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Changes to HIPAA privacy requirements

  • Briggs and Morgan
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  • USA
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  • March 25 2013

The Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS") has issued additional requirements for covered entities that maintain protected health

ERISA plan sponsors and changes of address

  • Briggs and Morgan
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  • USA
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  • December 31 2012

A recent case illustrates how following reasonable administrative procedures can help protect ERISA plan sponsors and fiduciaries from liability. In

IRS finally concedes on taxation of employer-provided cell phones

  • Briggs and Morgan
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  • USA
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  • September 21 2011

In September 14, 2011, the Internal Revenue Service issued long awaited guidance on the tax treatment of employer-provided cell phones, and other telecommunication devices

2010 cost-of-living adjustments

  • Briggs and Morgan
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  • USA
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  • March 31 2010

The Internal Revenue Service and the Social Security Administration have issued the inflation-adjusted amounts which affect qualified retirement plans and Social Security benefits for the year 2010

COBRA subsidy benefits extended and expanded

  • Briggs and Morgan
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  • USA
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  • January 4 2010

On December 19, 2009, President Obama signed the Department of Defense Appropriations Act of 2010, which includes an extension and expansion of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (COBRA) subsidy benefits that were originally made available earlier this year under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA

New HIPAA breach notification rules

  • Briggs and Morgan
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  • USA
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  • October 14 2009

New regulations were recently issued by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that require health care providers, health plans and other entities covered by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) to notify individuals when their protected health information is breached