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When it comes to building your worksite wellness program, do you know which types of incentives are permissible, which laws impact wellness program design and implementation, and how health reform, federal guidance and court cases will continue to change the rules for wellness?
This month we focus on the latest EEOC and OSHA updates. Both have issued updated guidance about how employers should handle COVID19 issues, such as incentivizing or mandating the COVID19 vaccine, and steps that “healthcare providers” must take to keep employees safe.
In this month’s webinar, attendees will learn about the legal landscape faced by health and wellness coaches. Many workplace wellness programs use wellness coaches as part of the program. Therefore, it is important for both the coaches and entities that hire them to understand the legal issues relating to providing health and wellness coaching services.
In this month’s Legal Updates series, attendees will learn about the significance of wellness programs being deemed or part of a health plan. Different legal requirements apply to group health plan wellness programs than non-group health plan wellness programs. This session will cover those legal differences, and how you can determine whether your wellness program is a group health plan wellness program.
In recognition of the US tax filing deadline, this month’s session will address how wellness programs may impact income taxes. Barbara will cover what incentives are taxable, taxation issues with regard to Health Savings Accounts and wellness programs, and who is responsible for reporting income for tax purposes.
This month, Barbara Zabawa hosts our first legal roundtable where participants will be able to share their stories, challenges, and ask questions regarding wellness compliance issues.
In this session, we will cover where different wellness laws come from, such as federal, state or case law, which governing authorities enforce the different wellness laws, and where the wellness practitioner can look for guidance for the different sources of law.
In this session, Barbara will discuss the details of the proposed EEOC wellness incentive rules, released on January 7, 2021. Now that language is available to review and analyze, it will be easier for Barbara to answer questions and explain what the new rules mean for workplace wellness incentives going forward.
This month’s webinar will explore the different legal issues that arise when employers adopt onsite clinics as part of their effort to improve employee health and wellness.
Since COVID-19, government regulators have loosened restrictions on offering telehealth services to help expand access to health services. Barbara Zabawa, JD, MPH, will discuss in this session the current legal landscape of offering telehealth services and why telehealth is important for wellness companies and practitioners. Laws that will be covered include HIPAA, state licensure laws, insurance billing laws, among others.
