Recently, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released guidance under Notice 2021-20 clarifying how eligible employers who also received a PPP loan during 2020 can retroactively claim the ERC. The Notice also formalizes and expands on prior IRS responses to FAQs and addresses changes made since the enactment of the Act. Get the details. 

We have been monitoring HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) settlements as part of the HIPAA Right of Access Initiative (16 settlements and counting) and want to dispel some myths about HIPAA enforcement. As we offer our top five HIPAA myths, it may be time for you to think about addressing gaps in compliance.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) recently issued its fourth quarter 2020 Quarterly Banking Profile, and it contains a section specific to community bank performance. Read on for our key takeaways.

If you're a plan fiduciary, you need to have a strong working knowledge of what constitutes a prohibited transaction in order to ensure ERISA compliance. And what about party-in-interest? What you need to know.