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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...
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...
HIPAA Privacy & Security Updates Nov 2016
From Dorothy Cociu, COIN Editor and HIPAA Privacy & Security Consultant & Trainer So what’s happened with HIPAA Privacy & Security Enforcement and updates since the September issue? As usual, quite a few things. On October 13, 2016, St. Joseph Health (SJH)...
Health Plan Documentation: What You and Your Clients Need to Know
By: Marilyn Monahan, Monahan Law Office Published by The Orange County Association of Health Underwriters (OCAHU) and posted with permission of OCAHU Department of Labor (DOL) audit activity is increasing, and many employers are not prepared. The DOL audit process...
ACA Nondiscrimination Rules—What Our Clients/Employers Need to Know—And Do!
By Dorothy M. Cociu, RHU, REBC, GBA. RPA OCAHU VP Communications, COIN Editor 2016-17 Published by The Orange County Association of Health Underwriters (OCAHU) and posted with permission of OCAHU HHS Finalizes Rule to Improve Health Equity Under the Affordable Care...
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