HIPAA News and Resources for Healthcare

What Employers Need to Know About ERISA Compliance for Health Plans

May 24, 2023 - The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) dominates the health insurance industry and regulates coverage for around 139 million Americans in 2.5 million health plans, making familiarity with ERISA compliance critical for employers offering health plans. “The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) is a federal law that sets minimum standards for...

ACHP Addresses Proposed Rule on Substance Use Disorder Patient Data

February 07, 2023 by Kelsey Waddill

The Alliance of Community Health Plans (ACHP) was among around 50 organizations—including AHIP and Blue Cross Blue Shield Association—to sign a letter to HHS that supported fully aligning...

AHIP Shares Privacy, Cybersecurity Goals To Protect Consumer Data

February 09, 2022 by Kelsey Waddill

AHIP has shared its goals and priorities for upholding health IT security and privacy around consumer data in two press releases issued by the AHIP board of directors and the organization’s chief...

Overview of Federal Policy Around Pre-Existing Conditions Coverage

September 28, 2020 by Kelsey Waddill

Update 11/5/2020: This article has been corrected to state that the Supreme Court will hear the oral arguments regarding the Affordable Care Act’s constitutionality on November 10, 2020. A...

CMS Launches Review Program for HIPAA-Covered Health Plans

March 27, 2019 by Jessica Kent

CMS has launched a Compliance Review Program to ensure that health plans, payers, providers, and other covered entities are complying with HIPAA Administrative Simplification rules for electronic...

HHS Pilot Encourages Streamlined Health Plan HIPAA Compliance

November 30, 2017 by Thomas Beaton

HHS is launching a pilot program that streamlines reviews of health plan HIPAA compliance, the organization announced in an email to the CMS listserv. The HHS HIPAA Administrative Simplification...