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14 Feb 2020, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
In an extraordinary decision overruling career lawyers, the department recommended an unspecified term of incarceration for Stone. [read post]
3 Feb 2020, 8:21 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
For more information about the Coix Order or other health or other employee benefits, human resources, or health care developments, please contact the author Cynthia Marcotte Stamer via e-mail or via telephone at (214) 452 -8297. [read post]
28 Jan 2020, 9:58 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Health plans and their health plan records providers and other business associates should review and update their existing policies and practices concerning providing and charging individuals for access to protected health information in response to modifications in the Department of Health & Human Service (“HHS”) Office of Civil Rights (“OCR”) rules implementing the Health Insurance Portability &… [read post]
Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation (2019) 39 Cal.App.5th 1044 The Foundation filed suit against the Department for failure to comply with CEQA, arguing that the Department’s inaction to maintain and repair the roof of a historic former hotel that it owned was an agency decision subject to CEQA. [read post]
Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation (2019) 39 Cal.App.5th 1044 The Foundation filed suit against the Department for failure to comply with CEQA, arguing that the Department’s inaction to maintain and repair the roof of a historic former hotel that it owned was an agency decision subject to CEQA. [read post]
7 Jan 2020, 6:05 am by Bob Kraft
The CWICs also gather information about advocacy services and details related to health benefits coverage from the federal government and employers. [read post]
1 Jan 2020, 10:35 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Scribe for the ABA JCEB Annual Agency Meeting with the Department of Health & Human Services Office of Civil Rights, Vice Chair of the ABA International Section Life Sciences Committee, past Chair of the ABA Health Law Section Managed Care & Insurance Interest Group and the ABA RPTE Employee Benefits & Other Compensation Group, Ms. [read post]
16 Dec 2019, 3:13 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
The $1.6 million civil monetary penalty (“CMP”) assessed against the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (“TX HHSC”) for violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”) Privacy and Security Rules between 2013 and 2017 committed by a predecessor agency, the Department of Aging and Disability Services (“DADS”) illustrates the critical need for… [read post]
13 Dec 2019, 1:49 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
,the Justice Department has “prioritized the investigation and prosecution of health care fraud in our office. [read post]
10 Dec 2019, 4:02 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
The faster growth in Medicare spending in 2018 was influenced by faster growth in the net cost of insurance of Medicare private health plans (mostly Medicare Advantage plans) due to the reinstatement of the health insurance tax in 2018, faster growth in Medicare spending for medical goods and services, and an increase in government administration spending after a reduction in 2017. [read post]
7 Dec 2019, 9:54 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Stamer has worked extensively with domestic and international hospitals, health care systems, clinics, skilled nursing, long term care, rehabilitation and other health care providers and facilities; medical staff, accreditation, peer review and quality committees and organizations; billing, utilization management, management services organizations, group purchasing organizations; pharmaceutical, pharmacy, and prescription benefit management and organizations;… [read post]
6 Nov 2019, 6:57 am by Robert Kraft
Department of Health and Human Services; department Secretary Alex Azar; the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; and agency Administrator Seema Verma. [read post]
18 Oct 2019, 11:52 am by Jonathan Greenblatt, George Selim
One of us (Selim) ran an office in the Department of Homeland Security providing grants to local communities to counter extremism—but the Trump administration has drastically reduced the office’s funding. [read post]
15 Oct 2019, 8:55 am by John Rubin
The amended statute includes a nonexclusive list of state agency boards, such as licensing boards within the Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Labor, and Department of Public Instruction. [read post]
10 Oct 2019, 5:02 am by Andrew Leipold
  There is now a widespread understanding that serving time in prison is not itself rehabilitative. [read post]
The Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) recently issued a proposed rule (Proposed Rule) that would significantly scale back the non-discrimination regulations applicable to health care entities under the authority of Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). [read post]
24 May 2019, 10:46 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) announced its collection of a $3 million settlement payment from a radiology provider that also allowed hackers to breach its electronic protected health information (ePHI) by failing to conduct and respond to HIPAA-required risk assessments, OCR’s announcement late yesterday of the MIE Agreement makes clear that HIPAA entities need to tighten their HIPAA risk assessment, documentation and… [read post]
6 May 2019, 5:44 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”)  shows  the Covered Entity breached the privacy, data security, business associate agreement and breach notificataion rules of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Security and Breach Notification Rules before or after the breach. [read post]