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Release Date: 10/10/2003
Release Number: 03-27
Contact Name: Gloria Della
Phone Number: 202.693.8664
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Washington, DC - The Compliance Assistance
Seminar sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits
Security Administration (EBSA) and the North Carolina Department of
Insurance, will take place in Durham, North Carolina, on October 28-29,
2003 at the Durham Marriott Hotel-Civil Center, 201 Foster Street. |
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free seminar is part of an ongoing series of seminars sponsored by the
Labor Department under its Health Benefits Education Campaign (HBEC). The
campaign helps workers and employers, especially small businesses,
understand their rights and obligations under various health benefit laws. |
On
October 28, the session runs from 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The opening
session by the Labor Department and North Carolina Department of Insurance
will provide an overview of HIPAA and the state’s insurance regulations.
The session on "HIPAA Portability and Availability" will present
basic requirements for group health plan administrators and group health
insurance issuers on health coverage provisions under Part 7 of the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act. The first day will also include a
session by the Labor Department on HIPAA regulations relating to the
nondiscrimination provisions, Mental Health Parity Act, the Newborns and
Mothers’ Health Protection Act, and the Women’s Health and Cancer
Rights Act. This session is a compliance assistance workshop that is part
of the department’s HIPAA Compliance Assistance Program (H-CAP).
Departmental staff will walk seminar attendees through a self-audit
checklist and provide tips on how to bring group health plans into
compliance. |
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October 29 session is from 8:30 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. The first session will
discuss the claims regulations of the Labor Department followed by a
discussion on COBRA dealing with IRS/COBRA guidance and the Labor
Department’s proposed COBRA notice regulation as well as
compliance-related issues under the North Carolina continuation coverage
provisions. The Department of Health and Human Services will hold sessions
to discuss administrative simplification requirements and compliance with
HIPAA’s privacy requirements. |
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Panel participants will include representatives from
EBSA, the North Carolina Department of Insurance, the Internal Revenue
Service, and the Department of Health and Human Services. |
Registration
is on a first come, first served basis, with only limited spaces available
(see seminar brochure). Parties should register early by email to: Deborah
A. Milne at damilne@msn.com. For registration information, contact EBSA at
www.dol.gov/ebsa or 315.762.4665. |
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Upcoming seminars will be held in:
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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (November 5,
2003)
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Lansing, Michigan (December 1, 2003)
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U.S. Department of Labor
news releases are accessible on the Internet. The information in this news
release will be made available in alternate format upon request (large
print, Braille, audio tape or disc) from the Central Office for Assistive
Services and Technology. Please specify which news release when placing
your request. Call 202.693.7773 or TTY 202.693.7755. |
