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29 Mar 2022, 5:04 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
  Health plan and human resources staff should be trained both to provide the appropriate substantive responses and to follow appropriate processes and procedures to contain the spread of fiduciary liability and to minimize the retaliation and other risks. [read post]
11 Mar 2020, 2:07 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Following up on the White House’s announcement yesterday that by major health insurers, Medicare and Medicaid to cover medically necessary testing and expand coverage for treatment of 2019 Novel Coronavirus (“coronavirus), without applying deductibles or coinsurance and offer expanded telemedicine and other coverage for coronavirus care, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) today issued guidance giving health plans confirming health plans… [read post]
19 Aug 2010, 3:33 pm by Bill Marler
Elisabeth Hagen is currently the USDA’s Chief Medical Officer, serving as an advisor to USDA mission areas on a wide range of human health issues. [read post]
27 Oct 2017, 3:00 am by Christopher Tyner
President Donald Trump announced yesterday that he was directing the Department of Health and Human Services to declare the national opioid crisis a public health emergency. [read post]
Burwell, in which the Northern District of Texas issued a nationwide injunction enjoining enforcement of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) regulations providing that Section 1557’s prohibition of sex discrimination encompasses gender identity discrimination. [read post]
10 Jan 2013, 1:21 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Department of Treasury published final regulations (“Regulations”) implementing these new rules on December 6, 2012. [read post]
16 May 2023, 1:41 pm by Michael Lowe
Texas (DSHS) Public Health Warning for Xylazine on March 21, 2023 Here in the State of Texas, an independent state health advisory for Texans was released on March 21, 2023 by the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS). [read post]
5 Dec 2015, 6:39 am by Bob Kraft
According to the Department of Health and Human Service’s National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB), there were almost 400,000 medical malpractice adverse reactions from 2004 to 2014. [read post]
20 Jul 2012, 8:15 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Businesses, individuals, states and federal and state Congressional and regulatory leaders others looking for opportunities to manage these costs should carefully scrutinize how the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) plans to define “essential health benefits” (EHBs). [read post]
4 Dec 2017, 9:01 pm by Joanna L. Grossman
The measures designed to drive abortion clinics out of business and drive Planned Parenthood out of Texas have resulted in a substantial decline in contraceptive access and prenatal care, as many women in Texas, particularly those who rely on publicly funded services, now have no access to health care. [read post]
19 Mar 2020, 3:01 am by Walter Olson
So as to deploy medical services more effectively during the COVID-19 emergency, the Department of Health and Human Services has announced that it will forgo enforcement of rules restricting telemedicine, both by waiving HIPAA prohibitions on the use of everyday communications technologies like Skype and FaceTime, and by removing a requirement that reimburseable services be provided by the holder of an in-state license. [read post]
8 Jan 2024, 2:10 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Health plans, health care providers and health care clearinghouses (“Covered Entities”) treat the Department of Health and Human Service Office of Civil Right (“OCR”) announcement of its 46th enforcement action under the Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act (“HIPAA”) Right of Access Rule as a warning to confirm their own organization’s timely delivery of records and… [read post]
27 Jan 2013, 8:45 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
  A former member of the Executive Committee of the Texas Association of Business and past Government Affairs Committee Legislative Chair for the Dallas Human Resources Management Association, Ms. [read post]
1 Dec 2023, 11:50 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Chapter 81B of the Texas Health and Safety Code already prohibits state and local governments from adopting workplace vaccine mandates. [read post]
14 Dec 2017, 12:39 pm by Tim Springer
For more information and examples of Advance Directives see, The Texas Health and Human Services. [read post]
3 Aug 2010, 7:15 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
  Although targeting a health care provider, employers, health plan sponsors, administrators, and service providers should recognise the the Rite Aid settlement as a strong reminder of the importance of reviewing and tightening their own human resources, employee benefits, adn other policies and processes to better safeguard protected health information, personal financial information and other sensitve data. [read post]
26 Dec 2013, 9:49 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
A new settlement agreement announced by the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) Office of Civil Rights (OCR) shows health plans, health care providers, health care clearinghouses and their business associates the perils of failing to properly implement the necessary policies and procedures to comply with the breach notification requirements added to the Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act of 1996… [read post]