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Media Advisory - HIPAA and Other Health Laws: Louisiana Compliance Assistance Seminar
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New Orleans, Louisiana - The Compliance Assistance Seminar sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) and the Louisiana Department of Insurance, will take place in New Orleans, Louisiana, December 8-9, at the J.W. Marriott New Orleans Hotel, 614 Canal Street.
The Louisiana seminar is the 30th in a series of ongoing 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.
As part of the department’s HIPAA Compliance Assistance Program (H-CAP), there will be sessions covering Part 7 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act. Information also will be presented on the Labor Department’s claims regulation, COBRA, Family and Medical Leave Act, health savings accounts and HIPAA privacy.
Panel participants will include representatives from the Labor Department’s EBSA, the department’s Employment Standards Administration, the Louisiana Department of Insurance, 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 email to: Deborah A. Milne at Milne.Deborah@dol.gov. For the agenda and registration information, visit EBSA’s Web site at www.dol.gov/ebsa or call 202.693.8660.
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