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Benefits in the News > By Subject > Health plan admin - HIPAA Now Viewing Recent Headlines View Excerpts and Recent Headlines [Guidance Overview] ICD-10 Impact on Provider Reimbursement (PDF) [Guidance Overview] HHS List of Covered Entities Reporting Breaches of Unsecured PHI Affecting More Than 500 Individuals Interview With Douglas A. Grimm: Will Privacy Concerns Slow Electronic Health Record Adoption Rates? (PDF) [Guidance Overview] Many HIPAA Changes under the HITECH Act Now Effective Electronic Personal Health Information Exchange: Health Care Entities' Reported Disclosure Practices and Effects on Quality of Care (PDF) [Guidance Overview] Employers May Need to Monitor Compliance of Business Associates with HITECH Act 'Willful Neglect' Is Difficult to Pin Down, but Can Result in Enormous HIPAA Penalties [Guidance Overview] IRS Issues New Form 8928 on Excise Taxes for Failures to Comply with HSA Comparability, COBRA, HIPAA, and Other Group Health Plan Mandates [Guidance Overview] Podcast: HITECH's Impact on Benefit Brokers and Advisers [Guidance Overview] Number of HITECH Provisions Will Take Effect or Become Subject to Enforcement This Month (PDF) The Health Information Security and Privacy Collaboration HIPAA HITECH Compliance Steps to Take Now [Guidance Overview] Excise Tax Reporting for HIPAA, COBRA and HSA Violations [Guidance Overview] Complying with HIPAA Privacy and Security Mandates under the HITECH Act: A Field Guide for Benefits Brokers, Consultants and other Business Associates [Guidance Overview] Enforcement of HITECH Act Breach Provisions Set to Take Effect in February Important Dates to Remember in the First Quarter of the Year [Guidance Overview] Year-End Reminders for Health and Welfare Plans: 2009 [Guidance Overview] IRS Guidance Requires Group Health Plan Excise Tax Reporting in 2010 (PDF) [Guidance Overview] Interim Final Regulations on Increased Penalties for HIPAA Violations (PDF) [Guidance Overview] EEOC Revision of 'Equal Employment Opportunity Is the Law' Poster to Address ADA Amendments and GINA [Opinion] ERIC Urges Agencies Not to Eviscerate Workplace Wellness Programs (PDF) Employers Must Post New EEOC Poster to Comply with GINA Employers Urged to Warn Regulators About GINA Rules' Negative Impact on Wellness Programs [Guidance Overview] HHS's Interim Final Rule Conforming HIPAA Civil Money Penalties to HITECH Act Requirements Health Care Companies Not Ready for HITECH Act Compliance, According to Survey [Guidance Overview] HHS's Increases in Civil Monetary Penalties for HIPAA Violations [Guidance Overview] Employers Offering Health Benefits Can No Longer Ignore HIPAA E-Health Privacy Regulations Draw Congressional Fire [Guidance Overview] HHS Issues Interim Final Rule to Conform HIPAA Enforcement Regulations to HITECH Act Penalty Revisions [Guidance Overview] New Treasury Regulations Require Group Health Plans to Self-Report Excise Tax Liability HHS Unveils Online Form for Reporting HIPAA Health Information Breaches [Opinion] HHS Breach Notification Rules Again Under Fire [Opinion] American Benefits Council Comments on Interim Final Rule on Breach Notification for Unsecured Protected Health Information (PDF) [Guidance Overview] Health Risk Assessments Face Bias Hurdle [Guidance Overview] Requirement that Employees Complete Health Risk Assessments in Order to Receive HRA Reimbursements Violates the ADA [Guidance Overview] Does Your Wellness Program Need to Revise Its Health Risk Assessment? [Guidance Overview] New HIPAA Breach Notification Rules [Guidance Overview] GINA Interim Final Regulations: Wellness and Disease Management Programs Impacted [Guidance Overview] HHS GINA Proposed Regulations: HIPAA Covered Entities Impacted It's Time for HIPAA Covered Entities to Update Their Policies on the Use of Cell Phones and Cameras Congressmen Want HIPAA Harm Threshold Eliminated [Guidance Overview] HHS's Reporting Form for HIPAA Breaches [Guidance Overview] Breach Notification Under the HITECH Act: Action Points for Employers Who Sponsor Self-Insured Group Health Plans (PDF) [Guidance Overview] GINA Regulations: Prohibiting Discrimination in Health Plans Based on Genetic Information and Revising Privacy Rules (PDF) [Guidance Overview] HIPAA Obligations Create Legal Challenges [Official Guidance] Text of Proposed HHS Regs on GINA Changes to HIPAA Privacy Rule (PDF) [Official Guidance] Text of GINA Regulations from U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, IRS, DOL (PDF) [Guidance Overview] IRS Final Regs on COBRA, HIPAA and HSA Penalty Reporting, Clarifies HSA Comparability Rules [Guidance Overview] HITECH Breach Notification Guidance and Employer Next Steps (PDF) HHS Officials Provide Informal Views on Upcoming HIPAA Guidance and More [Guidance Overview] Online Form and Instructions Available for Reporting Breaches of Unsecured PHI to HHS [Guidance Overview] Mental Health Parity: Is Your Health Plan Ready? [Guidance Overview] Insurer Not Liable for Discontinuing Small Group Supplemental Medical Policy [Guidance Overview] Data Mining Coalition Battles for Prescription Data [Guidance Overview] Governance and Compliance Advisory Update: September 2009 With New Authority, HHS Office for Civil Rights Vows 'Vigorous Enforcement' of HIPAA Security as Well As Privacy [Guidance Overview] The Four Things You Need to Know and Do to Comply with the New HIPAA Breach Notification Rules [Guidance Overview] HIPPA Privacy Breach Notification Regulations [Guidance Overview] New HITECH Changes to HIPAA Require Action by Group Health Plans: September 23, 2009 Effective Date [Guidance Overview] What Constitutes a Breach under the HIPAA HiTech Breach Notification Requirements (PDF) Important word about authorship: BenefitsLink® (BenefitsLink.com) provides this page for you, containing selected hypertext links to pages on the web that our editors think will be useful or interesting to you. 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