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OFCCP Extends TRICARE Affirmative Action Morotorium

Today the U.S. Department of Labor issued a press release about the publication of a new OFCCP Directive extending the enforcement moratorium relating to the affirmative obligations of TRICARE providers for two years. This moratorium has been in effect for four years, and will now expire on May 7, 2021; it will also now apply to Veterans […]

Trump Blue Print To Reduce Drug Costs Announced

Responding to American business and families concerns about high prescription drug costs, the Trump Administration released “American Patients First Blueprint,” the President’s blueprint to lower drug prices and reduce out-of-pocket costs today. Health & Human Services Secretary Alex Azar announced the plan saying, “We have access to the greatest medicines in the world, but access is […]

2018 Family HSA Deductible Contribution Limit Restored To $6,900

The 2018 annual deductible contribution limit for HSAs for people with family coverage under a High Deductible Helth Plans has been restored to $6,900.

Remind Employees To Update Withholding

Employers should consider inviting their workers to conduct a Paycheck Checkup to review their withholding elections to confirm they have the right amount of tax deducted from their paychecks in response to tax law changes enacted by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (Trump Tax) and other recent legislation. Helping workers properly to take into […]

John F. Ring Sworn in as NLRB Chairman

John F. Ring was sworn in today as Chairman of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) for a term scheduled to end December 16, 2022. He succeeds Philip A. Miscimarra, who served on the Board from August 7, 2013 to December 16, 2017 (serving as Chairman from April 24, 2017 to December 16, 2017). Mr. […]

High Enforcement, New Tip Pool Rules Require Restaurants Reassess & Manage FLSA Risks

Restaurant employers should audit and tighten the employee wage, timekeeping and other wage and hour practices to minimize their exposure to heightened enforcement of the Fair Labor Standards Act and other federal wage and hour laws by the U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division (WHD) allowed WHD to recover more than $189 million in back pay from restaurant employers over the past five years, while also evaluating the implications of the new WHD Field Assistance Bulletin: Amendment to FLSA Section 3(m) Included in Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 (FAB) on their ability to legally use tip pools for their tipped employees in light of the enactment by Congress as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 (Act), Pub. L. No. 115-141, Div. S., Tit. XII, § 1201 (Act).

With WHD set to continue the aggressive wage and hour investigation and enforcement practices that it has used to recover more than $1.2 billion in back pay awards from employers over the past five years and having just announced the temporary availability of a pilot voluntary resolution program for employers to use to settle WHD wage and hour liability problems, prompt action is particularly important now.

Employers Should Weigh New DOL PAID Program, Other Options To Manage Rising FLSA Minimum Wage & Overtime Risks

Employers Should Weigh New DOL PAID Program, Other Options To Manage Rising FLSA Minimum Wage & Overtime Risks As DOL Back Pay Awards Top $1.2 Billion In 5 Years

Leaders Effectively Manage Quiet Team Members

Quiet team members frequently have valuable and thoughtful input and insights that gets overlooked or drowned out by more talkative team members. Management often lose the benefit of valuable insights of quiet team members amid the din of input of more assertively expressive team members. Failing to encourage communication from certain workers also can cause […]

ACA Liabilities Still Require Management

Employers and health plans! Don’t let the prospects of reform dupe you into failing to manage past and current Obama care liability exposures. Contrary to popular perception, President Trump’s health plan executive orders do not insulate employers or their health plans from all Obama care compliance or enforcement exposures. Among other things, example, the Internal Revenue […]

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Agencies Delay To 1/21/19, Grant Limited Transition Relief For “Common Rule” Federal Policy For the Protection of Human Subjects

The Department of Health & Human Services(HHS), Department of Labor (DOL) and a plethora of other federal agencies today announced an additional six-month delay from July 19, 2018 to January 21, 2019 of the effective date and general compliance deadline for revised federal standards governing research involving human subjects set forth in the ”) (“Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects” (often referred to as the “Common Rule.

Texas Physicians Should Review New TMB Rules

Texas physicians, PAs may need to register with Texas Prescription Drug Program.

TMB Urging Texas Drs., PAs To Register For Prescription Monitoring Program

Texas physicians, PAs may need to register with Texas Prescription Drug Program.

Physicians Pay $700,000 to Settle False Claims Act Violation Charges Arising from Financial Relationship with Drug Testing Lab

DOJ Scores $700,000 Health Fraud Settlement From Doctors For Lab Financial Dealings

Check Out CMS 2018 Qualified Clinical Data Registry

Providers Check Out 2018 CMS Quality Data Tool

ONC Usability Change Package WebEx

The Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) will host a webinar that previews a new ONC-sponsored resource, the Usability Change Package (UCP). ONC intends that the UCP will help health IT end users in hospital settings identify usability challenges, adapt their systems to improve the usability of their systems, and assess the impact of these […]

HIPAA Lessons Every Health Plan, Health Care Provider & Business Associate Should Learn From Bankrupt FileFax’s HIPAA Settlement

1st HIPAA Resolution Agreement against bankrupt Business Associate, other developments show business associates and covered entities must get serious about HIPAA compliance and risk management.

Fresenius Medical Care Pays $3.5 Million HIPAA Settlement

Fresenius Pays $3.5M To Settle OCR HIPAA Privacy Breach Charges

CDC Director Fitzgerald Resigns

‭The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced the resignation of Dr. Brenda Fitzgerald as Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. HHS’s announcement states Dr. Fitzgerald owns certain complex financial interests that have imposed a broad recusal limiting her ability to complete all of her duties as the CDC Director. Due […]

Development of Potentially Preventable Hospitalization Measures for Home Health Agencies Panelist Nominations Due 9/22

Nominations are due February 22, 2018 for a Technical Expert Panel (TEP) to develop potentially preventable hospitalization/readmission measures for Home Health Agencies (HHAs) including standardized items and specifications such as inclusion/exclusion criteria, and patient and facility characteristics–factors associated with outcome measures (risk adjusters). Visit the Technical Expert Panels webpage for more information. About the Author […]

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