Oct 5, 2017 | Blog, COIN (County of Orange Insurance News), Feature Article, Reference Based Pricing, Single Payer
By: Dorothy Cociu, RHU, REBC, GBA, RPA Vice President, Communications, OCAHU services. Medical miracles save millions of people a year and make people’s lives better. The problem is, the costs keep going up, and no one seems to care about doing anything to stop that....
Sep 3, 2017 | Blog, COIN (County of Orange Insurance News), HIPAA Privacy & Security Updates
From Dorothy Cociu, COIN Editor and HIPAA Privacy & Security Consultant & Trainer Advanced Benefit Consulting & Insurance Services, Inc. Because Marilyn Monahan addressed HIPAA specifics regarding business associates, which all agents are to their employer...
Jul 10, 2017 | Blog, COIN (County of Orange Insurance News), Feature Article, Single Payer
By: Dorothy Cociu, RHU, REBC, GBA, RPA, LPRT, OCAHU V.P. Communications & Public Affairs President, Advanced Benefit Consulting & Insurance Services It’s a wild time in the world of health insurance in California. As you’ve probably heard, unless you’ve...
Jul 7, 2017 | Blog, COIN (County of Orange Insurance News), HIPAA Privacy & Security Updates
Compliance Corner HIPAA Privacy & Security Updates From Dorothy Cociu, COIN Editor and HIPAA Privacy & Security Consultant & Trainer July-August, 2017 The most important reportable incident was the WannaCry ransomware attack in May, 2017. HHS put out...
May 4, 2017 | Blog, COIN (County of Orange Insurance News), HIPAA Privacy & Security Updates
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...
May 3, 2017 | Blog, COIN (County of Orange Insurance News), Single Payer
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...