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29 Mar 2012, 8:15 am
Increased enforcement is a key message from the Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR). [read post]
16 Sep 2013, 3:21 pm
A week before the September 23, 2013 deadline for all health care providers, health plans, health care clearinghouses (Covered Entities) and their business associates to have updated their business associate agreements to comply with the Final Omnibus HIPAA Rule, the Department of Health & Human Services Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) and the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) today… [read post]
4 Nov 2016, 4:11 pm
They have also agreed to enter a five-year corporate integrity agreement with the Office of Inspector General of the Health and Human Services Department, which will mandate yearly independent review of whether the therapy services Life Care bills Medicare are legitimately needed and appropriate. [read post]
4 Nov 2016, 4:11 pm
They have also agreed to enter a five-year corporate integrity agreement with the Office of Inspector General of the Health and Human Services Department, which will mandate yearly independent review of whether the therapy services Life Care bills Medicare are legitimately needed and appropriate. [read post]
18 Jul 2022, 8:03 am
On July 13, the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued guidance to retail pharmacies that refusing to dispense a prescribed medication or making a determination on the suitability of that medication on the basis of the patient’s sex, pregnancy, or pregnancy-related conditions is discriminatory conduct in violation of federal law.[1] The guidance made clear that refusing to dispense or making suitability… [read post]
12 Apr 2017, 9:35 pm
Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights (OCR) charges it violated the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Security Rule by failing to implement a security management process to safeguard electronic protected health information (ePHI). [read post]
26 Jun 2018, 6:29 am
Source: FilippoBacci / E+ / Getty Background Catholic Health Initiatives’ (CHI) self-funded group health plan covered “bed, board, and general nursing care” at skilled nursing facilities, defined as institutions “primarily engaged in providing comprehensive skilled services and rehabilitative inpatient care. [read post]
26 Jun 2018, 6:29 am
Source: FilippoBacci / E+ / Getty Background Catholic Health Initiatives’ (CHI) self-funded group health plan covered “bed, board, and general nursing care” at skilled nursing facilities, defined as institutions “primarily engaged in providing comprehensive skilled services and rehabilitative inpatient care. [read post]
13 Dec 2019, 1:49 pm
,the Justice Department has “prioritized the investigation and prosecution of health care fraud in our office. [read post]
10 Apr 2013, 2:58 pm
A 131-page Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) “Budget in Brief” summary discusses these provisions in greater detail, and also addresses other HHS agency budget proposals and discusses HHS’s implementation of private health insurance protections and programs under the ACA. [read post]
19 Oct 2016, 1:04 pm
ERISA Civil Penalties For Employers, Fiduciaries & Plan Administrators Rose August 1 Employer and other employee benefit plan sponsors, fiduciaries and administrators required by the Department of Labor Employee Benefit Security Administration (EBSA) to pay a civil monetary penalty for a post-November 2, 2015 violation of the employee benefit related obligations of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) should expect to pay more if… [read post]
30 Sep 2021, 4:50 pm
Yesterday’s release by the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Treasury and the Office of Personnel Management (“Agencies”) release yesterday (September 30, 2021) an a third interim final rule (“3rd Rule”) implementing requirements applicable to health plans and health care providers enacted under the No Surprises Act (the “Act) warns health plans, their employer and other sponsors,… [read post]
18 Aug 2015, 7:52 pm
Recognized as a “Top” attorney in employee benefits, labor and employment and health care law extensively involved in health and other employee benefit and human resources policy and program design and administration representation and advocacy throughout her career, Cynthia Marcotte Stamer is a practicing attorney and Managing Shareholder of Cynthia Marcotte Stamer, P.C., a member of Stamer│Chadwick │Soefje PLLC, author, pubic… [read post]
3 Mar 2023, 10:17 am
§1349. billing various healthcare benefit programs through claims administrators Humana, CIGNA and United Healthcare for $4.7 million for services never provided. [read post]
31 Aug 2013, 10:33 pm
Stamer is recognized, internationally, nationally and locally for her more than 25 years of work, advocacy, education and publications on cutting edge health and managed care, employee benefit, human resources and related workforce, insurance and financial services, and health care matters. [read post]
16 Mar 2020, 1:32 pm
The declaration gives Secretary Alex Azar of the US Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) the power to waive certain Federal requirements in Medicare, Medicaid and CHIP in order to address the outbreak. [read post]
12 May 2017, 2:39 pm
Health care providers, health plans, health insurers, healthcare clearinghouses, their business associates as well as all U.S. businesses and consumers should raise their cyber security defenses and use cyber security best practices to defend their information systems and data against ongoing WannaCry ransomware and other cyber security attacks in the United States and abroad in cyber security alerts issued by the Departments of Homeland Security, Health… [read post]
13 Jul 2018, 10:37 pm
Coupled with the Trump Administration’s recent rollout of its long promised association health plan, short-term coverage and other regulatory reforms and promises of more changes to come, the ongoing attention paid by the Administration and Congress to health insurance and health care reform raises a strong possibility that employer, association, and other health plan sponsors, fiduciaries and their vendors that they and their plan… [read post]
19 Aug 2010, 10:08 pm
Meantime Department of Health and Human Services is investigating whether any nursing home abuse or neglect took place. [read post]
18 Dec 2019, 10:03 am
A civil health care fraud lawsuit filed by the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) in the U.S. [read post]
