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Wellness Program Compliance
Audio Conference Recording Price: 199.00 (U.S. Dollars) -
SUMMARY
Recent federal amendments to the Americans with Disabilities Act, opinions from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the recent Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act call into question many common, contemporary wellness program designs and procedures. How can you be certain that your clients' programs reward healthy employees, and penalize those with less healthy lifestyles legally? Join us for a 60-minute audio conference where you and your colleagues will discover:
- How the ADA Amendments might derail common wellness plans
- The five components of a HIPAA-compliant wellness program
- Walking the tightrope: incentives for wellness vs. penalties for disability
- Critical issues with "smokers' rates" and required health risk assessments
- Pitfalls to avoid when designing your wellness program - keep it legal
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PROGRAM BENEFITS
This practical 60-minute audio conference will focus on how you can integrate and implement a compliant policy in light of the many regulatory concerns, such as HIPAA, ERISA, COBRA and the ADA. Health insurance and compliance expert Edward C. Fensholt, J.D. will provide you and your colleagues with the latest Wellness Program information and important restrictions that employers, and their counsel, must not overlook.
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PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
- Recent Statutory & Regulatory Developments: What You Need to Know
- HIPAA, GINA and ADA: Designing compliant program incentives and surcharges
- How the 2008 Congressional session changed requirements for rewards programs
- Smoker and non-smoker rates: How to impose them and stay compliant
- Rewarding participants based on results or efforts - What HIPAA mandates
- Balancing Wellness Programs and HIPAA Nondiscrimination Regulations
- Welcome clarification on the nuts and bolts of contemporary programs
- Wellness incentives vs. disability penalties: Drafting a compliant policy
- Legal snares of imposing surcharges for failure to cooperate with disease management
- Problems with ERISA & EEOC: Limits on financial incentive for employees
- Lessons From Compliant Wellness Programs Working Today
- Defining reasonable alternative standards for compliant programs
- Requiring a health risk assessment for enrollment: What is and isn't legal
- Welcome clarification on the nuts and bolts of contemporary programs
- Live question and answer session - Have your specific Wellness Program questions answered
- Recent Statutory & Regulatory Developments: What You Need to Know
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SPEAKER
Mr. Edward C. Fensholt is an attorney and the Director of Compliance Services at Lockton Benefit Group, the nation's largest privately-owned employee benefits consulting and brokerage firm. His background includes:
- 18 years concentrating in the area of ERISA and other aspects of employee benefits law.
- Extensive experience regarding: Compliance issues under the Tax Code and ERISA with respect to retirement, health and other fringe benefit plans; qualified and non-qualified plan design, implementation and administration; employee benefits issues in mergers and acquisitions.
- Former partner in the employee benefits practice group of a large Kansas City-based law firm.
- Frequent nationwide lecturer on employee benefit matters and published author of articles on employee benefit issues.
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CLE CREDITS
Continuing Legal Education CLE credit is available for an additional $65 per person in states where teleconferences are accredited
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PROGRAM MATERIALS
The speaker's PowerPoint presentation slides are included with your audio recording purchase. All materials are accessible through the Internet and can be downloaded as a PDF file.
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PRICING
$199.00 for audio conference recording (CD or audiotape) and program materials.
This is an outstanding program and therefore we offer purchasers a Money Back Guarantee. We are so confident that you will find the conference valuable that we offer a 100% money back guarantee from now until 30 days after the audio recording is shipped, making this a risk-free investment. Audio recordings will be received approximately three weeks after the live conference.
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