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20 Feb 2012, 1:05 pm
Thank goodness that Michael has now steered us back to the matter of social and economic justice, which one wishes that some of those who have been on about the HHS mandate might also concern themselves with. [read post]
14 Feb 2012, 3:21 am
” In a statement, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius remarked, “The Medicare Advantage program is stronger than ever. [read post]
27 Jun 2012, 6:38 am
Health care providers, health plans, health care clearinghouses and their business associates should review the Department of Heath & Human Services (HHS) Office of Civil Rights (OCR) HIPAA audit protocol used by OCR to conduct the audits required by the HITECH Act to identify potential areas where they may need to tighten existing practices to withstand a possible audit and reduce exposures under the Privacy, Security and Breach Notification rules of the Health Insurance Portability… [read post]
18 Oct 2010, 5:36 pm
Once again, HHS Secretary Shecantbeserious has proven herself to be quite fangless in her efforts to cajole insurers into artificially suppressing rates:"[Connecticut]'s largest insurer has been approved to raise health premium rates by 41 percent to 47 percent for some of its policies sold to individual buyers... [read post]
8 Feb 2018, 2:26 pm
As previously reported, CMS has initiated a “low volume appeals (LVA) settlement” option as part of broader HHS efforts to improve the Medicare appeals process. [read post]
22 Feb 2024, 10:33 am
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and the National Institutes of Standards and Technology (NIST) published a new resource guide for implementation of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Security Rule. [read post]
16 Oct 2017, 1:41 pm
Health and Human Services (HHS) Acting Secretary Eric Hargan and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma released a statement announcing that cost-sharing reductions (CSR) payments were to be immediately discontinued based on a legal opinion from the attorney general. [read post]
13 Oct 2015, 12:06 pm
The HHS Office of Medicare Hearings and Appeals (OMHA) has announced that it is expanding its Settlement Conference Facilitation pilot’s eligibility criteria to include more pending appeals. [read post]
16 Feb 2016, 8:42 am
Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has released proposed changes to the Confidentiality of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Patient Records regulations (45 C.F.R. [read post]
17 Dec 2017, 1:22 pm
Washington Post – Multiple HHS divisions instructed to avoid words including ‘diversity’ and ‘vulnerable’ – “…The Trump administration is prohibiting officials at the nation’s top public health agency from using a list of seven words or phrases — including “fetus” and “transgender” — in official documents being prepared for next year’s budget. [read post]
1 Dec 2023, 11:34 am
On November 6, 2023, the HHS Office of Inspector General published a new compilation of compliance guidance under the title General Compliance Program Guidance (GCPG) for the healthcare compliance community and other health care stakeholders. [read post]
3 Nov 2009, 6:42 am
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is amending its regulations to remove 'Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection' from the definition of communicable disease of public health significance and remove references to 'HIV' from the scope of examinations for aliens. [read post]
19 Sep 2024, 6:41 am
Cybersecurity, Health Information Technology This week’s episode covers a False Claims Act whistleblower lawsuit involving failure to comply with federal cybersecurity requirements, a new CISA cyber incident reporting tool, and a proposed rule to implement an HHS-wide policy relating to health information technology, and is hosted by Peter Eyre. [read post]
15 Dec 2014, 1:46 pm
” $2.742 billion will be appropriated to HHS to respond to the Ebola epidemic in the United States and other countries threatened by the virus. [read post]
19 Feb 2014, 11:15 am
It would be prudent for covered entities and business associates to review and familiarize themselves with HHS’s expectations relating to breach determination and notification. [read post]
9 Sep 2019, 11:48 am
In response, HHS, the Internal Revenue Service, and the Department of Labor recently released joint guidance indicating that this new HHS rule would not be enforced for the 2020 calendar year. [read post]
3 Nov 2015, 11:40 am
This plan summarizes new and continuing areas of review and activities that HHS-OIG plans to pursue as well as describing its primary objectives. [read post]
16 Sep 2013, 1:41 pm
HHS also noted that the President has proposed excluding certain services from the in-office ancillary services exception to the physician self-referral law. [read post]
5 Nov 2019, 9:42 am
This isn’t even the first proposal from HHS. [read post]
8 Nov 2017, 4:47 am
” Therefore, if Doe were not in HHS custody, HHS would have had no practical or legal authority to prevent her from having an abortion. 2. [read post]
