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14 Nov 2019, 4:15 am by Howard Friedman
Department of Health and Human Services, (D SC, Nov. 13, 2019), a South Carolina federal district court dismissed for lack of standing a challenge to action by the federal government and the state that, through a waiver of anti-discrimination requirements, allowed a religiously affiliated foster care agency to place children only with evangelical Christians. [read post]
13 Nov 2019, 2:21 pm by Adam Harper
  Three North Carolina assisted living employees were arrested for encouraging patients to get into fights for their own entertainment, according to a report from the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services North Carolina authorities were able to obtain at least one video of the fights taken by the employees after it was shared on social media, which showed “one resident being strangled with her face turning red. [read post]
13 Nov 2019, 3:00 am by Sara DePasquale
Caretaker in Abuse and Neglect Cases When a department of social services (DSS) and/or the district court in an abuse or neglect action is making a determination as to whether a juvenile is abused or neglected, the role of a caretaker in creating the child’s circumstances is considered. [read post]
12 Nov 2019, 11:08 am by Gordon Ahl
Thursday, November 14, 2019, at 2:00 p.m.: The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations will hold a hearing on U.S. policy in the Sahel region. [read post]
CMS explains that this framework will promote “interoperability measures and a set of administrative claims-based quality measures that focus on population health/public health priorities and reduce reporting. [read post]
11 Nov 2019, 12:12 pm by Belinda S. Morgan and Hannah R. Demsien
  The DOL also cited its need to consult with the Treasury Department and the Department of Health and Human Services before making changes, given the three agencies’ shared interpretative jurisdiction over many welfare benefit plan disclosures. [read post]
10 Nov 2019, 12:24 pm by Jeff
Governmental Entities Aren't Immune from HIPAA Violations and Fines: OCR has just fined the Texas Health and Human Services Commission $1,600,000 because the Department of Aging and Disability Services failed to conduct an enterprise-wide risk analysis, which OCR believes would have prevented DADS from exporting data to a public server that, because of a software flaw, allowed the general public [read post]
8 Nov 2019, 3:06 pm by Joseph Fishkin
Congress should set the basic parameters of coverage through legislation and give the Department of Health and Human Services broad and very clear regulatory authority to add coverage to Basic Health upon a determination, through a fair process, that such coverage would be cost-effective and beneficial for the American people. [read post]
8 Nov 2019, 8:59 am by Elizabeth G. Litten
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) press release issued earlier this week, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) investigated a hospital system breach back in 2010 involving the loss of an unencrypted flash drive. [read post]
8 Nov 2019, 8:59 am by Elizabeth G. Litten
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) press release issued earlier this week, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) investigated a hospital system breach back in 2010 involving the loss of an unencrypted flash drive. [read post]
8 Nov 2019, 7:00 am by Andrew Hamm
Pennsylvania 19-454Issues: (1) Whether the Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor and the Treasury had statutory authority under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 to expand the conscience exemption to the contraceptive-coverage mandate; (2) whether the agencies’ decision to forgo notice and opportunity for public comment before issuing the interim final rules rendered the final rules… [read post]
7 Nov 2019, 9:05 pm by Alana Bevan
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) proposed to withdraw an Obama-era rule prohibiting the agency from discriminating based on sexual orientation or gender identity in its service delivery—including adoption and foster care services. [read post]
7 Nov 2019, 5:34 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
  He said that he, as the Department Director, had to be concerned about her health and medical issues, because a student could challenge a grade on the basis that her MS made her unfit to evaluate students. [read post]
7 Nov 2019, 8:16 am by Keegan Boyle
“With respect to all Conscience Provisions, [the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)] acted arbitrarily and capriciously in promulgating the Rule, in violation of § 706(2)(A) of the [Administrative Procedure Act], because (1) HHS’s stated reasons for undertaking rule making are not substantiated by the record before the agency, (2) HHS did not adequately explain its change in policy, and (3) HHS failed to consider important aspects of… [read post]
7 Nov 2019, 7:26 am by Kirk Anderson
According to Department of Health and Human Services records, from 88,000 in 1999 to 61,000 in 2013 (in spite of a 13 percent increase in population during that period). [read post]
7 Nov 2019, 4:00 am by Howard Friedman
Department of Health and Human Services, (SD NY, Nov. 6, 2019), a New York federal district court vacated a 2019 rule promulgated by HHS which, as summarized by the court:purports to interpret and provide for the implementation of more than 30 statutory provisions that recognize the right of an individual or entity to abstain from participation in medical procedures, programs, services, or research activities on account of a religious or moral… [read post]
6 Nov 2019, 9:00 am
., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On October 9, 2019, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued two proposed rules to reform the federal Stark Law (dealing with prohibited self-referrals) and Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) (addressing giving or receiving any thing of value in exchange for a patient referral) regulations. [read post]