Jan 8, 2018 | Blog, COIN (County of Orange Insurance News), Single Payer
By: Dorothy Cociu, RHU, REBC, GBA, RPA OCAHU Vice President, Communications & Public Affairs President, Advanced Benefit Consulting & Insurance Services, Inc. January, 2018 As reported in the November-December, 2017 issue of the COIN, an urgent notice was...
Nov 6, 2017 | Blog, COIN (County of Orange Insurance News), HIPAA Privacy & Security Updates
From Dorothy Cociu, COIN Editor and HIPAA Privacy & Security Consultant & Trainer November, 2017 I promised in the last issue to report on the NIST/HHS/OCR Annual Privacy & Security Conference in Washington, DC, so that’s what I’ll focus on. Each year,...
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...