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5 Dec 2013, 6:30 am
In November 2013, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a report which called for additional quality measures (QMs) of Medicare nursing home resident hospitalization rates. [read post]
4 Dec 2013, 10:01 pm
For now, here are the listings for the rules in the agenda: Rule RIN / Link Next Action Date Hazard Analysis and Risk-Based Preventive Controls 0910-AG36 N/A N/A Produce Safety Regulation 0910-AG35 Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Rule Comment Period Extended End March 14, 2014 Foreign Supplier Verification Program 0910-AG64 Comment Period Extended End Jan. 27, 2014 Accreditation of Third Parties To Conduct Food Safety Audits and For Other Related Purposes 0910-AG66 Comment… [read post]
4 Dec 2013, 6:33 am
” - CMS – “The CY 2014 final rule reduces Medicare payments under the Home Health Prospective Payment System (HH PPS) by 1.05 percent. [read post]
4 Dec 2013, 5:18 am
Finding the accommodation offered by HHS inadequate (and objecting to the very idea of an “accommodation” for a legally guaranteed right to free exercise) Notre Dame re-filed its suit. [read post]
3 Dec 2013, 10:00 am
Turns out, it's not just unlicensed, unvetted "Navigators" and a buggy website:"...a Sept. 27 government memorandum surfaced in which two HHS officials said the security of the site had not been properly tested before it opened, creating "a high risk." [read post]
3 Dec 2013, 6:38 am
However, because of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act I will be forced to reevaluate this position next year.The plan offered is a local HMO with benefits that are far better than the minimum essential coverage that HHS defines as “quality”. [read post]
3 Dec 2013, 2:32 am
The Wall Street Journal reports that the Administration sided with the pharmaceutical industry last week when HHS ruled that drug makers would be allowed to offer copayment assistance, or rebates, to patients who buy their brand-name prescription drugs and are covered by plans offered as part of the ACA’s exchanges. [read post]
2 Dec 2013, 6:15 pm
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), HHS officials said Tuesday.HHS officials have asked states with state-based PCIP programs to accept a fixed, lower-than-expected budget allocation for the rest of the year or else shut down the state-based programs and put the enrollees in the federal PCIP program.Life Health ProGeorgia opted out of establishing a state plan in favor of letting the feds run it. [read post]
2 Dec 2013, 12:46 pm
As a result, HHS says that HealthCare.gov "runs smoothly for the vast majority of consumers." [read post]
2 Dec 2013, 4:58 am
Congress also could have delegated to HHS (or some other agency) the power to partially repeal RFRA. [read post]
1 Dec 2013, 2:07 pm
Wise-cracks The Atlantic's headline writer as Garance Franke-Ruta displays charts from the HHS report. [read post]
29 Nov 2013, 10:03 pm
Now you, as an employee, are being deprived of something to which you would otherwise be entitled under the ACA: affordable health insurance coverage that includes preventive care—without co-pays—for a list of items (spelled out in HHS regulations) that includes the disputed contraceptives. [read post]
29 Nov 2013, 4:12 am
This reinforces Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) efforts to support care management through payment reform and incentives and is consistent with HHS’ Strategic Framework on Multiple Chronic Conditions. [read post]
27 Nov 2013, 3:34 pm
At the time, HHS said online enrollment would be available “sometime in November. [read post]
25 Nov 2013, 10:04 pm
Romero points out that HHS has a consultation policy, which FDA should have followed. [read post]
25 Nov 2013, 7:14 pm
Sebelius 13-482 Issue: (1) Whether the petitioners have standing to advance the claim that the Health and Human Services mandate requiring them to provide their employees with abortion-inducing drugs, contraceptive drugs or devices, and sterilization violates the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (“RFRA”) by forcing individual business owners to violate their religious beliefs when governing the corporation through which they do business upon pain of ruinous consequences; and (2)… [read post]
25 Nov 2013, 2:43 pm
Under the final Medicare home health PPS (HH PPS) rule released on November 22, 2013, payments in 2014 will be cut by 1.05% (about $200 million) compared to 2013 levels (and compared to a -1.5% cut forecast in the proposed rule). [read post]
25 Nov 2013, 1:57 pm
The HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) has issued a report on variations in Medicare outlier payments made to acute hospitals under the inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) during calendar years 2008 to 2011. [read post]
25 Nov 2013, 11:33 am
Under the OIG's priority to "identify, investigate, and take action when needed," it plans to apply the lessons learned from the Medicare Fraud Strike Force teams to other HHS programs in order to improve enforcement results. [read post]
25 Nov 2013, 10:45 am
ALSO HHS announces one-month delay for start of ACA sign-ups for 2015HHS plans to delay by a month the start of next year's Affordable Care Act enrollment period for coverage in 2015 to give insurers additional time to set premiums and evaluate their experiences in 2014. [read post]
