Health Insurance Agents and Brokers

 

Establishing and operating a corporate compliance program is a standard industry practice for insurance agents and brokers.  Care should be taken to assure that the plan or system adopted is designed for the specific size and operation of your organization.

Things to think about:

• Data Privacy
• Data Breach Response
• Unsafe working conditions
• Badge Access Violations
• Critical Infrastructure Protection
• Threats of Violence
• Loss Prevention
• Theft
• Drug/Alcohol Abuse                       and many more.... 

Some regulations that may apply to your organization:

HIPAA  New rules and regulations have been issued with ARRA concerning Business Associates. If you are in the group health insurance market then you need to address your HIPAA responsibilities by February of 2010.

ARRA mandates that all Business Associates comply with HIPAA effective 2/10/2010. Policies and procedures will be necessary to comply. New agreements with covered entities will need to be adopted.

Red Flags must be complied with by November 1, 2009.

If you employ more than 1 person, you must be in compliance with the employer regulations as well.

Don't forget about other compliance issues such as:

Anti Money Laundering

Here's a basic checklist to help gauge your compliance efforts.

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