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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]
30 Apr 2019, 10:23 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Health plans must deliver electronic protected health information (“ePHI”) to electronic applications or software (“apps”) used by plan members, and are responsible under the Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act (“HIPAA”) Privacy and Security Rules for the security of electronic protected health information (“ePHI”) on apps they sponsor or provide, according to new guidance from the… [read post]
18 Apr 2019, 2:42 pm by John Elwood
Prison administrator Dennis Dahne took one look at that off-color report and directed Richey to remove the “unnecessary and inappropriate” language. [read post]
The Trump Administration’s proposed fiscal year (FY) 2020 budget includes extensive health policy provisions – as evidenced by the 162-page Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) “Budget in Brief. [read post]
22 Feb 2019, 9:00 am by Staff
A remuneration made pursuant to an alternative payment model (as defined in section 1833(z)(3)(C) of the Social Security Act) or pursuant to a payment arrangement used by a State, health insurance issuer, or group health plan if the Secretary of Health and Human Services has determined that such arrangement is necessary for care coordination or value-based care Any other payment, remuneration, discount, or reduction as determined by the Attorney General,… [read post]