Benefits Think Avoid being the next target for a HIPAA breach
The Office for Civil Rights will begin investigating breaches or protected health information that affect less than 500 individuals, says attorney Sheryl Feutz-Harter.
The Office for Civil Rights will begin investigating breaches or protected health information that affect less than 500 individuals, says attorney Sheryl Feutz-Harter.
Experts say the lawsuit is unlikely to affect employers, employees.
Experts say the lawsuit is unlikely to affect employers, employees.
Technology options can help employees become better healthcare consumers.
When it comes to workplace security and identity protection, employers are increasingly turning to their brokers for solutions, says EZ Shield’s Angela Murphy.
After high profile breaches at Sony, Target and Yahoo, the next victims could be the insurance community. The target: employee Social Security numbers.
With the potential for additional state and local laws, the challenge of complying with all of them is only going to get harder, says attorney Terry Lang Jr.
Fiduciaries who do not follow security standards may be personally liable to restore losses to plan participant benefits.
As payoffs grow, hackers are mounting more sophisticated attacks, and threats are increasingly pernicious, says FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez.
How some common employer policies are violating NLRB rules, says attorney Jeffrey Kopp.
How some common employer policies are violating NLRB rules, says attorney Jeffrey Kopp.
More and more lawsuits are being filed to challenge plan fees and investments, underscoring the need for a new law.
Plan sponsors should adopt fiduciary best practices to avoid a lawsuit, advises attorney Carol Buckmann.
The measure’s provisions have become most controversial and are being challenged in a Texas lawsuit brought by eight employer groups.
The measure’s provisions have become most controversial and are being challenged in a Texas lawsuit brought by eight employer groups.
Anthem Inc. is pushing for a speedy decision on the government’s bid to block the health insurer’s planned $48 billion merger with rival Cigna Corp.
The new penalties for the Employee Retirement Income Security Act are set to climb next month.
Zenefits reached its first settlement with a state government over its use of unlicensed health insurance brokers, an issue that prompted investigations in at least three other states and led its founding chief executive officer to resign this year.
U.S. antitrust enforcers roundly rejected a pair of proposed deals that would consolidate the nation’s five biggest health insurers into three.
Plan sponsors would be wise to ask their healthcare vendors if they have insurance policies in place to cover data breaches and other risks, according to USI’s Paul King.