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18 Aug 2015, 10:00 am
., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On July 14, 2015, Ann Maxwell, Assistant Inspector General for Evaluation and Inspections of the Office of Inspector General (OIG), US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), gave testimony to Congress on the Medicare Part D Program. [read post]
18 Aug 2015, 10:00 am
., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On July 14, 2015, Ann Maxwell, Assistant Inspector General for Evaluation and Inspections of the Office of Inspector General (OIG), US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), gave testimony to Congress on the Medicare Part D Program. [read post]
18 Aug 2015, 10:00 am
., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On July 14, 2015, Ann Maxwell, Assistant Inspector General for Evaluation and Inspections of the Office of Inspector General (OIG), US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), gave testimony to Congress on the Medicare Part D Program. [read post]
16 Aug 2015, 9:01 pm by Ronald D. Rotunda
Indeed, Congress could distribute free abortifacients on vending machines each street corner, but Congress (actually, in this case, the Secretary of HHS) could not force one private party to pay for another’s abortion. [read post]
16 Aug 2015, 2:00 am by Thaddeus Mason Pope, J.D., Ph.D.
In "La Miseria"  Cristóbal Rojas depicts a man sitting vigil next to a female companion suffering from tuberculosis. [read post]
14 Aug 2015, 4:01 pm
” CMS, which is part of HHS, said it’s raising awareness of such events, training its inspectors to do a better job at identifying them and working with nursing homes to prevent them. [read post]
14 Aug 2015, 9:29 am by Jerri Lynn Ward, J.D.
As the state’s health and human services system prepares for legislatively-directed reorganization, the Texas Health and Human Services Commission and other HHS agencies are looking for ways to improve their websites. [read post]
13 Aug 2015, 10:06 am by Elizabeth Litten
  Last week, the Washington Times reported that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the agency responsible for HIPAA enforcement, had suffered security breaches at the hands of hackers in at least five separate divisions over the past three years. [read post]
13 Aug 2015, 6:53 am by Second Circuit Civil Rights Blog
The Court further summarizes plaintiffs' objections this way:Plaintiffs further argue that the objectively insubstantial burden of filing either the opt-out form or the letter to HHS is substantial because it renders them complicit in bringing about consequences forbidden by their religion, namely the provision of contraceptive coverage by the government and third parties. [read post]
13 Aug 2015, 6:06 am by Leah Jurss
Opening sentences: The Tribe brings this action against the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) and its agency, the Indian Health Service (“IHS”) seeking redress for their decision to use $1.6 million in funds appropriated for the Pine Ridge Service Unit, which provides health services to tribal members and other Indian beneficiaries, to fund a settlement of overtime pay that the IHS reached with unions. [read post]
12 Aug 2015, 9:51 am by Steven Koprince
  As a result of the transfer, HHS’s Indian Health Service became able to use the Buy Indian Act. [read post]
12 Aug 2015, 8:23 am
"HHS OIG says HealthCare.gov skipped group coverage access checks ... the HealthCare.gov exchange system still lacked a standard process for catching premium tax credit applicants who gave information about access to employer-sponsored coverage that was different from the story told by other data sources"Wait, you mean people lied about their status? [read post]
11 Aug 2015, 2:29 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
According to FAQS About Affordable Care Act Implementation (Part XXVIII) the transparency reporting rules the Departments plan to issue for non-QHP issuers and non-grandfathered group health plans in the future may differ from those prescribed in the August 11, 2015 HHS proposal under section 1311(e)(3) of the Affordable Care Act, and will take into account differences in markets, reporting requirements already in existence for non-QHPs (including group health plans), and other relevant… [read post]
10 Aug 2015, 1:21 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Child welfare agencies, health care providers and their contactors and other service providers should evaluate the adequacy and defensibility of their existing practices for accommodating and providing other services to individuals with disabilities and their families in light of the new joint technical assistance to state and local child welfare agencies and courts on the requirements of Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act jointly… [read post]
8 Aug 2015, 7:36 pm by Howard Friedman
 The court said in part:Plaintiffs ... argue that the objectively insubstantial burden of filing either the opt-out form or the letter to HHS is substantial because it renders them complicit in bringing about consequences forbidden by their religion, namely the provision of contraceptive coverage by the government and third parties. [read post]
7 Aug 2015, 8:23 am by Debra A. McCurdy
The HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) has questioned the effectiveness of these complex policies, however, noting that SNFs reviewed often used the start of therapy assessment incorrectly, or used assessments differently when decreasing therapy than when increasing it. [read post]
6 Aug 2015, 9:07 am by Debra A. McCurdy
According to the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG), 12% of providers terminated for cause by a state Medicaid program in 2011 continued participating in other states’ Medicaid programs as of January 2014, despite an Affordable Care Act (ACA) requirement that states to terminate any provider terminated for cause by another state Medicaid program. [read post]
5 Aug 2015, 3:48 pm by Jon Gelman
(workers-compensation.blogspot.com)HHS Inspector General Scrutinizes Medicare Observation Care Policy (workers-compensation.blogspot.com)In the name of privacy... [read post]
5 Aug 2015, 12:09 pm by Debra A. McCurdy
The Obama Administration published final regulations on July 14, 2015 that implement Affordable Care Act requirements regarding coverage without cost sharing of certain preventive services, including contraceptive services. [read post]
4 Aug 2015, 12:18 pm by Jeff
This Is Handy: HHS publishes "HIPAA Basics for Providers," a pdf with embedded links for FAQs and the like. [read post]