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10 Apr 2023, 8:01 am by Shannon K. DeBra
The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently published a new frequently asked question (FAQ) and advisory opinion addressing how to analyze arrangements that may involve providing cash, cash equivalents, and/or gift cards to Medicare and/or Medicaid beneficiaries under the beneficiary inducements prohibition provision in the Civil Monetary Penalty Law (Beneficiary Inducements CMP) and Anti-Kickback… [read post]
12 Feb 2014, 8:00 am
Government Report Cites Concerns about Health Care Fraud Using EHRs Last month, the Office of the Inspector General for the Department of Health and Human Services issued a report on the interplay between EHRs and the problem of health care fraud. [read post]
3 Jan 2022, 6:55 am by DONALD SCARINCI
The statute directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to calculate a hospital’s disproportionate-share-hospital adjustment (if any) using a formula that is based principally on the sum of two separate proxy measures of the proportion of low-income patients the hospital serves. [read post]
27 Dec 2021, 6:55 am by DONALD SCARINCI
The statute directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to calculate a hospital’s disproportionate-share-hospital adjustment (if any) using a formula that is based principally on the sum of two separate proxy measures of the proportion of low-income patients the hospital serves. [read post]
23 Jun 2016, 7:03 am by Ben Vernia
  In addition, the HHS Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is suspending payment to a number of providers using its suspension authority provided in the Affordable Care Act. [read post]
17 Apr 2014, 1:29 pm
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services says that in Miami alone the number of doctors claiming to provide house calls was 2,000 percent higher than in other parts of Florida. [read post]
19 Jul 2011, 6:00 am by Vanessa Kurzweil
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a progress report on June 27, 2011 detailing efforts to implement its Open Government Plan published last year. [read post]
12 Jun 2017, 7:53 am by Jerri Lynn Ward, J.D.
Upheld by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services under the Trump Administration, according to reports, the ban on nursing home arbitration clauses has been lifted. [read post]
24 Jun 2021, 2:29 pm by Anahita Anvari and Edward J. Cyran
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Department of Justice made their stance on telemedicine fraud clear. [read post]
15 Sep 2022, 8:03 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
While quality measures and meanings take many forms, one key measure used by Medicare, Medicaid and many other health plans, lawmakers, health quality commentators and others evaluating health care provider “quality” is the Department of Health and Human Services Office of the National Coordinator for Healthcare Information (“ONC”) electronic clinical quality measures… [read post]
15 Aug 2011, 12:48 pm by info@thomasjhenrylaw.com
 The study, released in April 2011 by the Department of Health and Human Services, sheds light on an alarming trend- elderly nursing home residents receiving expensive atypical antipsychotic drugs for off-label uses, the dangerous effects associated with the off-label uses of these drugs, and the excessive Medicare costs associated with these prescriptions. [read post]
5 Feb 2014, 10:19 am by Jerri Lynn Ward, J.D.
” – McKnight’s –  ”Skilled nursing operators can expect to see a new government report on Medicare Part A billing practices released in 2014, according to the latest annual work plan from the Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General. [read post]
10 May 2011, 10:00 am
The Inspector General’s Office with the United States Department of Health & Human Services recently released the results of a new study evaluating the improper use of atypical antipsychotic drugs in nationwide nursing homes. [read post]
7 May 2019, 9:05 pm by Gabriel Scheffler
Seema Verma, the current Administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), has argued that the growth in Medicaid enrollment is not a cause for celebration, and that “for able bodied adults, we should celebrate helping people move up, move on, and move out” of the Medicaid program. [read post]
10 Apr 2020, 10:46 am by Alex Lee
The funds will be paid via the provider’s ACH account information on file with UnitedHealth Group or the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. [read post]
25 Mar 2020, 10:00 am by Michael Cook
  Because of these challenges, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and other principal operating components of the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) are issuing frequent guidance to our community. [read post]
The application was designed to collect information regarding utilization management and review activities and report the information to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and typically contained the names, addresses, Social Security and Medicaid numbers, and treatment and diagnosis information for beneficiaries of the program. [read post]
13 Oct 2012, 5:32 pm by Cynthia Larose
Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) released the results of a study entitled CMS Response to Breaches and Medical Identity Theft. [read post]