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25 Apr 2017, 3:21 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
 Among other things, group health plans and their fiduciaries can face audits, litigation and enforcement actions by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and other health plans for improperly coordinating plan claims with other coverage as well as lawsuits from covered persons, their health care providers or other beneficiaries, the Department of Labor and CMS, or others seeking to enforce rights to benefits, penalties… [read post]
24 Apr 2017, 5:08 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
  That’s the clear message to covered entities and their business associates in the April 17, 2017 HIPAA Resolution Agreement just announced by the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) Office of Civil Rights (OCR) with the Center for Children’s Digestive Health (CCDH). [read post]
12 Apr 2017, 9:35 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
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]
3 Apr 2017, 9:40 pm by Thomas D. Campbell
Department of the Treasury, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and whistleblowers who made the cases possible. [read post]
3 Apr 2017, 9:30 pm by Thomas D. Campbell
Department of the Treasury, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and whistleblowers who made the cases possible. [read post]
17 Mar 2017, 7:15 am
This week, President Trump’s Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price and Center for Medicare and Medicaid Administrator Seema Verma issued a letter to state governments indicating their intent to delay the rule’s implementation deadline, making the full realization of the rights of people with disabilities a dream deferred. [read post]
Part of the Nashville Pharmacy Services settlement also covered allegations that the pharmacy accepted manufacturer copay coupons from patients covered by TennCare, the Tennessee Medicaid Program. [read post]
8 Mar 2017, 4:47 am by Moll Law Group, Ltd
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is part of the Department of Health and Human Services and oversees two of the largest medical programs in the country, covering millions of Americans. [read post]
6 Oct 2016, 8:32 am by Joe Consumer
… With its decision, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, an agency under Health and Human Services, has restored a fundamental right of millions of elderly Americans across the country: their day in court. [read post]
5 Oct 2016, 9:27 am by Beth Graham
Yesterday, the Department of Health and Human ServicesCenters for Medicare and Medicaid Services published a regulation that bans federally funded long-term care facilities such as nursing homes from using pre-dispute binding arbitration agreements. [read post]
23 Jun 2016, 7:03 am by Ben Vernia
  In addition, the HHS Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is suspending payment to a number of providers using its suspension authority provided in the Affordable Care Act. [read post]
26 May 2016, 12:05 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Health plans and health insurers, health care providers, healthcare clearinghouses (Covered Entities) and their business associates should verify that their copying charges and other policies and practices for responding to requests of individuals for copies and other access to protected health information (PHI) comply with the Privacy and Security Rules (Privacy Rule) of the Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) as… [read post]
18 May 2016, 12:32 pm by Jim Higgins
Attorneys’ Offices, state Medicaid Fraud Control Units, state and local prosecutors’ offices, the Department of Health and Human Services, state Adult Protective Services agencies, Long-Term Care Ombudsman programs and other law enforcement officials. [read post]
24 Mar 2016, 9:01 am by Ben Vernia
Corporate Integrity Agreement In addition to the criminal and civil resolutions, Olympus executed a corporate integrity agreement (CIA) with the Department of Health and Human Services-Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG). [read post]
22 Mar 2016, 6:57 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR). [read post]
15 Mar 2016, 2:14 pm by Brian E. Barreira
  Nowhere in federal Medicaid trust law or federal Supplemental Security Income (“SSI”) law, which also must be followed by the Office of Medicaid, is the countability of an irrevocable trust evaluated based upon the details of its investment portfolio. [read post]
24 Feb 2016, 7:04 am by Deborah Hammonds
Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid to assist members of the public in navigating the relatively new law and its proposed rules, the report also includes questions in each chapter designed to raise awareness about potential options and topics to consider after the rule becomes final. [read post]
8 Dec 2015, 2:22 pm by Ben Vernia
  The Adventist settlement also involved allegations of miscoding claims to obtain higher reimbursements for services than allowed by Medicare and Medicaid. [read post]
10 Nov 2015, 11:19 am by Green and Associates
 In connection with the False Claims Act settlements, Millennium has also entered into a corporate integrity agreement (CIA) with the Department of Health and Human Services-Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG). [read post]