA or Act) requires certain employers to provide employees with paid sick leave or expanded family and medical leave for specified reasons related to COVID-19. The Department of Labor’s (Department) Wage and Hour...
S1E16 – An Underwriter-Actuarial Look at Cost Containment in Self-Funded Health
https://advancedbenefitconsulting.com/an-underwriter-actuarial-look-at-cost-containment-in-self-funded-health/ Host Dorothy Cociu interviews Rick Paul, President of US Benefits, a self-funded stop loss underwriting firm, who shares his somewhat unique and sometimes...
HIPAA Privacy & Security Updates – March, 2020
From Dorothy Cociu, COIN Editor and HIPAA Privacy & Security Consultant & Trainer Published in The County of Orange Insurance News, March-April, 2020 There are no HIPAA Privacy & Security settlement agreements to report this issue, but I do have some...
California Imposes Employer Savings Plan Mandate for Employee Savings— CalSavers Deadlines Fast Approaching
By: Dorothy M. Cociu, RHU, REBC, GBA, RPA, OCAHU V.P. CommunicationsFirst Published: The County of Orange Insurance News, March-April, 2020 Background Back in 2016, Governor Brown signed Senate Bill 1234, which required the state’s Secure Choice Retirement Savings...
S1E15 – Federal Legislative Update & Presidential Candidates Healthcare Platforms from Marcy Buckner at Capital Conference 2020
https://advancedbenefitconsulting.com/federal-legislative-updates-presidential-candidates-healthcare-platforms-from-marcy-buckner-capital-conference-2020 Host Dorothy Cociu interviews Marcy Buckner, Vice President, Government Affairs with the National Association of...
S1E14 – Cost Containment in the Large Group Health Insurance Market
Host Dorothy Cociu is interviewed on the topic of mid-size to large group health plan cost containment, where she shares her insights and ideas on the best ways to reduce costs in a group health plan, by managing the highest cost factors in a health plan: facilities...
S1E13 – Finding The Right TPA: What to Look For and What to Ask
https://advancedbenefitconsulting.com/finding-the-right-third-party-administrator-tpa-what-to-look-for-and-ask Host Dorothy Cociu interviews principals of EBA&M, a third party administrator, on the services administrators offer, the differences between...
S1E12 – What to Do (and Not Do) When You Receive an IRS 226-J Letter
Host Dorothy Cociu interviews Marilyn Monahan, Esq., Monahan Law Office, on the complications of the ACA reporting process for Applicable Large Employers (ALEs), the requirements, and what to do if you receive an IRS 226-J letter or Marketplace Appeal letter. We...
S1E11 – The Hottest California HR and Employment Issues for 2020
Host Dorothy Cociu interviews Jacquelyn Thorp, MSHR, SPHR, PHR ca, CEO, Founder and Trainer of Train Me Today on the Hottest California HR and Employment Issues for 2020, including Minimum Wage & Exempt Employee Salary Thresholds, Lactation Accommodation (SB 142),...
S1E10 – HIPAA Privacy & Security Part 2 – Electronic Technical
In part two of this two-part series, Dorothy Cociu interviews IT Privacy and Security Consultant Ted Flittner of Aditi Group on the technical security side of HIPAA, as well as the impact HITECH has on your firm. In addition, Ted and Dorothy will discuss some of the...
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