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Benefits in the News > By Subject > Technology Now Viewing Recent Headlines View Excerpts and Recent Headlines [Guidance Overview] HHS Notice Addresses Rules for Insurers That Meet or Exceed Medical Loss Ratio Standards New Jersey Governor Vetoes Health Insurance Exchange Proposed Meaningful Use Stage 2 Regs Draw Strong Reaction [Opinion] Text of Comments by Consumer-Purchaser Disclosure Project to CMS on Health IT Meaningful Use Program (PDF) Online Health Care Price Transparency Tools Trend Upward [Guidance Overview] Electronic Delivery of Disclosures under the Participant Fee Disclosure Regulation (PDF) [Guidance Overview] Medical Professional Association Hit with HIPAA Penalty Over Health Information in Insecure Emails and Text Messages Health Care Remains a Key Concern for Americans; Wellness Near Top of List Major Reported PHI Breaches Hits 400 with Theft as Primary Type of Breach Proposed Health Plan Identifier Requirement Could Cost Health Plans More Than $1 Billion Health Plans Invest in Trigger-Based Communications With Focus on Health and Wellness Cyber Liability Insurance: Protecting Public Sector Plans against Inappropriate Participant Information Disclosures (PDF) [Guidance Overview] Proposed HIPAA Regs Address Unique Health Plan Identifier and ICD-10 Compliance Date [Official Guidance] Text of HHS Proposed Rule on Administrative Simplification: Adoption of a Standard for a Unique Health Plan Identifier; Addition to the National Provider Identifier Requirements; and a Change to the Compliance Date for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS Medical Data Code Sets (PDF) [Guidance Overview] Official 'Fact Sheet': HHS Proposes HIPAA Standard for a Unique Health Plan Identifier [Official Guidance] Text of Proposed HHS Regs Requiring Health Plan Identifiers and Extending Compliance Date for ICD-10 Code Sets for Billing (PDF) Wireless Medical Monitors May Transform Patient Care; Might Be Expensive for Health Plans Final HITECH Rules Reach OMB Strong Privacy and Security Rules Crucial to Success of Health Insurance Exchanges Mandated by Health Care Reform IRS Newsletter Discusses Plan Loan Interest Rates, Form 5558 Errors, and RMD Calculations Record Keeper Survey Re: DOL Technical Release 2011-03: Final Survey Results (PDF) [Opinion] Trade Industry Letter to EBSA on Electronic Delivery Guidance under Section 404(a) of ERISA (PDF) The Promise and Peril of Health Care Forecasting Impact of an Online Prescription Management Account on Medication Adherence [Guidance Overview] Insurer Pays $1.5 Million in First Settlement Resulting from HIPAA Breach Report Data Breach Leads to First HITECH Enforcement Settlement Aetna Launches Updated iTriage App [Opinion] Electronic Health Records: A Study and Perspective Do Electronic Medical Records Save Money? Giving Office-Based Physicians Electronic Access to Patients' Prior Imaging and Lab Results Did Not Deter Ordering of Tests Digital Records May Not Cut Health Costs, Study Cautions Use of Electronic Distribution of SPDs Continues to Grow [Guidance Overview] DOL'S Electronic Guidelines for New 2012 Participant Investment and Fee Disclosures The Doctor Is 'In' with Digital Data, Details, Diagnoses IRS Newsletter Highlights Leased Employee Compliance Project, Electronic Signatures, and More First HIPAA Enforcement Action Against a Business Associate (and the Plot Thickens with Transparency Demands) 5010 HIPAA Transaction Standards Deadline Extended, but Threat Remains, Says AMA Lowe's Sued over Cancelling Health Plan Participants' Coverage [Opinion] Health Care Consumers Have Uphill Battle in Pushback Against High Prices [Guidance Overview] EEOC Issues Final Rule Extending Title VII And ADA Recordkeeping Requirements to GINA Electronic Health Records Still Need Work [Guidance Overview] Labor Department Offers Guidance on Electronic Disclosure But Not Much Relief [Guidance Overview] HHS Regulations Adopt Standards for HIPAA Electronic Funds Transfers [Guidance Overview] HHS Adopts HIPAA Transaction Standards for Health Care Electronic Funds Transfer and Remittance Advice Guidance Provided on Electronic Health Record Incentives Healthrageous Releases Mobile Health App [Official Guidance] Interim Final HHS Regs: Adoption of Standards for Health Care Electronic Funds Transfers and Remittance Advice (PDF) Affordable Care Act Provision Cuts Red Tape, Saves Up to $4.5 Billion 2011 Saw Surge in HIPAA Compliance Issues Estimating Social Security Benefits [Guidance Overview] Technical Update on New Form 5500 Guidance [Guidance Overview] Electronic Signatures on Forms 5500 and 5500-SF Become Mandatory for 2012 Rewarding Patients for Cheaper Care Findings from The 2011 EBRI/MGA Consumer Engagement in Health Care Survey [Guidance Overview] DOL Clarifies and Reissues Interim Policy on Electronic Distribution of Participant-Level Fee Disclosures [Guidance Overview] DOL Revises Electronic Fee Disclosure Guidance for Pension Plans [Guidance Overview] DOL Slightly Expands E-Delivery Options for Participant Fee Disclosures [Guidance Overview] DOL Clarification of Electronic Fee Disclosure Guidance Sprint Expands Wellness Efforts through Social Media [Guidance Overview] DOL's Interim Guidance on Electronic Disclosures to Participants (PDF) Colorado Creating Online Price List of Health Care Procedures 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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