Mar 26, 2020 | Blog, coronavirus-covid-19, News & Press Releases
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...
Mar 16, 2020 | Blog, Podcast, Season 1
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...
Mar 3, 2020 | Blog, HIPAA Privacy & Security Updates
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...
Mar 3, 2020 | Blog, COIN (County of Orange Insurance News), Feature Article
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...
Mar 2, 2020 | Blog, Podcast, Season 1
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...
Feb 25, 2020 | Blog, Podcast, Season 1
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...
