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8 Aug 2015, 7:36 pm
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
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
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
(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
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
This Is Handy: HHS publishes "HIPAA Basics for Providers," a pdf with embedded links for FAQs and the like. [read post]
3 Aug 2015, 12:07 pm
For instance, the final HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2016 (2016 Payment Notice) clarifies that the self-only maximum annual limitation on cost sharing applies to each individual, regardless of whether the individual is enrolled in self-only coverage or in coverage other than self-only. [read post]
2 Aug 2015, 11:39 am
In the event of a breach or perceived breach, patients may file a complaint with HHS. [read post]
31 Jul 2015, 12:16 pm
At this point it is not clear what additional sanctions may be sought by HHS under HIPAA. [read post]
31 Jul 2015, 6:28 am
The results are in. [read post]
30 Jul 2015, 5:16 pm
The company stated on its website that it was not required to enter into a Corporate Integrity Agreement with OIG-HHS. [read post]
28 Jul 2015, 8:05 am
Businesses that did not file required retirement plan returns should contact legal counsel about whether they can come into compliance and avoid painful penalties by taking advantage of a newly announced Internal Revenue Service (IRS) low-cost penalty relief program for IRS penalties and a Department of Labor (DOL) voluntary compliance resolution program for Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) penalties. [read post]
27 Jul 2015, 11:56 am
Employers sponsoring group health plan coverage now or in 2014, check the adequacy of your insurer or third party administrator’s claims and appeals processes and notices. [read post]
23 Jul 2015, 1:36 am
As part of the 2015 White House Conference on Aging, HHS posted a blog entry announcing the launch of a new website, aging.gov. [read post]
22 Jul 2015, 8:19 pm
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of Civil Rights (OCR), recently announced a settlement with St. [read post]
21 Jul 2015, 2:51 pm
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the agency responsible for enforcing HIPAA, considered a comment to a proposed HIPAA regulation suggesting that “health information related to professional athletes should qualify as an employment record,” and, thus, not be considered protected health information under HIPAA. [read post]
21 Jul 2015, 1:33 pm
In regulatory news, Alan Cohn and Jason Weinstein discuss the FERC’s revisions to the CIP cybersecurity requirements, with a focus on supply chain practices, and a Boston hospital’s settlement of HIPAA charges, prompting me to ask whether HHS’s Office of Civil Rights is the most hypocritically aggressive privacy regulator in government. [read post]
21 Jul 2015, 12:30 pm
In regulatory news, Alan Cohn and Jason Weinstein discuss the FERC’s revisions to the CIP cybersecurity requirements, with a focus on supply chain practices, and a Boston hospital’s settlement of HIPAA charges, prompting me to ask whether HHS’s Office of Civil Rights is the most hypocritically aggressive privacy regulator in government. [read post]
21 Jul 2015, 7:50 am
Subtitle O, Streamlining Clinical Trials – Would require the HHS Secretary to harmonize differences between HHS Human Subject Regulations and the FDA Human Subject Regulations. [read post]
21 Jul 2015, 7:06 am
Other provisions of the bill addressing a variety of Medicare and Medicaid policies, including Medicaid drug and durable medical equipment payment policy, Medicare imaging reimbursement, and civil monetary penalties in cases of HHS grant or contract fraud, as discussed in previous posts. [read post]
