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4 Apr 2013, 9:30 pm by RegBlog
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a change to labeling language for over-the-counter nicotine substitution products.The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) published a final rule modifying the time period in which credit card issuers’ fees to consumers are restricted.The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) proposed a rule setting forth standards for health insurance “navigators” that will assist consumers with enrollment in exchanges under… [read post]
4 Apr 2013, 1:32 pm
Finally, though, some good news (of a sort):"[HHS Secretary Shecantbeserious] ... [read post]
4 Apr 2013, 6:01 am by Jon Gelman
http://workers-compensation.blogspot.com/ NIOSH Proposes Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia As Compensable Apr 23, 2011 The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is proposing to treat Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) as a radiogenic cancer under EEOICPA. [read post]
3 Apr 2013, 12:55 pm
HHS expects that broker and agent FFE registration and training will begin on or around July 1, 2013." [read post]
3 Apr 2013, 10:01 am
Although I usually eschew tin-foil hats, I'll go out on a limb here and say that even this is no safeguard: there's nothing to bar the fair Ms Kathleen from unilaterally declaring all existing plans null-and-void on (say) December 31st, 2013.Who wants to play chicken with HHS? [read post]
3 Apr 2013, 6:21 am
And so HHS Secretary Shecantbeserious has thrown up her (no doubt well-manicured) hands on rolling out the small group Exchanges.So here's a question: there are a LOT fewer small businesses than individual citizens, and they can't get this part right. [read post]
1 Apr 2013, 9:53 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
The Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) has published its final rule with a request for comments that provides, effective January 1, 2014, the federal government will pay 100 percent of the cost of certain newly eligible adult Medicaid beneficiaries. [read post]
31 Mar 2013, 9:30 pm by Brady Sullivan
 Its work resulted in the current federal rules governing medical research contained in both Title 21 (FDA) and Title 45 (HHS) of the Code of Federal Regulations. [read post]
28 Mar 2013, 6:36 am by Debra A. McCurdy
The funding bill is subject to the sequestration order triggered by the Budget Control Act, although funding was increased for a limited number of HHS programs (including funding for community health centers and certain National Institutes of Health activities). [read post]
27 Mar 2013, 4:29 pm by Debra A. McCurdy
Specifically, the DRA decreases the federal government’s share of any Medicaid overpayment by 10 percentage points for any state that enacts a false claim act that meets standards established by HHS, effective January 1, 2007. [read post]
27 Mar 2013, 2:16 pm
On March 26, 2013, the Office of Inspector General ("OIG") of the United States Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS") issued a Special Fraud Alert ("SFA") regarding the potential for Physician-Owned Distributorships ("PODs") to violate the federal Anti-Kickback Statute ("AKS"). [read post]
27 Mar 2013, 9:44 am
Learn more about HIPAA audit process and compliance for covered entities on the HHS website. [read post]
27 Mar 2013, 9:15 am by Debra A. McCurdy
On March 26, 2013, the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) released a Special Fraud Alert highlighting the risks associated with PODs -- physician-owned entities that sell (or arrange for the sale of) implantable medical devices ordered by their physician-owners for use in procedures the physician-owners perform on their own patients at hospitals or ambulatory surgical centers. [read post]
27 Mar 2013, 8:25 am by Jack McNeill
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR) are co-hosting the 6th annual conference Safeguarding Health Information: Building Assurance through HIPAA Security on May 21 & 22, 2013 at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, D.C. [read post]
27 Mar 2013, 7:00 am
Ever on the bleeding edge, HHS Secretary Shecantbeserious has weighed in: "Some people purchasing new insurance policies for themselves this fall could see premiums rise because of requirements in the [ObamaTax]." [read post]
27 Mar 2013, 4:18 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
AHCJ Website 2012 CMS Hospital Inspection Deficiency Reports & Other Transparency Data Tool Requiring Management For Proper Use The Association of Health Care Journalists (AHCJ) updated its website, healthcareinspectionreports.com, to include details about deficiencies cited during complaint inspections at acute-care and critical access hospitals throughout the United States since January 1, 2011 obtained from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). [read post]
26 Mar 2013, 4:27 pm by Lisa Baird
Referencing what it deems a “proliferation” of physician-owned distributors (PODs), on March 26, 2013, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) released a Special Fraud Alert identifying significant concerns with such entities under federal anti-kickback principles.1 For purposes of the Alert, the OIG defines a POD as “any physician-owned entity that derives revenue from selling, or arranging for the sale of, implantable medical… [read post]