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13 Feb 2012, 6:24 am
As we reported in a previous blog entry, HHS recently encouraged prescription drug plans to delay the payment of suspicious claims and to take proactive measures to prevent prescription drug fraud such as requiring pre-authorizations and limiting payment of controlled substances beyond a thirty-day supply . [read post]
28 May 2010, 6:03 am
HHS Sebelius is leading the cheer for employers to expand coverage before the law requires them to do so. [read post]
12 Sep 2022, 12:49 pm
Department of Health and Human Service (HHS) will not be subjected to harmful immigration consequences. [read post]
9 Aug 2023, 5:00 am
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) released Advisory Opinion 23-04 (Advisory Opinion) on July 11, 2023, addressing arrangements between online healthcare directories and certain third-party websites (Directories) with federal healthcare program beneficiaries. [read post]
16 Nov 2014, 12:08 am
On November 4, the FBI announced that a Cicero, New York chiropractor had agreed to pay over $375,000 and enter into a three-year integrity agreement with the Office of Inspector General of HHS, to resolve allegations that he submitted claims for medically unnecessary procedures and “upcoded” others (charged a higher-reimbursement procedure code than the one appropriate for the services rendered). [read post]
12 Dec 2014, 5:39 pm
Grants Management: Programs at HHS and HUD Collect Administrative Cost Information but Differences in Cost Caps and Definitions Create Challenges, GAO-15-118: Published: Dec 12, 2014. [read post]
1 Jun 2016, 8:27 am
. The CMS announcement was followed shortly by release of an HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) report that flags problems with the state licensure status of some contract suppliers currently participating in the competitive bidding program. [read post]
2 Nov 2022, 5:00 am
On October 3, 2022, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a report detailing OIG’s findings related to the efficacy of the Unified Program Integrity Contractor (UPIC) program. [read post]
16 Apr 2010, 7:19 pm
Earlier today, I wrote that the right-wing fringe hadn’t expressed opposition to Obama’s humane Memorandum directing HHS to create rules requiring hospitals to respect the decisional autonomy of their patients, by letting them choose their own visitors — even though one major effect of any such rule would be to respect same-sex couples. [read post]
6 Jun 2015, 2:28 pm
According to the OIG-HHS’s press release: Tracy Nemerofsky – a Palm Beach Gardens, Florida private business owner – agreed to be excluded from participation in all Federal health care programs for a period of five years. [read post]
2 Oct 2023, 5:00 am
In August 2023, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) announced its strategic plan to investigate the life cycle of Medicare and Medicaid managed care contracts. [read post]
24 Jul 2023, 5:00 am
HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) has released a new analysis of claims paid under the COVID-19 Uninsured Program. [read post]
3 Sep 2015, 12:09 pm
On September 2, 2015, sixteen federal departments and agencies, including the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a proposed rule to modernize regulations governing human research subjects under the Common Rule (45 C.F.R. [read post]
15 Feb 2016, 7:11 am
Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights recently issued a $239,000.00 HIPAA fine to Lincare, Inc. [read post]
9 Sep 2014, 1:41 pm
What can a busy covered entity (CE) or business associate (BA) do quickly to show HHS (let alone its business partners/contractors) that it wants and fully intends to comply with the new requirements? [read post]
8 Feb 2015, 5:02 pm
Publicly Released: Feb 6, 2015: “The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), has undertaken a number of efforts to prepare for the October 1, 2015, transition to the 10th revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) codes, which are used for documenting patient medical diagnoses and inpatient medical procedures. [read post]
29 May 2012, 4:36 pm
According to the Coast Guard report, crews from North Bend, Oregon received a report at approximately 12 a.m. of a fishing vessel, the F/V Aries, that was overdue for its arrival and sent a HH-65 Dolphin helicopter along with a 47-foot motor lifeboat to investigate and hopefully locate the fishing vessel. [read post]
29 Oct 2020, 1:42 pm
The Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS)’ Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) published an interim final rule today delaying several key compliance deadlines in the ONC 21st Century Cures Act final rule – including that of the information blocking provisions, which were slated to become effective on November 2, 2020 – until April 5, 2021. [read post]
15 Mar 2023, 5:00 am
Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently issued a proposed rule to implement requirements of the Administrative Simplification provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). [read post]
25 May 2022, 12:12 pm
On April 6th, 2022, a HIPAA-regulatory Request for Information (RFI) was released by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) soliciting feedback from the public for future rulemaking. [read post]
