Incentivizing a Healthy Workplace: Implementing a HIPAA-Compliant Health Outcomes Program
The Department of Health and Human Services has issued comprehensive regulations governing the administration of health outcomes programs associated with employer-sponsored wellness programs. Positioned as new non-discrimination requirements under HIPAA, these new rules outline the appropriate utilization of wellness exceptions for outcomes-based wellness programs. This session will introduce the various types of wellness programs and will help you:
· Identify the types of wellness programs available to use with employer-sponsored welfare plans.
· Understand connection between health outcomes and wellness programs.
· Understand identification and standards for treatment of similarly situated individuals.
· Implement and administer a compliant health outcomes program under the new non-discrimination standards.
· Identify and understand the use of the reasonable alternative standard (“RAS”).
· Identify common missteps in health outcomes implementation and administration through specific client practice examples.
Jason Nathaniel Sheffield
Jason Sheffield is BRPs National Director of Compliance for the Baldwin Regulatory Compliance Collaborative. He oversees the ongoing evolution of our firm's national compliance operations. Jason develops, designs and implements educational programming and compliance assuredness services by creating timely and relevant solutions designed for the benefit of our clients and colleagues, our industry partners, and the general benefits community. Jason has practiced employee benefits law and consulting for nearly two decades, representing individual, corporate, and tribal interests at the local, state, and federal levels. He has advised clients and provided representative services before administrative agencies such as the DOL, the IRS, CMS, OCR, several state-level treasury authorities, and others. He has experience with both qualified and non-qualified retirement plans, executive compensation matters, and extensive experience respecting health and welfare plan matters. Jason received his undergraduate degree from Georgia State University (magna cum laude) and his Juris Doctor from Western New England College School of Law. He is admitted to the State Bar of Georgia.