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12 May 2010, 11:44 am by The Health Law Partners
The Office of the Inspector General ("OIG") of the Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS") issued a report this month showing that program safeguard contractors ("PSCs") have not resulted in significant recoveries to the Medicare program. [read post]
20 Dec 2012, 11:59 am by Debra A. McCurdy
CMS rules and notices address electronic health record (EHR) certification criteria and incentive program specifications, provider application fees, and patient experiences with emergency department care. [read post]
21 Jul 2010, 2:59 pm by Todd Rodriguez
  The crackdown was lead by by the Medicare Fraud Strike Force -- the joint initiative between the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services -- involved more than 360 law enforcement agents. [read post]
2 Oct 2023, 4:50 pm by Ben Vernia
Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG). [read post]
10 Jun 2008, 10:56 pm
US DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL REPORTS: "Availability of Medicare Part D Drugs to Dual-Eligible Nursing Home Residents" (OEI-02-06-00190, June 2008, .pdf format, 28p.). [read post]
22 Jun 2012, 11:16 am
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) multi-agency joint venture, headed the investigation of Ms. [read post]
30 Jan 2017, 2:18 am by Debra A. McCurdy
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has issued a report, “Vulnerabilities Remain Under Medicare’s 2-Midnight Hospital Policy,” which assessed changes in hospital inpatient and outpatient stays since implementation of the “2-midnight” policy. [read post]
20 Oct 2015, 9:00 am by Gary J. McRay
Department of Justice (DOJ), and a handful of states, recently reached a settlement agreement with Adventist Health System (Adventist), resolving Stark Law issues, as well as allegations in two separate qui tam actions that included false claims. [read post]
5 May 2014, 7:01 am by Robert Kraft
Department of Health and Human Services agreed to relax Medicare’s requirements for coverage of skilled nursing and therapy services in institutional or home care settings. [read post]
29 Feb 2016, 8:04 am by Lee H. Little
At that time, physicians and other health providers caring for Medicare patients were not incentivized to spend time engaging in advance care planning discussions, as they were unable to obtain compensation from Medicare for time spent in those discussions. [read post]
29 Feb 2016, 8:04 am by Lee H. Little
At that time, physicians and other health providers caring for Medicare patients were not incentivized to spend time engaging in advance care planning discussions, as they were unable to obtain compensation from Medicare for time spent in those discussions. [read post]
26 Jul 2013, 2:27 pm by Jon Gelman
Department of Health and Human Services, Kathleen Sebelius, to sponsor two IOM studies focused on geographic payments under Medicare, independent of final health reform legislation. [read post]
18 Jun 2012, 6:36 am
Department of Justice, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Department of Health and Human Services announced that Victor Jayasundera, 59, was sentenced by U.S. [read post]
6 May 2020, 9:55 am by The Health Law Partners
On March 9, 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) finalized two rules aimed to promote patient access to their health data. [read post]
3 May 2012, 7:14 am
The Department of Justice ("DOJ") and Health and Human Services ("HHS") announced that 107 individuals in 7 cities have been charged with various health care fraud-related crimes, including conspiracy, health care fraud, violations of the anti-kickback statutes and money laundering. [read post]
12 Aug 2019, 6:39 am by Andrew Murray
On July 30, 2019 the Department of Justice announced the sentence of nearly three years in the health care fraud case. [read post]
17 Jun 2015, 5:45 am by BDG
MCCARTHY, Emory University - Department of Economics MICHAEL DARDEN, Tulane University - Department of Economics We examine the response of Medicare Advantage contracts to published quality ratings. [read post]
8 Sep 2011, 3:09 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
A nationwide takedown by Medicare Fraud Strike Force operations in eight cities resulted in the Department of Justice filing criminal charges against 91 defendants, including doctors, nurses, and other medical professionals, for their alleged participation in Medicare fraud schemes involving approximately $295 million in false billing, Attorney General Eric Holder and Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius jointly announced the charges on… [read post]
15 Dec 2009, 11:23 am by David M. Trontz
The reported arrests come one week after the Health and Human Services Department issued a statement indicating that the United States loses about $61 billion a year to Medicare fraud and that Miami is the epicenter of the problem. [read post]