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23 Jul 2013, 10:00 am
The settlement resolves allegations made by the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Civil Rights (OCR) that the medical center shared a patient’s medical file with journalists and sent an e-mail about her medical treatment to hundreds of hospital employees. [read post]
22 Jul 2013, 10:34 am
While large employers are getting an additional year to collect data and make other preparations to comply with the “pay-or-play” rules in the shared responsibility provisions of new Internal Revenue Code Section 4980H under the extension announced by the Administration in early July, all employers still have much to do stay on top of the developing rules and make the arrangements necessary to prepare to comply with the current and 2014 federal health plan mandates of the Patient… [read post]
19 Jul 2013, 2:43 pm
WellPoint’s resolution agreement with HHS required the company to pay, by July 11, $1.7 million to HHS to settle the matter. [read post]
19 Jul 2013, 12:12 am
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a rule clarifying the requirements for assistance personnel in certain Affordable Care Act exchanges.The Tennis Channel appealed a court’s decision to reverse the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) ruling that Comcast Corp. was discriminating against the Tennis Channel.The FDA allowed the marketing of a brain wave test for children and teens with… [read post]
16 Jul 2013, 7:41 am
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued an advisory opinion announcing that by request of a surgical products manufacturer (the "Requestor"), based on the certifications and information provided, a proposed tiered rebate program will meet the requirements of the discount safe harbor of the anti-kickback statute (AKS) and will not generate prohibited remuneration under the AKS. [read post]
16 Jul 2013, 7:31 am
Earlier this year, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published the “HIPAA Omnibus Rule,” implementing various provisions of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act as the related to the HIPAA Privacy, Security, and Enforcement Rules. [read post]
15 Jul 2013, 8:00 pm
She also worked at HHS. [read post]
14 Jul 2013, 9:30 pm
The suits against HHS, more than sixty of which have been filed, challenge a regulation stipulating that health plans must include birth control coverage. [read post]
12 Jul 2013, 3:56 pm
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced yesterday that it has entered into a resolution agreement with a national managed care organization and health insurance company (hereinafter “Company”) to settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA).Investigation and Resolution AgreementThe HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) conducted an investigation after receiving the Company’s breach report, a… [read post]
12 Jul 2013, 3:56 pm
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced yesterday that it has entered into a resolution agreement with a national managed care organization and health insurance company (hereinafter “Company”) to settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA).Investigation and Resolution AgreementThe HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) conducted an investigation after receiving the Company’s breach report, a… [read post]
12 Jul 2013, 3:02 pm
The HHS's Office of Civil Rights launched an investigation of WellPoint's information systems after WellPoint submitted a breach report to HHS in 2010. [read post]
12 Jul 2013, 9:52 am
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Civil Rights (OCR) announced late yesterday (July 11, 2013) that WellPoint has agreed to pay $1.7 million to settle OCR charges that WellPoint violated the HIPAA Security Rule and left the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 612,402 individuals accessible to unauthorized individuals over the Internet by failing to implement appropriate administrative and technical safeguards in its Web-based applications. [read post]
12 Jul 2013, 8:49 am
Whether systems upgrades are conducted by covered entities or their business associates, HHS expects organizations to have in place reasonable and appropriate technical, administrative and physical safeguards to protect the confidentiality, integrity and availability of electronic protected health information – especially information that is accessible over the Internet. [read post]
12 Jul 2013, 5:23 am
As so often happens, HHS OCR began its investigation following a self-report of the breach by WellPoint. [read post]
12 Jul 2013, 5:23 am
As so often happens, HHS OCR began its investigation following a self-report of the breach by WellPoint. [read post]
12 Jul 2013, 4:22 am
To settle these allegations, Wellpoint agreed to pay HHS $1.7 million. [read post]
11 Jul 2013, 11:00 pm
Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a rule on Medicaid eligibility and Medicaid & Children’s Health Insurance.The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) extended the comment period for the shark finning rule. [read post]
11 Jul 2013, 8:41 pm
Still, HHS has fined WellPoint $1,700,000 for failing to provide sufficient HIPAA security protection to applicants for its insurance products. [read post]
11 Jul 2013, 4:55 pm
Directly addressed in HHS’ press release regarding the WellPoint settlement, HHS instructs covered entities and their business associates to have in place reasonable and appropriate technical, administrative, and physical safeguards to protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of ePHI. [read post]
11 Jul 2013, 3:33 pm
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) yesterday (July 10, 2013) shared its first “formal” guidance officially implementing the Obama Administration’s decision to delay until 2015 enforcement of certain of the employer shared responsibility or “pay-or-play” rules of new Internal Revenue Code (Code) Section 4980H first informally announced by Department of Treasury Assistant Secretary for Tax Policy Mark Mazar in this July 2 Blog. [read post]
