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HHS Strengthens HIPAA Rules to Protect Reproductive Health Privacy

This past Monday, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued its final rule aimed at strengthening the HIPAA Privacy rules as they are applied to reproductive health data....more

Wellness Apps and Privacy

Employers looking to enhance their suite of employee benefit programs, and focused on lessons learned during the pandemic on wellbeing, are interested in providing greater access to wellness tools. And, the vendors who...more

Federal Government Response to Dobbs Begins to Take Shape

As we have been covering, the Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade in their Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, leaving it to states to regulate access to abortion in their territory. The Biden Administration’s...more

More Vax Facts – The Agencies Weigh In

Seyfarth Synopsis: We previously discussed how to apply the HIPAA wellness rules to a premium differential based on a participant’s vaccination status in our Legal Update. At the time, we were left to interpret the existing...more

Anti-Vax Tax Facts: Legal Considerations for Premium Differentials Based on Vaccination Status

Seyfarth Synopsis: As employers continue to struggle with strategies for safely re-opening their workplaces, we have previously discussed the possibility of mandating a vaccine or providing incentives for getting the vaccine....more

EEOC Wellness Rules Proposed, Water Bottle Enthusiasts Rejoice

Synopsis: For years, employers have struggled to understand what level of incentives in wellness programs might be considered “voluntary” under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). ...more

Changes to HIPAA Privacy Rules on the Horizon

Seyfarth Synopsis: The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has proposed changes to the required Privacy Notice under the HIPAA privacy regulations. If finalized, these would be the first significant changes to the...more

Deadline is Approaching for Group Health Plan Service Agreement Updates

Seyfarth Synopsis: Recent changes to the federal rules governing confidentiality of substance use disorder (SUD) patient records may require updates to agreements between group health plans and their third-party vendors....more

Court Directs EEOC to Reconsider Wellness Rules, Leaves Current Rules in Effect

On Tuesday, August 22, the US District Court for the District of Columbia ordered the EEOC to revisit its controversial rules placing certain limits on employer-sponsored wellness programs under the Americans with...more

Issue 103: Bi-Partisan Legislation Passed by Lame Duck Congress

On December 7th, Congress passed a bi-partisan bill covering a number of topics in the health care area, intended to address perceived discrete problems with the current legislative landscape. President Obama is expected to...more

EEOC Issues Final Rules On Wellness Programs

Concluding many years of uncertainty regarding the EEOC’s official enforcement position, on May 16, 2016, the agency issued two sets of final regulations affecting employer-sponsored wellness programs. The EEOC’s proposed...more

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