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2 Jun 2014, 11:12 am by Debra A. McCurdy
On May 22, 2014, CMS announced the second round of funding under the State Innovation Models Initiative. [read post]
2 Jun 2014, 9:00 am
The New York Times recently reported that the Health and Human Services Department ("HHS") is changing its stance regarding Medicare payments for physical and occupational therapy treatments. [read post]
2 Jun 2014, 8:44 am by Jeff
Montana HHS Hack: apparently the Montana state Department of Health and Human Services got hacked, when they found malware on a server. [read post]
1 Jun 2014, 10:01 pm by Lydia Zuraw
Here’s a refresher of what’s planned for the Food Safety Modernization Act: Rule RIN / Link Next Action Date Final Rule Deadline Hazard Analysis and Risk-Based Preventive Controls 0910-AG36 Re-proposed Language August 2014 Aug. 30, 2015 Current Good Manufacturing Practice, Hazard Analysis, and Risk-Based Preventive Controls for Food for Animals 0910-AG10 Re-proposed Language August 2014 Aug. 30, 2015 Produce Safety Regulation 0910-AG35 Re-proposed Language August 2014 October 31, 2015… [read post]
31 May 2014, 11:38 am by G. Redd
The revoked NCD was issued in 1981 [HHS index] and refused to pay [advocacy backgrounder] for surgery as a treatment for gender dysphoria due to a lack of knowledge about the safety of the surgery. [read post]
29 May 2014, 9:23 pm by Ben Vernia
According to the OIG-HHS website, that agreement (typically for five years) was effective on May 31, 2009. [read post]
29 May 2014, 5:12 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
FOSTER CARE: HHS Needs to Improve Oversight of Fostering Connections Act Implementation, GAO-14-347: Published: May 29, 2014. [read post]
29 May 2014, 2:20 pm by Steven Boutwell
According to CMS, reports issued by GAO and HHS OIG, including Comprehensive Error Rate Testing (CERT) reports, show that DMEPOS claims had a 66% improper payment rate, accounting for approximately 20% of the overall Medicare FFS improper payment rate, although Medicare FFS DMEPOS expenditures represents only 3% of all Medicare FFS expenditures. [read post]
28 May 2014, 2:48 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Stamer available including: Group Health Plans & Insurer To Get More Time To Meet Affordable Care Act Summary of Benefits and Coverage Requirements CMS Final Medicare Rule Imposes Many Conditions On Access To Medicare Claims Data To Evaluate Providers & Suppliers OSHA Updates Safety Resources To Prevent Construction, Other “Top 10″ Exposures OSHA Silo Safety Citations Heads Up To Grain Operators To Manage Safety OSHA Updates Safety Resources To Prevent… [read post]
28 May 2014, 7:46 am by Ben Vernia
Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG) Kentucky region made the announcement [read post]
28 May 2014, 7:00 am by pvwlaw
HHS’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG) has issued a new proposed rule that makes a number of changes to its civil monetary penalty authority. [read post]
27 May 2014, 11:10 am by Debra A. McCurdy
With regard to enforcement activities during the first half of FY 2014, the OIG reported 465 criminal actions against individuals or entities that engaged in crimes against HHS programs, along with 266 civil actions (including false claims and unjust-enrichment lawsuits, civil monetary penalties settlements, and administrative recoveries related to provider self-disclosure matters), and exclusions of 1,720 individuals and entities from participation in federal health care programs. [read post]
27 May 2014, 3:30 am by Kathleen Boozang
The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS OIG) will likely be at any settlement negotiations to hammer out a 100-page Corporate Integrity Agreement (CIA). [read post]
26 May 2014, 4:00 am by Howard Friedman
Lyons, Causation and Complicity: The HHS Contraceptive Mandate and Asymmetrical Burdens on Free Exercise, (55 South Texas Law Review 229 (2014), Forthcoming).Aram Sinnreich, Sharing in Spirit: Kopimism and the Digital Eucharist, (May 14, 2014).Kenneth K. [read post]
22 May 2014, 4:21 pm by Debra A. McCurdy
“ As part of the rulemaking, CMS has developed a “Master List” of initial items that it considers to meet this standard based on being (1) identified in a GAO or HHS OIG national report published in 2007 or later as having a high rate of fraud or unnecessary utilization; or (2) listed in the 2011 or later Comprehensive Error Rate Testing (CERT) program's Annual Medicare FFS Improper Payment Rate Report DME Service Specific Overpayment Rate Appendix. [read post]
21 May 2014, 1:25 pm
The House Health Subcommittee heard testimony from HHS Regional Inspector General Jodi Nudelman that differing payment rates have resulted in some hospitals admitting short-stay inpatients more than others. [read post]
19 May 2014, 8:52 am by Steven Koprince
NAICS-5554 (2014) involved a Health and Human Services solicitation to establish a coordination center, to be operated by the contractor, that would facilitate communication and coordination between two HHS components. [read post]