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9 Jan 2019, 6:57 am by Allan Blutstein
HHS (D.D.C.) -- declining to issue injunction pending plaintiff’s appeal of court’s decision permitting agency to release redacted versions of plaintiff’s Title X grant applications. [read post]
8 Jan 2019, 12:38 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
HHS aims to build on these successes through the ONC Health IT Certification Program, HHS rulemaking, health IT innovation projects, and health IT coordination. [read post]
Following that decision, HHS used a different method to reach the same result for fiscal year 2012. [read post]
7 Jan 2019, 11:29 am by Kathryn Carey and Aleksandra Vold
HHS specifically states that the report is not “a de facto set of requirements that all organizations must implement. [read post]
25 Dec 2018, 5:40 pm by A. Brian Albritton
The $266 million in relator share awards in healthcare cases overall was the lowest since 2010.The relator share awards in the “other” category (non HHS, non DOD) fell dramatically from $77 million in 2017 to $20.7 million in 2018. [read post]
21 Dec 2018, 10:43 am by Robert Liles
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), has defined the term “telehealth” as the: “[U]se of electronic communication and information technologies to provide or support long-distance clinical health care, patient professional health-related education, public health, and health administration. [read post]
19 Dec 2018, 7:40 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
Sunlight Foundation: “When the Agency for Healthcare Quality and Research (AHRQ) shut down its National Guideline Clearinghouse (NGC) in July, medical professionals who relied on the database, hosted at guideline.gov, reacted with alarm. [read post]
19 Dec 2018, 12:07 pm by Kate Fort
In the Brackeen case, foster and adoptive parents, and the states of Texas, Louisiana, and Indiana filed suit against the United States, United States Department of the Interior and its Secretary, Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and its Director, BIA Principal Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs, and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and its Secretary seeking a declaration that Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) was unconstitutional. [read post]
19 Dec 2018, 4:26 am by Debra A. McCurdy
HHS adopted the HPID and OEID in a September 5, 2012 final rule, but HHS announced a delay in enforcement of the regulations in 2014. [read post]
19 Dec 2018, 4:22 am by Debra A. McCurdy
  Notably, during FY 2018, OIG achieved: Expected investigative recoveries of $2.91 billion (compared to $4.13 billion in FY 2017) Criminal actions against 764 individuals or entities for crimes against HHS programs Civil actions against 813 individuals or entities Exclusion of 2,712 individuals and entities from federal health care programs The report also summarizes various audit reports issued and enforcement actions taken during the period of April 1, 2018 through September 30,… [read post]
18 Dec 2018, 12:56 pm by Paulette Thomas
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that Advanced Care Hospitalists PL (ACH) had entered into a $500,000 settlement and resolution agreement (RA) resulting from OCR’s investigation of ACH’s breach notification on April 11, 2014, and subsequent supplemental notification. [read post]
18 Dec 2018, 10:29 am by Hardee Bass
“These new data show that America faces an epidemic of youth e-cigarette use, which threatens to engulf a new generation in nicotine addiction,” Alex Azar, secretary of the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), said in a press release. [read post]
18 Dec 2018, 10:29 am by Hardee Bass
“These new data show that America faces an epidemic of youth e-cigarette use, which threatens to engulf a new generation in nicotine addiction,” Alex Azar, secretary of the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), said in a press release. [read post]
18 Dec 2018, 8:30 am by Jerri Lynn Ward, J.D.
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR), issued a Request for Information (RFI) seeking input from the public on how the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Rules, especially the HIPAA Privacy Rule, could be modified to further the HHS Secretary’s goal of promoting coordinated, value-based healthcare. [read post]
This decision does not require that HHS make any changes to any of the ACA programs it administers or its enforcement of any portion of the ACA at this time. [read post]
17 Dec 2018, 11:54 am by Jeff Wurzburg (US)
HHS and CMS Administrator Seema Verma quickly notified the public that the decision did not affect 2019 open enrollment. [read post]
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a Request for Information (RFI) regarding how the HIPAA Privacy, Security, and Breach Notification Rules could be modified to reduce regulatory burdens and to improve care coordination, case management, and value-based health care. [read post]
17 Dec 2018, 6:16 am by Wachler & Associates, P.C.
However, since 2015, the OCR has placed emphasis on investigating and at times fining smaller covered entities for breaches affecting less than 500 individuals (after a report issued by the HHS Office of Inspector General found that the OCR had typically not investigated the same). [read post]