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Release Date: December 20, 2007
Release Number: 07-1938-DAL
Contact Name: Gloria Della/Rick Manning
Phone Number: 202.693.8664/202.693.4676
Oklahoma City – A free
health law compliance assistance seminar, sponsored by the U.S.
Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA)
and the Oklahoma Insurance Department, will take place January 16-17 at
the Sheraton Oklahoma City Hotel, One N. Broadway in Oklahoma City.
The seminar is part of EBSA’s health education
campaign to help workers and employers, especially small businesses,
understand their rights and obligations under various health benefit
laws. Sessions will cover the Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act and other federal benefits laws under Part 7 of the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act. Information also will be
presented on fiduciary responsibility, COBRA, Family and Medical Leave
Act, health savings accounts and HIPAA privacy.
Panelists will include representatives of EBSA, the
Labor Department’s Employment Standards Administration, Oklahoma
Insurance Department, the Internal Revenue Service, and the Department
of Health and Human Services.
Event is open to the news media.
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Who: |
Employers, plan fiduciaries and providers of
plan services |
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What: |
HIPPA & health law compliance assistance
seminar |
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When: |
January 16-17, 2008
8 a.m. to 4 p.m. MST |
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Where: |
Sheraton Oklahoma City Hotel
One N. Broadway
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
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How: |
Registration is first-come, first-served,
with limited spaces available. Contact Dennis Fish by e-mail at
educationcampaignseminars@dol.gov or fax at 202.219.8141. |
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More Information: |
Visit EBSA’s Web site at www.dol.gov/ebsa
and click the appropriate link under “Compliance Assistance
Seminars” or call 202.693.8451. |
U.S. Department of Labor news releases are accessible on the
Department's Newsroom
page. The information in this news release will be made available
in alternate format upon request (large print, Braille, audio tape or
disc) from the COAST office. Please specify which news release when
placing your request at 202.693.7828 or TTY 202.693.7755. The U.S.
Department of Labor is committed to providing America's employers and
employees with easy access to understandable information on how to comply
with its laws and regulations. For more information, please visit the
Department's Compliance
Assistance page.
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