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22 Jul 2021, 6:05 am
However, this expansion has led to potential abuse concerns, prompting the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) to issue a statement announcing that OIG is conducting seven different audits, evaluations, and inspections of telehealth services under the Medicare and Medicaid programs. [read post]
25 Feb 2016, 3:42 pm
House Ways and Means Committee, Senate Finance Committee, and Energy and Commerce Committee hearings on President Obama’s proposed FY 2017 HHS budget request. [read post]
3 Jun 2024, 7:03 pm
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is launching a new tool to help communities prepare for extreme heat and prevent heat-related illness, especially among those most at risk. [read post]
16 Jun 2020, 2:05 pm
On June 9, 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) announced that two additional targeted allocations from the Provider Relief Fund will be made to Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (“CHIP”) providers and to safety net hospitals. [read post]
10 May 2010, 5:47 am
I have a copy of a letter dated April 19 in which HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius asks employers and insurance companies to ignore what the new health care reform law actually says, as regards extended dependent coverage.Specifically, she asks employers and insurance companies to "maintain coverage for young adults who could be dis-enrolled in May". [read post]
10 Mar 2012, 6:27 am
The best way to prepare for an HHS audit is to have your own comprehensive checklist (obviously based on the statutes and regulations) that demonstrates that you are in compliance. [read post]
21 Jan 2021, 4:43 pm
The Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Secretary of Transportation (including through the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)), the Secretary of Homeland Security (including through the Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and the Commandant of the United States Coast Guard), and the heads of any other executive departments and agencies (agencies) that have relevant regulatory authority (heads… [read post]
22 Aug 2016, 1:18 pm
According to a recent HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) report, about 29% of Medicare beneficiaries experienced adverse or temporary harm events during their rehabilitation hospital stay, based on sample of 417 beneficiaries in March 2012. [read post]
16 Jan 2012, 12:56 pm
Each week we will discuss topics related to how the HITECH Act is transforming HIPAA and: 1) provide exposure to industry thought leaders; 2) provide analysis of proposed and promulgated HHS/OCR rule making; and 3) provide a forum for sharing industry best practices. [read post]
11 May 2012, 8:06 am
On May 10, 2012, the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a report entitled “Retail Pharmacies with Questionable Part D Billing. [read post]
30 Oct 2012, 6:31 am
Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), in conjunction with the states, must annually review “unreasonable” health insurance premium increases in the small group and individual market. [read post]
23 Jun 2010, 5:00 am
The following legislative update was prepared by the Brain Injury Association of America (BIAA):Federal TBI Program Update On June 15, 2010, BIAA and other TBI stakeholders met with Mary Wakefield, the Administrator of Health and Human Service’s (HHS) Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to discuss the future of the federal TBI program, one of the programs funded through the TBI Act. [read post]
23 Jan 2012, 4:06 am
HHS secretary Kathleen Sebelius said giving church-related sponsors of health plans an additional year to comply with the contraceptive mandate “strikes the appropriate balance between respecting religious freedom and increasing access to important preventive services. [read post]
20 Aug 2012, 4:21 am
The Social Security Act requires the OIG to notify the HHS Secretary if the average sales price (ASP) for a particular drug exceeds the drug's average manufacturer price (AMP) or widely available market price (WAMP) by a threshold, currently set at 5%. [read post]
16 Mar 2010, 2:42 pm
While the HITECH Act technically went into effect last month, on February 17, 2010, HHS's Office of Civil Rights ("OCR") has yet to issue guidance and regulations about the implementation of new privacy and security requirements contained in the HITECH Act. [read post]
12 Nov 2013, 8:05 pm
Pressure from HHS leads day cares to ban practice of baby-swaddling, and not everyone’s pleased about that [Abby Schachter, Reason] “If Big Pharma likes your healthcare plan, you can keep it” [Tim Carney] For “those of us with polycystic kidney disease… stringent FDA regulation seems to be taking away hope” Bill Brazell, Atlantic $7,440 annual expected loss per hospital bed in Florida vs. $810 in Minnesota, and other med-mal loss… [read post]
12 Aug 2014, 3:49 am
On August 5, the Office of Inspector General of HHS announced that a Florida laboratory company had paid over $197,000 to resolve Civil Monetary Penalty allegations of false billing to Medicare. [read post]
8 Feb 2016, 3:31 am
The HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) has issued an interim evaluation report on an Affordable Care Act (ACA) program that provides grants to states to implement background check programs for prospective long-term care employees. [read post]
9 Jun 2011, 12:33 pm
June 7, 2011, the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services ("HHS") announced that Reynel Betancourt, a 51 year-old Miami resident, was sentenced for his involvement in a $9 million Medicare fraud scheme originating in metro Detroit. [read post]
30 Mar 2012, 6:58 am
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a report earlier this month detailing a study of excluded providers in Medicaid’s managed care network. [read post]
