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20 Jun 2014, 9:42 am
On May 9 and May 12, 2014, the United States Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS") published two proposed rules that would significantly expand the authority of the Office of Inspector General ("OIG") to exclude providers from participation in federal health care payor programs and impose civil monetary penalties. [read post]
15 Aug 2013, 6:43 am by Howard Friedman
Department of Health and Human Services, (ED MO, filed 8/14/2013), alleges that previously legislator Paul Weiland and his wife were able to choose a state health plan that did not cover contraceptives, abortifacients or sterilization, but that because of the mandate his insurer notified him that effective August 1 he would be placed in a plan that covers contraception and sterilization. [read post]
25 Jun 2024, 7:33 am by Alyzza Austriaco
And as a result of recent mergers, the PBMs now collectively handle about 80% of prescriptions in the United States, up from less than 50% in 2012. ( NEW YORK TIMES ) Federal Court Strikes Down HHS Guidance on Hospital Web Trackers A federal district court ruled that the Department of Health and Human Services exceeded its authority last year when it issued guidance informing hospitals that tracking visitors to their websites violated health privacy… [read post]
17 Jun 2013, 7:07 am by Rachel Grunberger
By Rachel Grunberger and Anna Kraus The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced on June 14 that it reached a settlement with Shasta Regional Medical Center (SRMC) in California over potential violations of the HIPAA Privacy Rule. [read post]
15 Oct 2017, 9:24 pm by Bill Marler
The outbreak has killed 18 people and sickened nearly 500 since last November, according to the county Health and Human Services Agency. [read post]
15 Sep 2010, 10:06 am by Steven Boutwell
Countryman The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) will co-host a workshop on October 5, 2010 to address anti-trust, physician self-referral, anti-kickback and civil monetary penalty issues for Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs). [read post]
17 Aug 2011, 12:01 pm by William Duncan - Guest
Department of Health and Human Services, two federal constitutional challenges to laws defining marriage as the union of a husband and wife. — There is an emerging conventional wisdom that the question of whether the U.S. [read post]
9 May 2019, 8:06 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
On Wednesday, May 8, 2019, Health and Human Services(“HHS”) Secretary Alex Azar announced the adoption of a Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Regulation to Require Drug Pricing Transparency Final Rule (the “Rule”) by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) requiring direct-to-consumer television advertisements for prescription pharmaceuticals covered by Medicare or Medicaid to include the list price – the… [read post]
8 Jan 2014, 12:35 pm by Rachel Grunberger
By Rachel Grunberger and Anna Kraus On January 7, 2014, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published a notice of proposed rulemaking to modify the HIPAA Privacy Rule to expressly allow certain disclosures to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS). [read post]
14 Nov 2011, 7:49 am by Lyle Denniston
Department of Health and Human Services case, 11-400); one hour of oral argument. [read post]
31 Dec 2020, 9:03 pm by Dan Flynn
Departments of Agriculture (USDA) and Health and Human Services (HHS), was carried out without all the usual personal contacts because of the pandemic. [read post]
17 Jul 2024, 3:15 pm by Brooke Burkhart
Additionally, the Grand and the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG) have entered into a five-year Corporate Integrity Agreement that mandates an annual evaluation by an independent review organization of the appropriateness and medical necessity of therapy services billed to Medicare. [read post]
31 Oct 2011, 7:49 am by McNabb Associates, P.C.
The investigation into City Nursing was the result of the joint efforts by special agents of the FBI, Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigations, the Department of Health and Human Services-Office of Inspector General and the Texas Attorney General’s Office-Medicare Fraud Control Unit. [read post]
8 Mar 2018, 1:26 pm by Jerri Lynn Ward, J.D.
  According to the press release:  The government-wide MyHealthEData initiative is led by the White House Office of American Innovation with participation from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) – and its Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), and National Institutes of Health (NIH) – as well as the… [read post]
19 Aug 2019, 10:29 am by Debra A. McCurdy
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will increase Medicare inpatient psychiatric facility (IPF) prospective payment system (PPS) payments by 1.5%, or $65 million, in fiscal year (FY) 2020 under a recently-published final rule. [read post]
25 Jun 2015, 3:02 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Burwell decision, the three agencies charged with enforcement of its provision – the IRS, Department of Labor and Department of Health and Human Service has been gearing up to enforce those provisions of ACA already in effect and to finalize implementation of others in the expectation of today’s ruling in favor of the Obama Administration. [read post]
29 Jul 2020, 2:37 pm by Unknown
H.R.7801 - To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to State, local, and Tribal public health departments to train and equip Federal public health reserve corps personnel to assist with testing, contact tracing, and treatment of COVID-19, and for other purposes. [read post]
11 Jan 2010, 7:49 pm by by PritzkerLaw
Massachusetts health officials have associated a case of human E. coli O157:H7 infection with contaminated ground beef products recalled by Adams Farm Slaughterhouse LLC of Athol, Massachusetts. [read post]
5 Nov 2013, 10:53 pm by Ben Vernia
DOJ also announced that the hospice had taken on a Corporate Integrity Agreement, and that its former CEO had agreed to a 3-year exclusion: As part of this settlement, HOTCI has agreed to enter into a Corporate Integrity Agreement with the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services that provides for procedures and reviews to be put in place to promptly detect and prevent future conduct similar to that which gave rise to the settlement. [read post]