Grass Roots Work in the Legislative Process; Working with Congress to Form Federal Legislation to Help the Health Benefits of Employers, Individuals and Medicare Recipients

In this week’s podcast, which is our last episode of Season 6, Host Dorothy Cociu discusses how the National Association of Benefits & Insurance Professionals (NABIP) works with Congressional representatives and staffers to help educate them on the true issues within the health insurance industry, and ways to reduce overall cost. NABIP President Alyson Reidl, Present-Elect Susan Rider and VP of Congressional Affairs Michael Andel discuss with Dorothy recent meetings on Capitol Hill to encourage legislation to codify telehealth benefits, PBM reforms, site neutral billing practices, as well as protecting the preferred tax treatment for healthcare within the ACA Marketplace and employer-sponsored health care system. Watch or listen to this informative podcast!

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In this week’s episode, Host Dorothy Cociu has a discussion with Phil Calhoun, owner and publisher of California Broker Magazine, as well as President/CEO of Integrity Advisors, about what’s going on around the health insurance industry and what Phil is seeing as the primary trends regarding the aging population of agents and Baby Boomers in general as they prepare for retirement and/or sales of their businesses, the young new agents and other workers that are poised to buy-out their businesses, the impact Babby Boomers have on the overall economy, and how they compare to Millenials, GenX and GenZ populations. We also discuss the move from celebrities and big businesses like Walmart and Amazon into the healthcare space, and the trends towards AI in the healthcare space. Join us for this informative podcast!

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#HealthInsuranceTrends #Media #Publishing #DorothyCociu #PhilCalhoun #CaliforniaBrokerMagazine #IntegrityAdvisors #agingpopulation #BabyBoomers #sellinginsuranceagency #buyout #Millenials #GenX #GenZ #Walmart #Amazon #healthcare

In this week’s podcast, Host Dorothy Cociu discusses California Legislative Updates with Faith Borges, Legislative Advocate for the California Agents & Health Insurance Professionals (CAHIP). We discuss the relationship between the Trump Administration 2.0 with California and what impact the federal elections will have on California, California’s statewide elections, the Super Majority in California and what it means, budget constraints, single payer threats and other legislation that affects agents, brokers, California employers and consumers related to health care and health insurance. Join us for this informative podcast!

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https://advancedbenefitconsulting.com/s6e14-california-legislative-updates

#DorothyCociu #CaliforniaLegislative #FaithBorges #CaliforniaAgentsandHealthInsuranceProfessionals #CAHIP #Trump #federalelections #CaliforniaSuperMajority #budgetconstraints #singlepayer #agents #brokers #employers #consumers #healthcare #healthinsurance

Recently, we all saw in the news that the stock price of Artificial Intelligence chipmaker giant NVIDA fell when the Chinese start-up DeepSeek, a new AI tool they claim can be made cheaper than its American competitor, was released. What does this really mean for the American consumers, healthcare systems and manufacturers using AI technology? The news mentioned briefly the security concerns of such a product from a foreign player in the market, but short soundbites don’t tell the whole story. In this week’s podcast, host Dorothy Cociu and her guests, Ted Flittner, Principal of Aditi Group and Eric Barricklow, Owner of Stellar Cyber Solutions, take a deep dive into what we know and what we don’t know, and provide pro tips and expert recommendations on how to protect ourselves and our organizations.

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https://advancedbenefitconsulting.com/s6e13-taking-a-deep-dive-into-chinese-deepseek-and-other-artificial-intelligence

#China #espionage #privacy policies #DeepSeek #ArtificialIntelligence #cybersecurity #SecurityConcerns #ProTips #ExpertRecommendations #NVIDA #OpenAI #ChatGPT #DorothyCociu #TedFlittner #AditiGroup #EricBarricklow #StellarCyberSolutions

S6E12 - HIPAA Security Proposed Rules; Important Changes and Updates for 2025 – Part 2

In this week’s podcast, host Dorothy Cociu continues her discussion on the HIPAA Security Proposed Rules with Ted Flittner and Ted Mayeshiba, Principals of Aditi Group. In this podcast, we walk through the contents of the Fact Sheet of the proposed rules. We discuss the requirements for written policies, procedures, plans and analyses, including the requirement for a robust risk management plan and a compliance audit, required under the proposed rule at least every 12 months. Multi-factor authentication and encryption requirements are also discussed. Join us for this informative podcast!

