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21 Oct 2013, 2:13 pm
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently issued a report addressing increased Medicare spending on polysomnography services. [read post]
3 Nov 2014, 5:06 am by Jon Gelman
[Click here to see the rest of this post]Found onRelated articlesPatient Injuries: Hospitals Most Likely To Be Penalized By Medicare (workers-compensation.blogspot.com)Maine Rolls Back Health Coverage Even As Many States Expand It (workers-compensation.blogspot.com)Consumers Will Owe Uncle Sam If They Got Health Insurance Subsidies Mistakenly (workers-compensation.blogspot.com)Canceled Health Plans: Round Two (workers-compensation.blogspot.com)Flaw In Federal Software Lets Employers Offer Plans… [read post]
14 Oct 2016, 6:22 am by Stewart Baker
And, to end the roundup on a choleric note, Alan goads me with HHS’s latest and most astonishingly nit-picking fine—$400,000 for having a supplier contract that hadn’t been updated since the HI-TECH Act modified HIPAA. [read post]
18 Feb 2013, 5:37 am
 “Because HHS will be operating the exchange in 25 states, it will be difficult for the agency to tailor an exchange to meet each state’s unique insurance market needs,” And this never occurred to them before? [read post]
24 Jun 2015, 11:21 am by Debra A. McCurdy
Specifically, MedPAC recommends that:The HHS Secretary direct RACs to focus reviews of short inpatient stays on hospitals with the highest rates of this type of stay; base RAC contingency fees in part on claim denial overturn rates; revise the RAC look-back period; and withdraw the “two-midnight” rule. [read post]
12 Jul 2015, 4:00 am by Howard Friedman
The alternative process provides that an eligible organization may notify HHS in writing of its religious objection to covering all or a subset of contraceptive services. [read post]
21 Feb 2024, 9:30 am by Unknown
Short pieces:Friendship is crucial for refugee children – here’s how to talk to your child about being welcoming (The Conversation, Jan. 2024) [text]Reports:Gaps in Sponsor Screening and Follow-up Raise Safety Concerns for Unaccompanied Children (HHS Office of Inspector General, Feb. 2024) [text]- Focuses on the US. [read post]
30 Jan 2013, 8:51 am
The ObamaTax itself seems to say that, but it's not really that simple (these things rarely are):"[HHS Secretary Shecantbeserious] said the agency PPACA regulations include a number of rules governing when an indemnity policy included in an employer benefits package falls outside the PPACA framework." [read post]
8 Jan 2014, 11:11 am by Lisa Baird
Rostolsky According to a report published by the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) on November 21, 2013, the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is not adequately overseeing and enforcing the HIPAA Security Rule. [read post]
21 Jul 2015, 1:33 pm by Stewart Baker
In regulatory news, Alan Cohn and Jason Weinstein discuss the FERC’s revisions to the CIP cybersecurity requirements, with a focus on supply chain practices, and a Boston hospital’s settlement of HIPAA charges, prompting me to ask whether HHS’s Office of Civil Rights is the most hypocritically aggressive privacy regulator in government. [read post]
2 Oct 2021, 6:51 pm by Allan Blutstein
HHS (2nd Cir.) -- affirming district court’s decision that Indian Health Service improperly withheld a third-party’s report evaluating agency’s management and administration as a “medical quality assurance record” under 25 U.S.C. [read post]
15 Jun 2015, 1:59 pm by Debra A. McCurdy
HHS has released its spring 2015 regulatory agenda and is soliciting comments on the use of the health plan identifier in electronic health care transactions. [read post]
13 Oct 2021, 6:02 am
In a rather unusual move, HHS has issued guidance explaining what HIPAA does not cover. [read post]
21 Jul 2015, 12:30 pm by Stewart Baker
In regulatory news, Alan Cohn and Jason Weinstein discuss the FERC’s revisions to the CIP cybersecurity requirements, with a focus on supply chain practices, and a Boston hospital’s settlement of HIPAA charges, prompting me to ask whether HHS’s Office of Civil Rights is the most hypocritically aggressive privacy regulator in government. [read post]
30 Jun 2016, 11:28 am
" As this was news to me, I reached out to him for some background and predictions, and he pointed me to a post he wrote at the end of last year:"If I am understanding the argument correctly, PPACA tells HHS to pay, money is not appropriated, but the money is still owed, so the full faith and credit of the United States government comes into question if the government does not pay. [read post]
10 Jun 2013, 12:36 pm
Once you select a policy the issuing health insurance carrier will have to notify HHS (or whoever is running this baby) and then wait on the government to issue a check on your behalf. [read post]
6 Sep 2018, 11:33 am by Thaddeus Mason Pope, JD, PhD
Tom Beimers, now a partner at Hogan Lovells, served senior counsel for HHS OIG and as a Special Assistant U.S. [read post]
15 Jul 2015, 4:00 am by Howard Friedman
 He said in part:Under the ACA accommodation scheme, in the insured health plan context, “a health insurance issuer . . . would be obligated to provide contraceptive coverage under the ACA whether or not [the insured non-profit] delivered the Form or notification to HHS. [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]
15 May 2024, 12:09 pm by Unknown
Regulatory Bulletinhttp://narf.org/nill/bulletins/regulatory/2024.html Foster Care Legal Representation (HHS) Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day, 2024 (Office of the President) Law Review & Bar Journal Bulletin (contact us if you need help finding a copy of an article)https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/lawreviews/currentlr.html Anticommandeering and Indian Affairs legislation. [read post]