by Girish Anand | Jun 28, 2012 | Health Care Reform, HHS, HIPAA
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has been conducting HIPAA privacy, security and breach audits since early this year and today released the protocol that is has being using to inform the audit process. The Health...
by Girish Anand | Jun 28, 2012 | Health Care Reform, U.S. Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court announced today (June 28, 2012) that it has upheld the individual health insurance mandate (buy insurance or pay a penalty) portion of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) as constitutional under Congress's taxing...
by Girish Anand | Jun 28, 2012 | ICE, USCIS
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), a wing of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) tasked with enforcing immigration policies (among other duties), has issued another 500 I-9 Employment Verification Form audits to 500 American businesses in critical...
by Girish Anand | Jun 27, 2012 | DOL, FMLA, WHD
In a dual move in the past few days, the Department of Labor (DOL) has reached out to employees to provide educational resources about their rights under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), which provides up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave for qualified workers...
by Girish Anand | Jun 26, 2012 | DOL, Employee Benefits Administration
The Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) of the Department of Labor (DOL) is implementing a new disclosure rule effective July 1, 2012, regarding the fees associated with 401(k)-type investment plans. The final rule will require plan fiduciaries to release...