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https://advancedbenefitconsulting.com/s6e12-hipaa-security-proposed-rules-important-changes-2025-part-2

#HIPAA #HITECH #proposedregulations #mandatory #compliance #HealthandHumanServices #HHS #encryption #MFA #audit #penetrationtest #pentest #riskassessment #policiesandprocedures #AditiGroup #tedflittner #tedmayeshiba #dorothycociu

In this week’s podcast, host Dorothy Cociu discusses the recently released HIPAA Security Proposed Rules with Marilyn Monahan of Monahan Law Office and Ted Flittner, Principal of Aditi Group, an IT/HIPAA Security/Cybersecurity firm. In Part 1 of this series, we discuss the proposed requirements for written policies and procedures, establishing technical and non-technical evaluations, and a robust risk management plan. Many requirements are annual, with at least one every six months. We discuss the requirement for encryption, patch management, monitoring, incident response, testing, an annual compliance audit, and more. What’s in the new proposed rules specifically? Join us for this informative podcast.

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https://advancedbenefitconsulting.com/s6e11-hipaa-security-proposed-rules-part-1

#HIPAASecurityRule #HIPAArequirements #HITECH #encryption #patchmanagement #incidentresponse #penetrationtesting #complianceaudits #robustriskmanagement #policiesandprocedures #riskassessment #compliance #tedflittner #aditigroup #marilynmonahan #dorothycociu

In this week’s podcast, host Dorothy Cociu interviews Elizabeth Holman, President of the Holman Group, a Los Angeles based EAP Program and Behavioral Assistance Provider, on the current state of the EAP and mental health/behavioral health community. Have celebrity public discussions about mental health inspired the public to get help? Are most employees seeking virtual or brick and mortar visits? How have the mental health parity act new rules impacted EAP programs? Join us for this informative podcast.

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#EmployerEAP #BehavioralHealth #MentalHealth

#MentalHealthParityAct #DorothyCociu #ElizabethHolman #BehavioralAssistance #virtual #inperson

In this week’s episode, host Dorothy Cociu discusses the requirements for Health Plan Sponsors and Business Associates for the new HIPAA Reproductive Rights rules with Marilyn Monahan, Esq, of Monahan Law Office. We discuss what’s required and when, what is prohibited related to uses and disclosures, the scope and new definitions, and the application of the prohibition, including a required Attestation. Join us for this informative podcast!

In this week’s podcast episode, host Dorothy Cociu discusses Cybersecurity and Cyber Awareness in Today’s Threat Environment with Adriana Mendieta, Tech Coordinator, Cyber Insurance Solutions, Miguel (Mike) Villegas, Founder and President of iSecurePrivacy, LLC, and Carl Griftka, Managing Director, SL Business Informatics. We discuss why it is important for organizations to prioritize cybersecurity and data privacy, internal and external security threats, the importance of ongoing risk analyses, and the overall threat environment for businesses today and in the future. What are the best ways to manage Cybersecurity? Why is it important that everyone in the company understand cyber risks? How can your company be best protected? Join us for this highly informative podcast!

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https://advancedbenefitconsulting.com/s638-cybersecurity-and-awareness-todays-threat-environment

#cybersecurity #dataprivacy #cyberthreats #cyberrisks #AdrianaMendieta #CyberInsuranceSolutions #MiguelVillegas #iSecurePrivacy #CarlGriftka #SLBusinessInformatics

In this week’s podcast, host Dorothy Cociu discusses the final regulations from the Mental Health Parity Act and the required NQTL Analysis with Chris Condeluci, ESQ,

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#MHPAEA #NQTL #MentalHealthParityAct #ChrisCondeluci #JordanSmith #non-qualitativetreatmentlimitation #DorothyCociu