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Warwick, Rhode Island - A health law compliance
assistance seminar, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee
Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) and the Rhode Island Insurance
Division, will take place November 8-9 in Warwick at the Crowne Plaza
Hotel.
The seminar is part of the Labor Department’s Health
Benefits Education Campaign, which helps workers and employers, especially
small businesses, understand their rights and obligations under various
health benefit laws.
As part of the department’s H-CAP -- Health Insurance
Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA) Compliance Assistance Program
-- there will be sessions covering 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.
Panel participants will include representatives from
EBSA, the Labor Department’s Employment Standards Administration, the
Rhode Island Insurance Division, the Internal Revenue Service and the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services.
Registration is on a first-come, first-served basis,
with only limited spaces available. Interested parties should register
early by e-mail to educationcampaignseminars@dol.gov or by fax to
202.219.8141. For agenda and registration information, visit EBSA’s Web
site at www.dol.gov/ebsa or call Nancy Marchetti at 202.693.8684.
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What: |
HIPPA and Health Laws Compliance Assistance
Seminar |
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When: |
November 8 – 9
8 a.m. to 4 p.m. |
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Where: |
Crowne Plaza Hotel
801 Greenwich Avenue
Warwick, Rhode Island |
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