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2019 Employee Benefits Compliance: How to Take Aim on a Moving Target

September 17, 2019

11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.

The three specific learning objectives attendees achieve by participating in this session are as follows.  - First, participants will learn how to prepare for an OCR or DOL audit focused on HIPAA and/or MHPAEA. By understanding their company's obligations under the regulations, they will learn what they need to do and when they need to act. The session will provide guidance in developing an audit checklist so they minimize disruption to their business and avoid costly penalties for non-compliance. - The second learning objective is how to avoid ACA-related penalties by ensuring their companies know and understand the latest ACA developments, such as extended deadlines, repeals, and other changes. Participants will also learn how to respond to a Letter 226J in the event their company receives one. - The final learning objective is learning what to do to be compliant with state laws that pertain to employee benefits. They will learn how state laws tie in with federal laws and how to coordinate compliance. 

Speaker: Liliana Salazar, Esq.

As Chief Compliance Officer for the Pacific Region for HUB International Limited, Liliana is responsible for addressing employers' health and welfare responsibilities under federal and state laws and city ordinances. She works closely with HUB's service teams and clients to develop short- and long-term strategies that will allow clients to remain in compliance while addressing clients' financial and human capital needs. Liliana interacts with regulatory agencies such as the Department of Labor, the Internal Revenue Service, the U.S. Treasury Department, the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and state insurance departments to discuss the applicability of laws and regulations to group health plans.

Liliana possesses 20 years of experience in addressing the compliance and regulatory needs of employers and their group health plans. She actively worked with carriers and clients in ensuring their compliance with the HIPAA Privacy, Security, and HITECH Act rules, GASB 45 obligations, and more recently the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA or ACA). Prior to joining HUB, Liliana was National Practice Leader for the Employee Benefits Compliance Practice of Wells Fargo Insurance Services, and Vice President of Compliance for ABD Insurance Services. Liliana is a regular speaker at national and state conferences sponsored by private and public employers, employee benefit chapters, and HR associations, including ISCEBS, SHRM, CALPELRA, PERLA, NAFOA and others and is also a regular contributor to national and regional employee benefit publications.