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6 May 2016, 6:23 am
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), which “said that 96 percent of the 227 commercial day-care centers and in-home providers that its auditors visited were found to be in violation of at least one state safety or health regulation. [read post]
5 May 2016, 9:19 am
The HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently issued a report examining implementation of Medicaid National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI) edits, as required by the Affordable Care Act since October, 2010. The report finds that several problems have limited the success of these edits (medically unlikely edits and procedure-to-procedure edits), which are designed to encourage accurate provider coding and consequently reduce improper Medicaid payments. [read post]
4 May 2016, 7:30 am
HH Judge May QC reversed the decision of DDJ Gilman regarding the pathway forming part of the structure or exterior of the dwelling house, and ruled that Mr Kumarasamay could not be liable as he had not received notice of any defect, and that notice of the defect was a precondition of liability. [read post]
2 May 2016, 1:30 pm
H.R. 4641 – to authorize the HHS Secretary to establish an inter-agency task force to review and disseminate best practices for pain management and prescribing pain medication. [read post]
2 May 2016, 9:00 am
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR), entered into a $750,000 settlement with a North Carolina orthopaedic clinic arising from the clinic’s disclosure of x-ray films and related protected health information of 17,300 patients to an entity that was engaged by the clinic to transfer x-ray images to electronic media. [read post]
29 Apr 2016, 4:29 am
Internal Divisions Land ASEAN in Troubled Waters Flag of ASEAN member states in Brunei's Prime Minister Office Building (Photo: The Straits Times) China embarked on a sustained charm offensive this week to rally countries around its interests in the South China Sea. [read post]
27 Apr 2016, 9:01 am
Employer and other group health plan sponsors, fiduciaries and administrators and individual and group health insurers should confirm their plan documents and practices comply with new additional guidance on when the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) preventive care mandates set forth in Public Health Services (PHS) Act section 2713, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) and the Internal Revenue Code (the Code) require non-grandfathered group health plans to cover… [read post]
27 Apr 2016, 9:01 am
Employer and other group health plan sponsors, fiduciaries and administrators and individual and group health insurers should confirm their plan documents and practices comply with new additional guidance on when the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) preventive care mandates set forth in Public Health Services (PHS) Act section 2713, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) and the Internal Revenue Code (the Code) require non-grandfathered group health plans to cover… [read post]
26 Apr 2016, 11:38 am
Physicians, hospitals and other health care providers, health plans and health care clearinghouses (Covered Entities) and their business associates should review and tighten policies for allowing members of the media and even other staff, patients or visitors in their facilities not involved in patient care to film, photograph or otherwise observe a patient without that patient’s authorization in light of the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) Office of Civil Rights (OCR)… [read post]
24 Apr 2016, 4:55 pm
Unaccompanied Children: HHS Should Improve Monitoring and Information Sharing Policies to Enhance Child Advocate Program Effectiveness, GAO-16-367: Published: Apr 19, 2016. [read post]
23 Apr 2016, 8:29 am
Anonymous complaints to the HHS-OIG Hotline at 800-HHS-TIPS are also an increased source of investigations. [read post]
21 Apr 2016, 12:59 pm
In a joint effort by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Office for Civil Rights (OCR), HHS Office of National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), and Food and Drug Administration (FDA), a new web-based tool has been released that is designed to help developers of mobile health apps understand the multitude of federal laws and regulations that may apply to them. [read post]
21 Apr 2016, 10:07 am
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) as stating. [read post]
21 Apr 2016, 10:07 am
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) as stating. [read post]
21 Apr 2016, 8:47 am
The government and the petitioners yesterday filed their supplemental reply briefs in response to the Court's order. [read post]
20 Apr 2016, 11:21 am
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), relying on the Institute of Medicine, determined that the term encompassed, among other things, all FDA-approved contraceptive methods, including drugs and devices that could induce an abortion. [read post]
19 Apr 2016, 4:59 pm
As the Senate Finance Committee continued work on its markup yesterday, it approved several important nominees for positions in the Social Security Administration and in the Tax Court, but failed to move forward the nomination of the current Acting Deputy Director of Health and Human Services to position of Director. [read post]
19 Apr 2016, 9:00 am
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) recently announced that it reached resolution agreements and corrective action plans with two health care entities - a health system and a research institution - in connection with alleged violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Protection Act of 1996 (HIPAA). [read post]
18 Apr 2016, 9:30 pm
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) suggests a VSL of $9.0 million. [read post]
18 Apr 2016, 11:44 am
The Medicare Fraud Strike Force, which includes personnel from the FBI, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Department of Justice (DOJ), and local law enforcement organizations, led the takedown in 17 areas over the course of three days. [read post]
