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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] 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) [Guidance Overview] New HIPAA Security Breach Notification Rules Requiring Prompt Action by Covered Entities (PDF) [Guidance Overview] Group Health Plan Sponsors Should Be Aware of Changes Made by the HITECT Act [Guidance Overview] Seventh Circuit Emphasizes Need to Assess the 'Gravity' of Any Conflict of Interest in Its Latest Post-Glenn Decision [Guidance Overview] Final FTC Rule on Health Information Breach Notification [Guidance Overview] Final Regulations on HITECH Security Breach Notification for HIPAA Protected Health Information (PDF) [Guidance Overview] Summary of the HHS Security Breach Notification Rules (PDF) [Guidance Overview] HIPAA Security Breach Notification Rules [Guidance Overview] New HIPAA Breach Notification Regulations Require Immediate Attention [Guidance Overview] New Standards for Breaches of Health Plan Participant Unsecured Protected Health Information [Official Guidance] Interim Final Regs: Breach Notification for Unsecured Protected Health Information (PDF) [Guidance Overview] HHS and FTC Final Rules on Health Information Breach Notification Requirements [Guidance Overview] HIPAA Security Breach Notification Rule Refinement of Key Terms CMS's HIPAA Security Review Summary Implies Encryption and Employee Background Checks May Be Required [Guidance Overview] HHS Delegates Authority for Administration and Enforcement of HIPAA Security Rule to Office for Civil Rights [Guidance Overview] Bizarre Case Teaches Key HIPAA Lessons Accounting for Disclosures in Electronic Health Records Could Be Problem for HIPAA Covered Entities [Guidance Overview] Securing Data Under the New HIPAA Amendments HIPAA Security Rule to Now Be Administered and Enforced by OCR, Not CMS 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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