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21 Apr 2014, 6:43 am
In a recent report, the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) recommended that CMS limit Medicare hospital outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS) payments for procedures that can be safely performed in an ambulatory surgical center (ASC), given that ASC payments are typically lower than the corresponding OPPS payments. [read post]
16 Apr 2014, 7:32 am
My Fox Rothschild LLP colleague, Todd Rodriguez, recently posted a blog describing the new HIPAA “Security Risk Assessment Tool” (SRA Tool) developed by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as a collaboration between the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC). [read post]
14 Apr 2014, 2:13 pm
On March 7, 2014, the HHS Office for Civil Rights announced its first settlement and corrective action plan with a county government. [read post]
14 Apr 2014, 1:50 pm
The announcement of the SRA tool underscores the increased focus by HHS on HIPAA Security Rule enforcement. [read post]
14 Apr 2014, 1:43 pm
This post was written by Brad Rostolsky, Nan Bonifant, and Jen Pike On March 7, 2014, the HHS Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) announced its first settlement and corrective action plan with a county government. [read post]
13 Apr 2014, 10:03 pm
“FDA is a subsidiary of HHS. [read post]
11 Apr 2014, 3:30 pm
It should also be noted that by imposing an HHS mandate to force all employers, even those with religious objections, to pay for free contraception and abortion drugs (a provision that is not in the text of ObamaCare but was instead promulgated by her department), Sebelius struck a formidable blow against religious liberty that can only be repaired by the U.S. [read post]
10 Apr 2014, 5:21 pm
HHS Secretary Shecantbeserious is resigning:"Sebelius leaves the administration after the tumultuous launch of the Affordable Care Act exchanges last fall. [read post]
10 Apr 2014, 9:10 am
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Inspector General (OIG), Department of Justice (DOJ), and relators’ attorneys will likely utilize these data to initiate investigations and support complaints under the federal False Claims Act (FCA). [read post]
9 Apr 2014, 5:37 pm
Sincerely, John Howard Director Cc: Adam Tarr, Chief of Staff, FSIS, USDA Frank Hearl, Chief of Staff, NIOSH, CDC, HHS Lucero Ortiz, Chief of Staff, OSHA, DOL PDF Version: LetterApril72014.pdf [1] Musolin K et al. [read post]
9 Apr 2014, 3:06 pm
On March 28, HHS released new resources on risk analysis requirements under the HIPAA Security Rule. [read post]
9 Apr 2014, 1:50 pm
The HHS Office for Civil Rights’ recent HIPAA enforcement actions show that it intends to enforce the risk assessment requirement: OCR’s settlements in several recent matters include references to covered entities’ failure to conduct risk assessments and the settlement amounts imposed by OCR presumably take into account potential fines that the agency could have imposed for the entities’ failure to perform risk assessments. [read post]
9 Apr 2014, 12:44 pm
S. immigration system:Olga Byrene & Elise Miller, The Flow of Unaccompanied Children through the Immigration System (2012) (flowcharts at pp. 7 and 9)National Juvenile Justice Network, Undocumented Immigrant Youth: Guide for Advocates and Service Providers, (2006) (annotated flowchart follows page 15)HHS Office of Inspector General,OEI-07-06-00290, Division of Unaccompanied Children's Services: Efforts to Serve Children, (2008) (flowchart at p. 22)DHS Office of… [read post]
9 Apr 2014, 8:11 am
HHS has developed a HIPAA Security Risk Assessment tool. [read post]
8 Apr 2014, 2:42 pm
If you find this of interest, you also be interested reviewing some of our other Solutions Law Press resources available at www.solutionslawpress.com including: PBGC Proposes Rules Allowing Lifetime Benefit Rollover Option For Defined Contribution Participant Account Balances ONC HIPAA Security Risk Assessment Tool Intended To Help Covered Entities Assess Compliance List of Countries Excluded From Foreign Earned Income Exclusion Minimum Time Requirements Published Some Sponsors… [read post]
8 Apr 2014, 2:39 pm
If you find this of interest, you also be interested reviewing some of our other Solutions Law Press resources available at www.solutionslawpress.com including: PBGC Proposes Rules Allowing Lifetime Benefit Rollover Option For Defined Contribution Participant Account Balances ONC HIPAA Security Risk Assessment Tool Intended To Help Covered Entities Assess Compliance List of Countries Excluded From Foreign Earned Income Exclusion Minimum Time Requirements Published Some Sponsors… [read post]
8 Apr 2014, 2:34 pm
HHS has developed a Security Risk Assessment (SRA) tool to help providers comply with a Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) requirement that covered entities conduct a risk assessment to ensure compliance with HIPAA’s administrative, physical, and technical safeguards and to determine where electronic protected health information could be at risk. [read post]
8 Apr 2014, 2:21 pm
HHS Financial Stewardship: reduce improper payments and fraud; and correct deficiencies found in financial statement audits. [read post]
6 Apr 2014, 10:40 am
In 2010, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said poor hospital care contributed to 180,000 deaths of Medicare patients every year. [read post]
5 Apr 2014, 2:36 pm
All told, HHS officials said the data covers 6,000 different types of services and procedures that cost Medicare a total of $77 billion. [read post]
