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17 Jan 2013, 4:00 am by Howard Friedman
Department of Health and Human Services violated the Establishment Clause when it contracted with the U.S. [read post]
2 Jul 2013, 12:08 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
The Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) is recommending that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) step-up efforts to collect Medicare overpayments to providers currently considered uncollectable because the provider has failed to repay overpayments identified and demanded by CMS six or more months after CMS demands repayment. [read post]
13 Jul 2017, 6:32 am by Bill Marler
Clair counties has increased tenfold, spawning a Michigan Department of Health and Human Services investigation. 190 cases have been reported between August 1, 2016 and June 26, 2017, which has resulted in 10 deaths so far. [read post]
29 Sep 2023, 12:41 pm by Howard Friedman
Here are the agencies' interpretations:Department of Agriculture Fact Sheet; Department of Health and Human Services Fact Sheet; Department of Homeland Security Fact Sheet; Department of Housing and Urban Development Fact Sheet and Memorandum; Department of Interior Fact Sheet; Department of Labor Fact Sheet; Department of Treasury Fact Sheet; Department of Transportation Fact Sheet. [read post]
2 Jan 2013, 12:30 pm by Joseph Lazzarotti
Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) reported today its first settlement involving a breach of unprotected electronic protected health information (ePHI) affecting fewer than 500 individuals. [read post]
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued updated guidance regarding the use of online tracking technologies by entities and business associates subject to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”). [read post]
2 Nov 2012, 9:22 am by David S. Dessen, Esq.
On November 1, 2012, the American Hospital Association and four individual hospitals filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia against Kathleen Sebelius, the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, in an attempt to overturn this unreasonable policy and to force CMS to pay hospitals for the legitimate outpatient services provided. [read post]
20 Sep 2023, 2:10 am by Christine Cooper, aequum LLC
This challenge, as a health disparity, is a current focus of the Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration, ERISA Advisory Council (Council). [read post]
20 Sep 2023, 2:10 am by Christine Cooper, aequum LLC
This challenge, as a health disparity, is a current focus of the Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration, ERISA Advisory Council (Council). [read post]
1 Mar 2016, 3:53 am by Wachler & Associates, P.C.
In January, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published a final rule, which modifies HIPAA privacy rules to allow for easier sharing between certain HIPAA covered entities and the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS). [read post]
3 Sep 2024, 2:51 pm by Amy Howe
ShareThe Supreme Court on Tuesday denied a request from Oklahoma to reinstate over $4 million in funding for family-planning projects while the state’s challenge to the termination of the grant by the federal Department of Health and Human Services continues in the lower courts. [read post]
17 Oct 2013, 8:43 am
Department of Human Services ("OIG") issued an Advisory Opinion favorable to a non-profit health services organization's ("Requestor's") proposal to provide free dental screenings and services to uninsured children while billing Medicaid for the same services provided to children who were Medicaid beneficiaries. [read post]
21 Feb 2017, 4:41 am by Michael Bertoncini
The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights (“OCR”) fined a Texas hospital $3.2 million for its impermissible disclosure of unsecured electronic protected health information (ePHI) and non-compliance over many years with multiple standards of the HIPAA Security Rule. [read post]
13 Mar 2012, 9:15 pm by Michael Kline
Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) list (the “HHS List”) of breaches of unsecured PHI affecting 500 or more individuals (the “List Breaches”). [read post]
2 May 2016, 9:00 am by Steven Boutwell
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]
7 Jul 2011, 3:30 pm by Carlos Leyva
On June 10, 2011, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) awarded to KPMG a $9.2 million contract to create an audit protocol and then audit covered entities’ and business associates’ compliance with the privacy and security requirements of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). [read post]
21 Oct 2021, 8:13 am by McCulloch & Miller, PLLC
According to the Department of Health and Human Services, 7 in 10 seniors are now expected to need long-term care before they pass away. [read post]
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have issued a joint cybersecurity advisory stating they have credible information of an increased and imminent cybercrime threat to U.S. hospitals and healthcare providers. [read post]
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) provided an important status update about ongoing research studies examining the lifetime ban on blood donations from men who have ever had sex with other men since 1977. [read post]