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19 Dec 2012, 5:18 am by Debra A. McCurdy
The GAO therefore recommends that Congress require the Secretary of HHS to rebase the ESRD bundled payment rate as soon as possible and on a periodic basis thereafter, using the most current available data. [read post]
7 Apr 2015, 12:51 pm by Christine Nielsen Czuprynski
NATIONAL DIALOGUE TO REDUCE REPORTING COMPLIANCE COSTS FOR CONTRACTORS The Chief Acquisition Officers Council, HHS, and GSA are conducting a national dialogue to discuss ideas on how to reduce the costs associated with reporting compliance under federal awards (contracts, subcontracts, grants, cooperative agreements). 4. [read post]
20 Mar 2023, 1:15 pm by Hon. Susan G. Braden
This is their “game plan”: HHS should contract with generic drug companies willfully to infringe pharmaceutical patents, thereby requiring any damages to be paid from public funds. [read post]
25 Jun 2014, 12:06 pm by Jon Gelman
You can also read the KHN story, KHN explanation of how the penalty program works, and look at the KHN analysis.Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services [Click here to see the rest of this post]Found onRelated articlesMedicare To Punish 2,225 Hospitals For Excess Readmissions (workers-compensation.blogspot.com)Rehospitalization Rates Fell In First Year Of Medicare Penalties (workers-compensation.blogspot.com)Nearly 1,500 Hospitals Penalized Under Medicare Program Rating Quality… [read post]
22 Jan 2015, 1:16 pm by Jim Gerl
The recommendations included: that the Department of Education compile information about state civil rights laws and procedures that relate to bullying, and inform complainants about state legal options; that the Departments of Education, HHS, and Justice develop information about bullied demographic groups in their surveys; and assess whether legal protections are adequate for these groups. [read post]
12 Apr 2013, 8:22 am by Lisa Baird
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have each proposed new rules to extend existing protections that allow hospitals to donate electronic health record (EHR) technology to physicians who refer patients to their facilities. [read post]
28 Jan 2013, 7:28 am by Todd Rodriguez
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released final regulations modifying existing HIPAA enforcement, privacy and security regulations. [read post]
30 Mar 2015, 3:03 pm by Debra A. McCurdy
” The GAO therefore recommends that Congress consider requiring Medicare to pay PCHs on the same basis as PPS teaching hospitals or otherwise authorize the HHS Secretary to modify how Medicare pays PCHs. [read post]
12 Oct 2014, 9:00 am
On October 3, 2014, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) released a proposed rule to amend the safe harbors to the anti-kickback statute as well as the civil monetary penalty (CMP) rules. [read post]
26 Mar 2013, 5:29 am
What does HHS plan to do with all the information it collects on each applicant and will pro-Obama groups like AARP and Families USA that might be tapped as "navigators" to sign people up to Obamacare, steer them to register as Democrats. [read post]
13 Mar 2013, 8:57 am by Debra A. McCurdy
Several agencies besides HHS have recently issued regulations on ACA various provisions, including the following: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has published an interim final rule with comment period that protects employees against retaliation by an employer for reporting alleged violations of various insurance provisions under Title I of the Act or for receiving a tax credit or cost-sharing reduction as a result of participating in an Exchange. [read post]
16 Dec 2014, 11:36 am by Debra A. McCurdy
The GAO recommends that the HHS Secretary determine whether hospitals are appropriately reporting administrative fee revenues on their Medicare cost reports and take steps to address any under-reporting that may be found. [read post]
9 Nov 2017, 2:25 pm by Jim Walker
  The long-range rescue "involved HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters and 2 HC-130 aerial refueling aircraft" to reach the cruise ship vessel, according to representatives of the 920th Rescue group. [read post]
29 Jan 2015, 12:48 pm by Debra A. McCurdy
The HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) estimates that CMS made $4.6 million in incorrect Medicare outpatient payments to hospitals for established patients’ clinic visits in 2012. [read post]
4 Mar 2014, 5:21 am by Debra A. McCurdy
A recent HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) report examines Medicare services provided during the Medicare Severity Diagnosis Related Group (DRG) payment window – that is, the period when certain outpatient services related to an inpatient admission are considered to be included in the DRG payment. [read post]
8 Jan 2016, 8:00 am
This includes everything from reviewing carrier health insurance plans and compliance to managing the (still dysfunctional) healthcare.gov website.Now we hear the HHS OIG (Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General) notes that for the EIGHTH TIME in less than a year they found that CMS is incapable of accounting for the distribution of taxpayer subsidy funds.CMS relied entirely on data from health insurers to verify whether enrollees had paid their premiums and were eligible. [read post]