San Francisco HIPAA Consultant and Mediator

Northern California HIPAA consultant John Koss offers conflict management and mediation services to employers and other fiduciary stakeholders on the employer side of the employer-employee relationship.

He consults with companies on best practices in compliance with the Health Information Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), by which employees’ eligibility carries from one insurance plan to another when they sever relationships with on employer and decide that they don’t want COBRA coverage.

To schedule a consultation on HIPAA compliance in a particular employment environment, contact the San Francisco mediation office of John Koss.

HIPAA Compliance Audits

For example, Mr. Koss is available for self-audits for employers in the process of establishing or improving procedures of specific provisions of HIPAA regulation, such as:

• The issuing of certificates of coverage when employees separate
• Handling of controversies such as when an employee’s new coverage doesn’t cover particular maladies, and the prior coverage is asked to fill in the gap
• Conflict management when employees want full reimbursement contrary to expectations of employers
• Handling primary and secondary payer status of previous and current insurers
• Developing medical privacy compliance plans

Evaluations, Mediation, Information, Compliance

Through employment consultant and mediator John Koss’s experienced and knowledge consultant work on HIPAA-related issues, employers reap benefits including:

• Pre-case HIPAA solution evaluations which allow them to weigh the pros and cons of mediating, litigating, denying claims, and other proposed means of resolving disputes regarding health coverage when employees move from one employer to another
• Mediation services in the midst of medical privacy related conflict resolution.
• Information gap resolution for mediation processes already in progress by other mediators
• HIPAA compliance co-counsel in cases where litigation has become the route of conflict resolution

To schedule a consultation regarding HIPAA compliance, mediation, or co-counsel services, contact HIPAA consultant and mediator John Koss in San Francisco.