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Release Date: March 24, 2008
Release Number: 08-369-PHI
Contact Name: Gloria Della/Richard Manning
Phone Number: 202.693.8664/202.693.4676
Philadelphia – The U.S. Department of Labor’s
Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) and the Pennsylvania
Department of Insurance will offer a free health law compliance
assistance seminar for employers, plan fiduciaries and plan service
providers on April 8 and 9 at the Hotel Carlisle Embers Convention
Center, 1700 Harrisburg Pike, in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
The seminar will include sessions on the Health
Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and other federal
laws under Part 7 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
Information also will be presented on fiduciary responsibility, the
Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA), the Family and
Medical Leave Act, health savings accounts, HIPAA privacy and the
Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act. Panelists
will include representatives of EBSA, the Labor Department’s
Employment Standards Administration and Veterans Employment and Training
Service, the Pennsylvania Department of Insurance, the Internal Revenue
Service and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
As part of its ongoing health education campaign,
EBSA helps workers and employers, especially small businesses,
understand their rights and obligations under various health benefit
laws.
News media are invited to cover the event.
Who: |
Employers, plan fiduciaries and providers of
plan services |
What: |
HIPAA and other health benefits laws compliance
assistance seminar |
When: |
April 8 and 9, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. EDT |
Where: |
Hotel Carlisle Embers Convention
1700 Harrisburg Pike
Carlisle, Pennsylvania |
How: |
Registration is first-come, first-served, with
limited spaces available. Contact Patricia Preston by e-mail at
educationcampaignseminars@dol.gov or fax at 202.219.8141. |
More Information:
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Visit EBSA’s Web site at www.dol.gov/ebsa and
select the appropriate link under “Compliance Assistance
Seminars” or call 202.693.8684. |
U.S. Department of Labor news releases are accessible on the
Department's Newsroom
page. The information in this news release will be made available
in alternate format upon request (large print, Braille, audio tape or
disc) from the COAST office. Please specify which news release when
placing your request at 202.693.7828 or TTY 202.693.7755. The U.S.
Department of Labor is committed to providing America's employers and
employees with easy access to understandable information on how to comply
with its laws and regulations. For more information, please visit the
Department's Compliance
Assistance page.
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