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13 Jan 2014, 10:17 am
Covered entities must report all (small) breaches occuring in 2013 to the Secretary of HHS by the end of February. [read post]
12 Jan 2014, 10:13 am
New Rule Expands Medicaid Coverage For Community Living For Disabled Aging Adults Caregivers and service providers caring the Medicaid-eligible aging or disabled individuals will want to check out the new final rule on Home and Community-Based Services published by the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on […] [read post]
9 Jan 2014, 4:05 pm
So today the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) issued guidance to clarify that under the Affordable Care Act, most health insurance companies and employer plans must cover tamoxifen and raloxifene – like other recommended preventive services - without co-pays or other out of pocket expenses for women at increased risk for breast cancer. [read post]
8 Jan 2014, 2:50 pm
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to modify the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy Rule (at 45 C.F.R. [read post]
8 Jan 2014, 2:50 pm
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to modify the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy Rule (at 45 C.F.R. [read post]
8 Jan 2014, 12:35 pm
HHS is accepting comments on the proposed rule through March 10, 2014. [read post]
8 Jan 2014, 12:12 pm
For the second time in two months, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has issued a report warning about potential flaws in EHRs and their potential for fraudulent activity. [read post]
8 Jan 2014, 12:12 pm
For the second time in two months, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has issued a report warning about potential flaws in EHRs and their potential for fraudulent activity. [read post]
8 Jan 2014, 11:11 am
Rostolsky According to a report published by the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) on November 21, 2013, the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is not adequately overseeing and enforcing the HIPAA Security Rule. [read post]
8 Jan 2014, 8:44 am
Other HHS Developments. [read post]
7 Jan 2014, 12:49 pm
More importantly, HHS also determined that the provider did not fully comply with requirements of the Breach Notification Rule and that it did not have written policies in place or procedures to train employees on HIPAA privacy and handling of PHI. [read post]
7 Jan 2014, 9:08 am
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has published its annual solicitation of recommendations for new or modified safe harbor provisions under the federal anti-kickback statute, as well as potential topics for new OIG Special Fraud Alerts. [read post]
7 Jan 2014, 9:06 am
On January 7, 2014, HHS published a proposed rule that would modify the HIPAA Privacy Rule to expressly permit certain HIPAA covered entities to disclose to the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) the identities of individuals who are prohibited under federal law from shipping, transporting, possessing, or receiving a firearm for reasons related to mental health. [read post]
7 Jan 2014, 7:11 am
The OIG has issued its latest list of top management and performance challenges facing HHS, reflecting “continuing vulnerabilities that OIG has identified for HHS over recent years as well as new and emerging issues that HHS will face in the coming year. [read post]
7 Jan 2014, 7:09 am
The OIG has issued its Semiannual Report to Congress for the period of April 1 – September 30, 2013, in which it highlights significant investigation, audit, and enforcement activities and achievements across HHS programs. [read post]
7 Jan 2014, 7:07 am
An OIG report released in December 2013 assessed the extent to which hospitals that received Medicare EHR incentive payments as of March 2012 had implemented fraud safeguards for EHR technology previously recommended by an HHS contractor, RTI International, and set forth in a 2007 HHS Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) report. [read post]
7 Jan 2014, 1:09 am
The government also announced that the doctor had agreed to a three-year integrity agreement with the Office of Inspector General of HHS. [read post]
6 Jan 2014, 7:18 am
On January 2, 2014, HHS published a proposed rule to promote more consistent testing processes for “controlling health plans” (CHP) to enable these entities to better achieve and demonstrate compliance with HIPAA standards and operating rules. [read post]
6 Jan 2014, 7:02 am
On February 12, 2014, the HHS Office of Medicare Hearings and Appeals (OMHA) is hosting a forum to: provide updates to OMHA appellants on the status of OMHA operations; furnish information on OMHA initiatives designed to mitigate a growing backlog in the processing of Medicare appeals at the OMHA level of the administrative appeals process; and discuss measures that appellants can take to make the administrative appeals process work more efficiently. [read post]
5 Jan 2014, 4:11 pm
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a proposed rule that would require health plans to submit documentation demonstrating compliance with certain standards and operating rules under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) with respect to specific electronic transactions. [read post]
