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18 Sep 2019, 2:08 pm
(September 18, 2019): On September 10, 2019, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), published a Final Rule in the Federal Register entitled “Medicare, Medicaid, and Children’s Health Insurance Programs; Program Integrity Enhancements to the Provider Enrollment Process. [read post]
18 Sep 2019, 2:08 pm
Big Changes to CMS Form 855 are on the Horizon (September 18, 2019): On September 10, 2019, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), published a Final Rule in the Federal Register entitled “Medicare, Medicaid, and Children’s Health Insurance Programs; Program Integrity Enhancements to the Provider Enrollment Process. [read post]
24 May 2019, 10:46 pm
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]
22 May 2019, 12:04 pm
UK pharmaceutical giant Mallinckrodt filed suit against the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) on Tuesday to defend profitability of their drug, Acthar Gel Injection (Acthar). [read post]
7 May 2019, 9:05 pm
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has the authority to waive conditions that would otherwise be attached to Medicaid funding for a state if the Secretary determines that a given state initiative—though failing to satisfy those conditions—is an “experimental, pilot, or demonstration project” that is “likely to assist” in promoting the objectives of the program. [read post]
6 May 2019, 5:44 pm
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
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]
29 Apr 2019, 9:05 pm
Third, and more generally, the ACA created the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI), which provides the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services with the legal authority to “test innovative payment and service delivery models” within those programs. [read post]
28 Apr 2019, 9:05 pm
On the other hand, if the right to health means a right to a specific package of health care services, that may translate into policies that resemble the health care systems in Canada or the United Kingdom more than the one currently in place in the United States. [read post]
22 Apr 2019, 9:00 am
East Texas Medical Center Regional Health Services, Inc. [read post]
26 Mar 2019, 1:34 pm
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]
26 Mar 2019, 10:24 am
Diabetes is the 7th leading cause of death in the United States (and may be underreported). [read post]
11 Mar 2019, 6:44 am
Contemporaneously with the settlement announced today, the reorganized Vanguard corporate defendants and Orand further agreed to enter into a chain-wide, quality of care Corporate Integrity Agreement with the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General, which will remain in effect for five years. [read post]
7 Feb 2019, 3:03 pm
Health plans and their employer and other sponsors, fiduciaries, administrators and other service providers, as well as health care providers, health care clearinghouses and their business associates (“Covered Entities”) should reconfirm the adequacy of their Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”) compliance and risk management in light the U.S Department of Health and Human… [read post]
7 Feb 2019, 8:35 am
As the article explains, “Becerra has led a coalition of 16 states and the District of Columbia in submitting a letter to the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and its Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). [read post]
7 Feb 2019, 8:35 am
As the article explains, “Becerra has led a coalition of 16 states and the District of Columbia in submitting a letter to the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and its Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). [read post]
7 Feb 2019, 8:35 am
As the article explains, “Becerra has led a coalition of 16 states and the District of Columbia in submitting a letter to the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and its Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). [read post]
28 Jan 2019, 10:17 am
Department of Health and Human Services. [read post]
9 Jan 2019, 1:39 pm
The owner of a Harris County home health agency was indicted by a Federal Grand Jury for Conspiracy to Defraud the United States, paying and Receiving Health Care Kickbacks, and substantive violations of the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute. [read post]
8 Jan 2019, 12:38 pm
Current Status The Report says increases in the adoption of health IT means most Americans receiving health care services now have their health data recorded electronically. [read post]