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HIPAA Privacy & Security Updates May-Jun 2017
From Dorothy Cociu, COIN Editor and HIPAA Privacy & Security Consultant & Trainer May-June 2017 As an update on HHS/OCR enforcement actions, a few important settlements were reported in April. On April 12, 2017, HHS/OCR announced a HIPAA settlement based on...
California’s Insurance Industry Fight of the Decade – What SB-562 Can Do to Our State, Our Industry, and the People of California!
By: Dorothy Cociu, RHU, REBC, GBA, RPA Vice President, Communications, OCAHU President, Advanced Benefit Consulting & Insurance Services, Inc. Original Full-Length Article (Edited, shortened version appeared in the May-June Issue of the County of Orange...
Making Health Care Great Again Part 2
By: Dorothy Cociu, RHU, REBC, GBA, RPA, LPRT, OCAHU V.P. Communications Published by The Orange County Association of Health Underwriters (OCAHU) and posted with permission of OCAHU Last issue, we took a preliminary look into the health insurance marketplace under the...
March and April 2017 Legal Briefing
By: Marilyn Monahan, Monahan Law Office Posted with permission from Monahan Law Office Published by The Orange County Association of Health Underwriters (OCAHU) and posted with permission of OCAHU This is a summary of some recent developments of interest to...
HIPAA Privacy & Security Updates Mar-Apr 2017
From Dorothy Cociu, COIN Editor and HIPAA Privacy & Security Consultant & Trainer President, Advanced Benefit Consulting & Insurance Services, Inc. March-April, 2017 There is an important deadline of March 1 for any Covered Entity or Business Associates...
“Silent” Returns to IRS
Posted with permission from Monahan Law Office Under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), you may owe an individual shared responsibility penalty if you did not have qualifying health care coverage for every month of 2016. When you complete your 2016 Form 1040, you will...
Don’t Miss the March 1st Deadline for HIPAA Breach Filings
There is an important deadline of March 1 for any Covered Entity or Business Associates (like agents) who had HIPAA Privacy & Security Small Breaches in 2016. On March 1, 2017: HIPAA Privacy Data Breach filings for 2016 are due to HHS. If a covered entity or...
Be Prepared: HIPAA Desk & Field Auditing Public Data
The Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has begun the 2016 Phase 2 HIPAA Audit Program.. We've gathered public data from the HHS/OCR website to help you in prepare for potential HIPAA Desk Audits or Field Audits. For all HIPAA public...
Making Healthcare Great Again… A Look Into The Trump Administration’s Likely Plan for Healthcare Reform and It’s Stance on the ACA
By: Dorothy Cociu, RHU, REBC, GBA, RPA, LPRT, OCAHU V.P. Communications Published by The Orange County Association of Health Underwriters (OCAHU) and posted with permission of OCAHU Americans went from the state of shock and disbelief, with the nation divided between...
HIPAA Privacy & Security Updates Jan-Feb 2017
From Dorothy Cociu, COIN Editor and HIPAA Privacy & Security Consultant & Trainer NEW GUIDANCE ON HIPAA & FTC ACT; UMASS BREACH; HHS/OCR VICTIM OF PHISHING SCAM REGARDING THEIR AUDIT PROGRAM New Guidance was released on October 21, 2016 for HIPAA and the...
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