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23 Mar 2016, 2:38 pm
By: Cynthia Marcotte Stamer The Obama Administration is moving forward on yet another effort to empower union organizing efforts and disempower employer efforts to fight union organization efforts by changing its regulations implementing the “persuader rule” of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (LMRDA) to expand the circumstances under which the Labor Department’s “persuader rule” requires employers to disclose arrangements made with consultants to… [read post]
23 Mar 2016, 2:04 pm
The following are highlights of the recommendations for 2017 (some of which were recommended previously): Congress should direct the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to increase inpatient and outpatient hospital payments by the amount specified in current law (MedPAC projects that to be a 1.75% increase). [read post]
23 Mar 2016, 11:08 am
At the same time, CMS observes that there has been an acceleration in innovation by state Medicaid programs and private payers, including HHS partners in the Health Care Payment Learning and Action Network. [read post]
23 Mar 2016, 11:01 am
Among other things, H.R. 3716 would require states and Medicaid managed care plans to report to the HHS Secretary identifying information for providers terminated from Medicare, Medicaid, or the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) for to fraud, integrity, or quality reasons. [read post]
22 Mar 2016, 7:35 pm
The HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced on Monday that it has launched the long-awaited Phase 2 of its HIPAA Privacy, Security, and Breach Notification Audit Program. [read post]
22 Mar 2016, 11:18 am
The HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced on Monday that it has launched the long-awaited Phase 2 of its HIPAA Privacy, Security, and Breach Notification Audit Program. [read post]
22 Mar 2016, 8:08 am
The HHS Office for Civil Rights ("OCR") has announced that it will begin the 2016 Phase 2 HIPAA Audit Program, the next phase of audits of covered entities and their business associates. [read post]
22 Mar 2016, 8:08 am
The HHS Office for Civil Rights ("OCR") has announced that it will begin the 2016 Phase 2 HIPAA Audit Program, the next phase of audits of covered entities and their business associates. [read post]
22 Mar 2016, 6:57 am
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR). [read post]
22 Mar 2016, 6:57 am
Employer and union sponsored health plans, their sponsors, fiduciaries, and business associates should brace for audits and enforcement of the Privacy, Security, and Breach Notification rules by the Department of Health & Human Service Office of Civil Rights (OCR) follow OCR’s 2016 audit program on the heels of its announcement last week of two large HIPAA settlements last week. [read post]
22 Mar 2016, 2:08 am
The HHS Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) has announced that it will begin the 2016 Phase 2 HIPAA Audit Program, the next phase of audits of covered entities and their business associates. [read post]
21 Mar 2016, 6:01 pm
HIPAA Audits, Round 2: according to an email I received from HHS, OCR has actually started the Phase II audits. [read post]
18 Mar 2016, 3:08 pm
Specifically, this bill requires that the Secretary of the Health and Human Services (HHS), in concert with other federal agencies, prepare a report identifying the following items: (1) obstacles to legitimate patient access to controlled substances, (2) issues with diversion of controlled substances; (3) the availability of medical education and training opportunities for proper pain management and opioid prescribing, (4) beneficial enhancements to State prescription drug monitoring… [read post]
17 Mar 2016, 12:34 pm
The HHS guidance can be found here. [read post]
16 Mar 2016, 4:11 pm
United States HHS, 808 F.3d 1 (May 20, 2015), Judge Garland was part of the en banc panel that denied a rehearing in a case that rejected a religious non-profit's challenge to the Obamacare contraceptive mandate compromise. [read post]
15 Mar 2016, 3:28 pm
In addition, HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) investigations resulted in 800 criminal actions related to Medicare and Medicaid and 667 civil actions (e.g., false claims and unjust-enrichment lawsuits filed in federal district court, civil monetary penalties settlements, and administrative recoveries related to provider self-disclosure matters). [read post]
15 Mar 2016, 9:53 am
I know they will continue to put at-risk Texans first as the HHS system transforms itself in the coming months and years. [read post]
15 Mar 2016, 9:23 am
The HHS Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) has proposed changes to the ONC Health IT Certification Program that are intended to “further enhance the safety, reliability, transparency, and accountability of certified health IT for users. [read post]
14 Mar 2016, 10:00 am
” Healthcare organizations with lax cybersecurity protocols have more to fear than disgruntled patients or private lawsuits; they may face prosecution from the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the US Department of Justice (DOJ).... [read post]
14 Mar 2016, 10:00 am
” Healthcare organizations with lax cybersecurity protocols have more to fear than disgruntled patients or private lawsuits; they may face prosecution from the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the US Department of Justice (DOJ).... [read post]
