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11 Aug 2023, 11:53 am
Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) released its final rule (“Final Rule”) implementing penalties for information blocking. [read post]
1 Oct 2015, 6:28 am
Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) that assessed OCR’s enforcement of federal health privacy laws. [read post]
12 Jun 2012, 7:53 am
Based on an investigation conducted by the Department of Health and Human Services, hospitals rarely comply with this requirement. [read post]
4 Nov 2020, 5:07 am
Also, in late October, HHS Office of the Inspector General (“OIG”) announced a review of the Health Resource and Services Administration’s (“HRSA”) administration of the PRF. [read post]
30 Sep 2019, 2:08 pm
(September 30, 2019): On September 5, 2019, the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), Office of Inspector General (OIG) published an HHS-OIG Data Brief entitled “The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Could Use Comprehensive Error Rate Testing Data To Identify High-Risk Home Health Agencies. [read post]
29 Mar 2022, 12:30 pm
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) recently issued a favorable advisory opinion to a digital health company that offers direct monetary incentives to patients as part of a technology-enabled contingency management program for patients with substance use disorders. [read post]
23 Nov 2011, 12:36 pm
According to a press release, the Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS") announced that it will be awarding $9 million from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ("CMS") to Senior Medicare Patrol ("SMP") programs across the country tasked at fighting Medicare fraud. [read post]
28 Nov 2011, 5:50 am
Department of Health & Human Services has recently issued its 2011 Fall Semi-Annual Report as well as the OIG Work Plan for 2012. [read post]
10 May 2016, 2:57 pm
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the Department of Health and Human Services has issued new, non-binding “Criteria for Implementing Section 1128(b)(7) Exclusion Authority” updating the factors OIG will consider in deciding whether to exclude persons “whose continued participation in the [federal health care programs] constitutes a risk to the programs and their beneficiaries. [read post]
30 Sep 2008, 10:19 am
The Washington Post reports that more than 90 percent of U.S. nursing homes were cited for violating federal care standards in each of the past three years, according to the inspector general at the Department of Health and Human Services. [read post]
23 Apr 2020, 7:41 pm
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on the publication of its widely anticipated companion interoperability and information blocking final rules to the Federal Register, HHS’s Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), in conjunction with the Office of the Inspector General (OIG), issued a joint statement announcing a… [read post]
20 Dec 2016, 1:15 pm
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has published a final rule to codify the OIG’s expanded authority under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to impose civil monetary penalties (CMPs) on providers and suppliers under a variety of additional scenarios. [read post]
6 Jan 2012, 12:37 pm
Levinson, inspector general of the Department of Health and Human Services, conducted a study that found that hospital staffs fail to report medical errors and adverse events in violation of Medicare requirement that hospitals “track medical errors and adverse patient events, analyze their causes” and improve care. [read post]
24 Sep 2014, 3:25 pm
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the Department of Health & Human Services issued a Special Advisory Bulletin (SAB) on September 19, 2014 discussing the coupon programs employed by many pharmaceutical manufacturers to reduce or entirely eliminate patient copayments to obtain brand-name drugs. [read post]
6 Dec 2011, 4:44 pm
The proposal came in testimony from the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services, which oversees CMS. [read post]
31 Jul 2017, 12:10 pm
In July 2017, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) revealed its plans to review the $14.6 billion in incentive payments the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) made to hospitals between January 1, 2011 and December 31, 2016, pursuant to Medicare’s electronic health record (EHR) technology program. [read post]
30 May 2023, 5:00 am
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently announced that it is offering a new frequently asked question (FAQ) process to provide informal feedback to healthcare providers regarding an expanded set of topics. [read post]
13 Jun 2012, 6:06 am
The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) issued an Advisory Opinion last week in which it stated that two provider proposals with physician-owned ambulatory surgery centers (“ASCs”) could lead to sanctions. [read post]
18 Jul 2012, 6:50 am
Attorney's Office and the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG). [read post]
27 Jul 2018, 3:53 pm
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary Alex Azar confirmed that HHS will undertake an effort to reform federal health privacy rules, stating that “In the coming months, under the leadership of my deputy secretary, Eric Hargan, HHS will be releasing requests for information regarding the Anti-Kickback Statute, HIPAA, and a federal privacy law called 42 CFR Part 2. [read post]
