HIPAA and COBRA Information Pages

HIPAA

HIPAA - HEALTH INSURANCE PORTABILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT OF 1996, laws have raised a lot of questions amoung employers and employees alike. Below are some of the most common HIPAA related questions and answers. Here we provide Employer Regulation Questions and FAQ regarding HIPAA. Here we outline the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act in all its legslative glory! This law passed by congress in 1996 is amoung the best intended and worst written legislation imaginable. We try to disect it from a question and answer perspective to give you a better overall understanding of this important health insurance law.

COBRA

If you are entitled to COBRA benefits, your health plan must give you a notice stating your right to choose to continue benefits provided by the plan. You have 60 days to accept coverage or lose all rights to benefits. Once COBRA coverage is chosen, you are required to pay for the coverage.