HIPAA Portability


COBRA and HIPAA Portability are federally mandated and enforced employment regulations. Improper handling can lead to financially devastating lawsuits and fines. The compliance experts at Infinisource make it possible to significantly reduce that liability and workload.

When you partner with Infinisource for HIPAA Portability, we provide administrative support and ensure compliance with HIPAA’s complicated portability requirements. Our services include:

  • Mailing Certificates of Creditable Coverage at loss of coverage
  • Mailing Certificates of Creditable Coverage at participants’ request for up to 24 months following loss of coverage
  • Providing employers with up-to-date, fully compliant HIPAA Portability Combined Notices, including:
    • Special Enrollment Rights Notice
    • General Notice of Pre-Existing Conditions Exclusion
    • Notice for Declining Coverage
    • Request for Evidence of Creditable Coverage Certificate
  • Providing employers with Individual Notice of Pre-Existing Condition
  • Providing employers with up-to-date, fully compliant HIPAA Portability wording for employers group health plan Summary Plan Description
  • Access to HIPAA Portability Compliance Experts to answer all your HIPAA Portability questions
  • New HIPAA Portability regulations are now in effect. If you have not updated your HIPAA Portability Notices and the HIPAA Portability wording in your group health plan Summary Plan Description in the last six months, it is likely that you are currently out of compliance with the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA).

Don't take chances - add HIPAA Portability Service from Infinisource to your COBRA Administration Service. Contact us today at 800-779-6384.

This service is only available to clients that have our COBRA Administration and Premium Collection services.

About the New HIPAA Portability Regulations

The Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Labor, and the Department of Treasury, on December 30, 2004, released final regulations for HIPAA (Portability), which became effective on February 28, 2005, and become applicable for plan years beginning on or after July 1, 2005.

Two of the most significant issues Plan Administrators must be aware of are checking for pre-existing condition exclusions or limitations under their group health plan, and then including them in their plan documents and Summary Plan Description (SPD). It is important to have consistent information in both documents. In addition, the Certificate of Group Health Plan Coverage (Model Certificate) has additional required information, and employers should no longer use the previous Department of Labor Model Certificate.

For more information on HIPAA Portability, please contact Infinisource at 800-779-6384. Employers can also receive detailed information about HIPAA Portability by visiting http://www.cms.hhs.gov/hipaa/hipaa1/default.asp.

For more detailed information about the final regulations, please access the complete Source article now.