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10 May 2017, 10:20 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
While Congress continues to debate the future of the Obamacare health reforms and its exchanges, the Department of Health & Human Services is reminding employers with less than 50 employees that wish to offer group health coverage for their employees to check out their coverage options offered the Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP) Marketplace established as part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA).… [read post]
26 Apr 2017, 6:14 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
OCR announced the first OCR HIPAA settlement involving a wireless health services provider Monday, April 24. [read post]
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,… [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 Health and Human Services (HHS) and U.S. [read post]
3 Apr 2017, 9:30 pm by Thomas D. Campbell
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and U.S. [read post]
Failure to report and return Medicaid and Medicare overpayments within 60 days can result in liability under the FCA, including civil monetary penalties, treble damages and, potentially, exclusion from participation in federal and state health care programs. [read post]
26 Jan 2017, 8:50 am by Jeffrey May
They unsuccessfully argued that regulation by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, an office within the Department of Health and Human Services, would prevent the merged firm from increasing its prices or reducing benefits. [read post]
23 Nov 2016, 6:00 am by Beth Graham
A Mississippi federal judge has blocked a Department of Health and Human ServicesCenters for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) regulation that bars federally funded nursing homes from utilizing pre-dispute binding arbitration agreements. [read post]
10 Oct 2016, 8:30 am by Robert Kreisman
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMMS), which is the agency under Health and Human Services, will now allow millions of nursing home residents to present their abuse and neglect cases in a courtroom rather than in arbitration. [read post]
10 Oct 2016, 8:30 am by Robert Kreisman
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMMS), which is the agency under Health and Human Services, will now allow millions of nursing home residents to present their abuse and neglect cases in a courtroom rather than in arbitration. [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]
3 Oct 2016, 8:43 am by Jay
  The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is an agency within the Department of Health and Human Services. [read post]
28 Jul 2016, 9:30 pm by Justin Daniel
In an effort to simplify hospital quality information for consumers, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) introduced a new hospital rating system called Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating, used on CMS’s Hospital Compare website. [read post]