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24 Sep 2014, 7:09 am by Bob Kraft
” In a letter sent to HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, the ACS alleges that for the past two years, HHS has been “ignoring the advice of an advisory panel that recommended action against tanning beds. [read post]
22 Sep 2014, 6:45 pm
The redistricting, they said in a letter to HHS, “would single out the state of Georgia, making it the only southern state in a region comprised of northeastern states. [read post]
22 Sep 2014, 11:07 am by Steven Koprince
For example, one HHS contracting officer stated that the 8(a) contractors he works with understand the amount of work they must perform, should be monitoring the amount of subcontracted work, and should inform the government if subcontractors perform more work than allowed. [read post]
20 Sep 2014, 7:19 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act - Title I: Management of Information Technology Within Federal Government - (Sec. 101) Modifies the current framework governing the management of information technology (IT) within the federal government to require presidential appointment or designation of the Chief Information Officer (CIO) in the following federal agencies: Department of Agriculture (USDA), Department of Commerce, Department of Defense (DOD), Department of Education,… [read post]
19 Sep 2014, 3:29 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Employers using or considering using health risk assessments or other wellness programs should carefully monitor a new Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) lawsuit, EEOC v. [read post]
19 Sep 2014, 9:14 am
However, the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 prevents HHS from adopting ICD-10 before October 1, 2015, and a final rule (here) published by HHS on August 4, 2014, set the official compliance date. [read post]
19 Sep 2014, 7:45 am
It's only when you scroll down that you see this little gem:"HHS is aware of potential problems with the calculator but has not changed it"Now, there could be several innocent reasons for this. [read post]
18 Sep 2014, 4:10 am by Howard Friedman
 Simply routing the form through HHS is a distinction without a difference.... [read post]
17 Sep 2014, 9:10 pm by Ben Vernia
On September 10, the Office of Inspector General of HHS announced that an Illinois physician practice specializing in the treatment of pain had paid over $590,000 to resolve allegations that it submitted false claims to Medicare. [read post]
17 Sep 2014, 8:01 am
Last week (prior to August 22, 2013), HHS awarded $67 million to 105 Navigator grant applicants. [read post]
16 Sep 2014, 1:44 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
™ human resources news here including the following: Labor Department Adds State Unemployment Insurance To War Against Worker Misclassification EBSA Invites Input By November 19 On Need for More Regulation Of Investment Windows HHS Warns Insurers, TPAS Complete ACA Reinsurance & Risk Adjustment Edge Server Pre-Registration Steps By 9/27 House Hearings Consider Authorizing House Lawsuit Challenging Consitutionality of Obama’s Health Care Reform Actions… [read post]
16 Sep 2014, 9:40 am by Jeff
  HHS is not going to write regs that say, "you can't use PHI except for treatment, payment, or healthcare operations, unless you do it with a mobile app, then it's all OK, do whatever you want. [read post]
16 Sep 2014, 5:36 am by Michael Epshteyn
The Policy states that investigators should de-identify human genomic data in accordance with HHS “Common Rule” and HIPAA Privacy Rule standards, and suggests that investigators and institutions obtain a “Certificate of Confidentiality” as an additional precaution given the re-identifiability of genomic data. [read post]
15 Sep 2014, 3:31 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
The already significant enforcement risks of employers caught misclassifying workers as independent contractors, leased employees or in some other non-employee status are set to rise more as a result of more than $10 million in grants to 19 states announced today (September 15, 2014) by the U.S. [read post]
15 Sep 2014, 12:46 pm
  Back in 2009, Public Citizen, an ostensible “public interest” group that regularly acts as a stalking horse for the plaintiffs’ bar, filed a FOIA request demanding disclosure of a drug manufacturer’s annual reports filed with defendant HHS pursuant to a “corporate integrity agreement. [read post]
15 Sep 2014, 4:15 am by Howard Friedman
Last week, seven employees of the religiously-affiliated Loyola Marymount University filed a complaint (full text) with the U.S. [read post]
12 Sep 2014, 5:17 am by Steve Shiffrin
” The Court said that the “effect of the HHS-created exemption on the women employed by Hobby Lobby and the other companies involved in these cases would be precisely zero. [read post]
10 Sep 2014, 9:43 am
Waiver for State innovation," and allows states to "apply to the [HHS] Secretary for the waiver of all or any requirements described in paragraph. [read post]
10 Sep 2014, 4:48 am by Amber Walsh
HDL halted the payments following an HHS Special Fraud Alert (pdf) issued in June that notes the OIG has identified specific trends involving transfers of value from laboratories to physicians the OIG believes presents a “substantial risk of fraud and abuse under the anti-kickback statute. [read post]
9 Sep 2014, 1:41 pm by Elizabeth Litten
  What can a busy covered entity (CE) or business associate (BA) do quickly to show HHS (let alone its business partners/contractors) that it wants and fully intends to comply with the new requirements? [read post]