The September Monthly Minute highlights the DOL’s extension of existing cybersecurity guidance to health and welfare plans and also addresses the new HIPAA reproductive health privacy rule....more
9/19/2024
/ Cybersecurity ,
Data Security ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Health and Welfare Plans ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Healthcare ,
HIPAA Privacy Rule ,
Internet ,
New Regulations ,
New Rules ,
Online Platforms ,
Personal Data ,
Privacy Laws ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Reproductive Healthcare Issues
The July Monthly Minute considers the impact of the Supreme Court’s Loper decision in overturning the longstanding Chevron deference standard, along with a district court case awarding penalties for failing to produce plan...more
7/29/2024
/ Administrative Procedure Act ,
Chevron Deference ,
Chevron v NRDC ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Government Agencies ,
Healthcare ,
Judicial Authority ,
Loper Bright Enterprises v Raimondo ,
Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) ,
Regulatory Authority ,
SCOTUS ,
Statutory Interpretation
The March Monthly Minute digs into an Ohio district court ruling that rejected application of a medical plan exclusion, missing participant guidance and related audit concerns, and responses to the Change Healthcare...more
4/1/2024
/ Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Health Insurance ,
Healthcare ,
Missing Plan Participants ,
Occupational Injury ,
Policy Exclusions
The September Monthly Minute reports on the IRS’ new amendment extension deadline with respect to coronavirus-related distributions and qualified disaster distributions, a recent $131.8 million settlement stemming from...more
9/28/2022
/ Benefit Plan Sponsors ,
CARES Act ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Filing Deadlines ,
Fraud ,
Healthcare ,
Individual Retirement Account (IRA) ,
Investment ,
Investors ,
IRS ,
Relief Measures ,
Retirement Plan ,
SECURE Act ,
Stocks ,
Tax Extensions ,
Tax Litigation
The July Monthly Minute addresses a steep settlement and corrective action plan resulting from a widespread HIPAA breach, along with recent employer-friendly cases that highlight judicial support for inclusion of actively...more
7/28/2022
/ 401k ,
Data Breach ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI) ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Hackers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Healthcare ,
Investigations ,
Investment ,
Investment Funds ,
Malware ,
Penalties
The April Monthly Minute addresses the newly extended HSA/telehealth rule and IRS proposed rules that reconsider family PTC eligibility and affordability.
Last month, the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2022 was passed...more