End of Year Compliance Reminders

As 2010 comes to a close, we have a few compliance reminders for you:

The Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act Notice, or WHCRA, states that health plans must provide this notice annually. If your group has a fully-insured plan, the notices are provided by your carrier; however, if your group is self-funded, it might be your responsibility to provide the notice. Please feel free to use this copy of the required text if you have not done so already, or check with your Account Executive to confirm if your TPA will take care of this for you.

It might also be time to distribute your notice of privacy practices per HIPAA. Though you only are required to provide the notices every three years, it might be the year for you to do so! To learn more about HIPAA and the notices, visit the US Department of Health and Human Services.