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14 Nov 2019, 10:47 am by Debra A. McCurdy
With regard to HH PPS payments, the rule finalizes a 1.5% payment update percentage, which is offset by a -0.2% rural add-on adjustment. [read post]
8 Nov 2019, 8:59 am by Elizabeth G. Litten
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) press release issued earlier this week, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) investigated a hospital system breach back in 2010 involving the loss of an unencrypted flash drive. [read post]
8 Nov 2019, 8:59 am by Elizabeth G. Litten
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) press release issued earlier this week, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) investigated a hospital system breach back in 2010 involving the loss of an unencrypted flash drive. [read post]
7 Nov 2019, 9:05 pm by Alana Bevan
In the proposed rule, HHS stated that the anti-discrimination provision imposed a “regulatory burden and created a lack of predictability and stability,” citing various complaints and legal actions challenging the rule. [read post]
7 Nov 2019, 8:16 am by Keegan Boyle
“With respect to all Conscience Provisions, [the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)] acted arbitrarily and capriciously in promulgating the Rule, in violation of § 706(2)(A) of the [Administrative Procedure Act], because (1) HHS’s stated reasons for undertaking rule making are not substantiated by the record before the agency, (2) HHS did not adequately explain its change in policy, and (3) HHS failed to consider important aspects of… [read post]
7 Nov 2019, 4:00 am by Howard Friedman
 With respect to all Conscience Provisions, HSS was never delegated and did not have authority to promulgate a Rule authorizing, as a penalty available to the agency for a recipient’s non-compliance, the termination of all of the recipient’s HHS funds....With respect to all Conscience Provisions, the Rule is contrary to law... insofar as (1) in its application to the employment context, it conflicts with Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ... to prescribe a framework… [read post]
6 Nov 2019, 9:00 am
., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On October 9, 2019, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued two proposed rules to reform the federal Stark Law (dealing with prohibited self-referrals) and Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) (addressing giving or receiving any thing of value in exchange for a patient referral) regulations. [read post]
4 Nov 2019, 9:05 pm by Walter Olson
A new HHS plan to rescind LGBT bias rules would back the feds away from one of the most hotly contested frontiers of the culture wars, the role of religious agencies in foster care and adoption. [read post]
4 Nov 2019, 4:15 am by Howard Friedman
(d) HHS will follow all applicable Supreme Court decisions in administering its award programs.In its announcement, HHS said in part:The proposed rule would better align its grants regulations with federal statutes, eliminating regulatory burden, including burden on the free exercise of religion.New York Times reports on the HHS action. [read post]
3 Nov 2019, 4:33 am
Jane Lambert Chancery Division (HH Judge Hacon) Bentley 1962 Ltd and another v Bentley Motors Ltd [2019] EWHC 2925 (Ch) (1 Nov 2019) This was a claim for trade mark infringement against the well-known luxury car manufacturer, Bentley Motors Ltd. [read post]
28 Oct 2019, 1:09 pm by Debra A. McCurdy
As previously reported, the Department of Health and Human Services has published highly anticipated proposed changes to align the regulations under the Physician Self-Referral Law, the federal Anti-Kickback Statute, and the Civil Monetary Penalties Law with value-based health care arrangements. [read post]
28 Oct 2019, 1:08 pm by Debra A. McCurdy
HHS states that it will continue to “explore options for a more effective standard unique health plan identifier,” as required by statute. [read post]
28 Oct 2019, 1:07 pm by Debra A. McCurdy
On October 31, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee will markup the following bills: S 1657, to expand activities to combat Lyme disease and other tick and vector-borne diseases; S 2619, to reauthorize the Healthy Start program, S 1399, to revise and extend nursing workforce development programs, S 995, to reauthorize the Lifespan Respite Care program; S 1130, to fund programs and improve guidelines related to sudden death in early life; S 1608, to require HHS to… [read post]
25 Oct 2019, 5:25 am
Jane Lambert Patents Court (HH Judge Hacon) Vestel Elektronik Sanayi VE Ticaret AS and another v HEVC Advance LLC and another [2019] EWHC 2766 (Ch) (21 Oct 2019) This was an application for a declaration that the English Patents Court has no jurisdiction to entertain a claim by Vestel Elektronik Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.Ş and its British subsidiary, Vestel UK Ltd against HEVC Advance LLC, a [read post]
24 Oct 2019, 9:16 am by Nate Nead
For the better part of the last decade, physician practices have seen a wave of consolidation by hospitals and private equity with 2018 being no exception [1]. [read post]