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2 Jan 2016, 2:51 pm by Thaddeus Mason Pope, J.D., Ph.D.
  In fact, the Department of Health and Human Services recently announced a surprisingly aggressive goal of having 85 percent of volume-based provider payments moved to value-based arrangements by 2016. [read post]
27 Apr 2014, 12:57 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
“Encrypt your laptops and other mobile devices” is only one of the key lessons leaders of health plans, health care providers, health care clearinghouses (“Covered Entities”) and their business associates should take away from  the Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR)’s April 22 announcement that Concentra Health… [read post]
29 May 2024, 2:09 pm by NARF
H.R.8520 - To amend the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to implement the Climate Ready Tribes Initiative. [read post]
29 May 2013, 10:42 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Stamer also has worked extensively domestically and internationally on public policy and regulatory advocacy on health and other employee benefits, human resources, insurance, tax, compliance and other matters and representing clients in dealings with the US Congress, Departments of Labor, Treasury, Health & Human Services, as well as state legislatures, attorneys general, insurance and labor departments, and other agencies… [read post]
5 Mar 2015, 6:08 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
The settlement illustrates both the need for health care providers participating in HHS or other government advisory or other consulting roles to carefully evaluate their compensation and other arrangements for illegal remuneration or other prohibited elements in light of the continuing emphasis on and success of the Departments of Health & Human Services (HHS) and Justice in investigating and prosecuting arrangements they view as health… [read post]
25 Mar 2020, 12:21 pm by Margaret Taylor, Benjamin Wittes
 This proposal would require (uses “shall”) the Department of Health and Human Services to prioritize distribution of COVID-19 test kits to law enforcement components of the Justice Department, including the ATF, DEA, FBI, and the US Marshals Service. [read post]
31 May 2016, 4:05 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
When electronic protected health information is used or disclosed in violation of HIPAA, the Breach Notification Rules of HIPAA generally require Plans and their business associates timely notify impacted individuals and the Department of Health & Human Services Office of Civil Rights (OCR) in accordance with the detailed requirements set forth in OCR’s implementing regulations. [read post]
1 Jun 2020, 12:08 pm by Vicki Tankle
Following the distribution of billions of relief aid to healthcare providers and amidst the guidance issued around reopening of nursing homes throughout the country, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) unveiled a COVID-19 Response Strategic Plan on May 26, 2020 after updating its Workplan a few days earlier. [read post]
12 Oct 2016, 1:53 pm by Elizabeth Litten
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), a cloud service provider (CSP) maintaining a client’s protected health information (PHI) is a business associate even when the CSP can’t access or view the PHI. [read post]
11 Jan 2018, 8:00 am
Todd Wilcox, a physician who reviewed Jordan’s case, the 67-year-old might have survived if he had received competent treatment by the Arizona Department of Corrections (ADOC) and its private, for-profit health care contractor, Corizon Health. [read post]
18 Jan 2013, 1:46 pm by Dena Feldman
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on January 17, 2013 (available here), and scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on January 25. [read post]
3 Jan 2011, 1:59 am
"Dual Jurisdiction," for those who may not know, generally describes a processing plant where more than one product line is being produced, and some of the facility's products fall under the Department of Health and Human Service's Food and Drug Administration (FDA) agency for regulation, and some are regulated by the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) agency within the U.S. [read post]
17 May 2021, 7:42 am by James Segroves and Andrew Lu
As a reminder, the January 2021 Rule sought to: Establish the MCIT pathway to provide beneficiaries nationwide with faster access to new, innovative medical devices designated as breakthrough devices by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA); and Implement a codified regulatory standard that must be used in determining whether all items and services satisfy Medicare’s reasonable-and-necessary requirement. [read post]
14 May 2017, 6:43 pm by Michael Kline
Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) $2.4 million to settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996(“HIPAA”) Privacy Rule. [read post]
28 Jun 2011, 7:40 pm
If your human resources department in Baltimore, Maryland offers you the benefit of prepaid legal services you should consider it. [read post]
29 May 2013, 10:51 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Virtual Briefing Employer, union and sponsors of employment-based group health plans that include health risk assessment (HRA) or other wellness plan features that reward participants for engaging in certain assessments or other activities designed to promote wellness or disease management, and fiduciaries insurers, and administrators  of these health plans should review and update their programs in light of final wellness program rules jointly published by the… [read post]
4 Nov 2022, 9:05 pm by Caroline Hackley
As fatal overdoses due to unregulated or laced drugs increase, Csete and Elliott emphasize the human rights obligation of states to protect the life and health of individuals. [read post]
12 Jul 2019, 2:30 am by Tinker Ready
So, a new Department of Health and Human Services report on poor quality hospice care is a reminder: Whistleblowers, who have helped expose hospice billing fraud under the False Claims Act, may also have a role in ensuring quality care. [read post]
30 Nov 2013, 2:00 pm by Todd Rodriguez
  The reason according to the Department of Health and Human Services was the huge demand for access to the insurance exchange. [read post]