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26 May 2024, 9:05 pm by Lee A. Fleisher
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) declared COVID-19 a public health emergency, and March 11, 2023, when HHS declared the public health emergency over. [read post]
24 May 2024, 9:46 am by Sadie Mayhew
”  Deloitte:  On Monday (May 20), DOJ announced that Deloitte Consulting agreed to pay roughly $220,000 to settle claims it billed the Department of Health and Human Services for labor performed by personnel who did not possess the security clearances required by a government contract. [read post]
23 May 2024, 9:05 pm by Samantha Heavner
This rule reflects the scientific and medical evaluation undertaken by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in response to a request from President Joe Biden to review the scheduling of marijuana. [read post]
Other types of LDTs that can benefit from FDA’s enforcement discretion include Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) tests that are designed, manufactured, and used within a CLIA-certified laboratory, tests intended solely for law enforcement purposes, and LDTs manufactured and performed within the Department of Defense and the Veterans Health Administration. [read post]
19 May 2024, 9:05 pm by The Regulatory Review
Sep 21, 2023 | HHS Selects Drugs for Medicare Price Negotiation | Biden Administration introduces price regulation to the pharmaceutical industry. [read post]
17 May 2024, 3:08 pm by Lesley Skillen
Anti-competitive health care practices can result in financial loss to government funded health care programs like Medicare and Medicaid, which cost taxpayers more than $1.5 trillion annually. [read post]
16 May 2024, 9:05 pm by Anagha Vasudevarao
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued a rule to improve care access for people enrolled in Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program. [read post]
16 May 2024, 4:00 am by Public Employment Law Press
New York City Department of Education – Mental Health Education, Supports, and Services in Schools (Follow-Up) (2023-F-34) The New York Education Law mandates that all schools ensure that their health education programs recognize the multiple dimensions of health by including mental health and its relation to physical health. [read post]
16 May 2024, 4:00 am by Public Employment Law Press
New York City Department of Education – Mental Health Education, Supports, and Services in Schools (Follow-Up) (2023-F-34) The New York Education Law mandates that all schools ensure that their health education programs recognize the multiple dimensions of health by including mental health and its relation to physical health. [read post]
14 May 2024, 1:56 pm by Sadie Mayhew
 Forbes Advisor reports that health care insurance fraud, including Medicare and Medicaid fraud, topped the most costly category of insurance fraud in 2024, costing consumers approximately $105 billion annually. [read post]
14 May 2024, 5:00 am by Wachler & Associates, P.C.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently announced that it intends to increase scrutiny of fee-for-service peripheral vascular procedures billed to the Medicare program. [read post]
12 May 2024, 12:28 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Nursing homes and other health care facilities competing for staffing with these facilities should begin preparing to cope with expected wage costs and other pressures expected to result from new staffing and other changes to staffing requirements for Meficare and Medicaid participating long-term care favorites released by the Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“”CMS”) on April 22, 2024. [read post]
Department of Labor (DOL) issued its new final rule on independent contractor classification under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). [read post]
9 May 2024, 6:21 am by Jack Bogdanski
Will somebody please tell me what the heck is going on with the Oregon state health department? [read post]
3 May 2024, 6:28 am by Peter Terreri
On April 8, 2024, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued Advisory Opinion No. 24-02, involving independent charity patient assistance programs (PAPs) associated with 12 specific diseases (the Disease Funds) operated by the Requestor. [read post]
2 May 2024, 9:05 pm by Brian Connor
WHAT WE’RE READING THIS WEEK In a recent Brookings Institution report, Wendell Primus, a Visiting Fellow for the Center on Health Policy at The Brookings Institution, and Paris Rich Bingham, a research assistant for the Center on Health Policy at The Brookings Institution, explained that Medicare premiums burden low-income recipients and current efforts to reduce this burden are not effective. [read post]
1 May 2024, 1:18 pm by Melissa Tremblay
Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General, regarding the illegality of [similar] swapping schemes under the AKS. [read post]
29 Apr 2024, 9:36 am by Nicholas
Not every facility that is eligible to accept Medicare or Medicaid does. [read post]