by Paula Day | December 17, 2021 | Compliance Services, State and Local Issues, The Coronavirus
Just when employers began to breathe a sigh of relief, the vaccine mandate implemented by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is revived in 26 states. On Dec. 15, the Fifth Circuit concluded that the Louisiana district court which granted the...
by Paula Day | December 7, 2021 | Compliance Services, State and Local Issues, The Coronavirus
Today, a federal district court in Georgia stayed the federal contractor vaccine mandate nationwide expanding on the three-state stay entered in Kentucky last week. Acknowledging that COVID-19 vaccines are effective and the fact that the pandemic has taken a tragic...
by Paula Day | December 3, 2021 | Compliance Services, DOL, State and Local Issues, The Coronavirus
There’s been a flurry of activity in federal courts the past few weeks regarding the various federal vaccine mandates with new developments arising daily. States are increasing efforts to block mandates or expand exemptions for employees. Read below for a discussion...
by Ed Fensholt and Ruhe Wadud | October 5, 2021 | Benefits Administration, Compliance Services, HIPAA, The Coronavirus
Federal authorities, in two new announcements, have validated employers’ use of healthcare plan-related wellness programs to incent employees to obtain a COVID-19 vaccine and confirmed that the HIPAA privacy rules do not prevent employers from asking employees or...
by Suzanne Bach | September 30, 2021 | Compliance Services, DOL, Health Reform, Reporting and Disclosure
The federal Departments of Health & Human Services (HHS), Labor, and Treasury issued a second round of proposed rules late last week which, when finalized, will solicit utilization and cost data from health insurance carriers, group health plans and air ambulance...
by Suzanne Bach | September 2, 2021 | Compliance Services, State and Local Issues
San Francisco has announced an increase in required health care expenditures for 2022 under its Health Care Security Ordinance (HCSO). San Francisco also amended the ordinance to address its applicability to employees who typically work in the city but, due to public...
