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6 Dec 2010, 2:54 am
The legislation – H.R. 5712 – passed by voice vote with no opposition on November 29, and had already been approved unanimously by the Senate before the holiday.H.R. 5712 would avert the 23 percent reduction in Medicare reimbursements for one month, and would be paid for by a new Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) policy that reduces payments for multiple therapy services provided to Medicare patients in one day. [read post]
17 Oct 2023, 8:53 am
Gruchacz of the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG). [read post]
22 Feb 2011, 3:00 pm
Department of Health and Human Services is serious about enforcing individual rights guaranteed by the HIPAA Privacy Rule. [read post]
28 Jul 2016, 2:30 pm
Employers, insurers and other health plan sponsors or issuers (health plans), health care providers, healthcare clearinghouses (covered entities) and their business associates should reevaluate the adequacy of their practices and procedures for the protection of electronic protected health information (ePHI) on or accessible through laptops or other mobile devices in light of the $2.75 million penalty and other schooling the Department of Health… [read post]
13 Aug 2024, 11:52 am
United States Dept. of Health and Human Services, et al. [read post]
26 Mar 2012, 5:55 pm
Rick On March 13, 2012 – almost 30 months after becoming one of the first entities to self-report a breach under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act – BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee (BCBST) agreed to pay the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) a record setting $1.5 million civil monetary penalty (CMP) for failing to safeguard protected health information (PHI). [read post]
2 Sep 2012, 10:03 am
Most often we hear about lawsuits against Department of Corrections and Department of Health and Human Services. [read post]
27 Oct 2011, 2:59 am
Texas closed all of its coastal waters Wednesday to oyster harvesting because of the algal bloom Karenia brevis, also known as the red tide.According to the Texas Department of State Health Service, red tide has been detected along the Texas coastline from Brownsville to Galveston. [read post]
17 Oct 2011, 12:38 pm
Once a measure has been accepted for study (a decision made by the Health & Human Services Department's Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality), task force members review the findings of an entire body of published studies on that measure. [read post]
6 Sep 2011, 9:49 am
Department of Heath and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Inspector General agents fanned and other law enforcement personnel who are members of the U.S. [read post]
1 Mar 2016, 8:53 am
In January, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published a final rule, which modifies HIPAA privacy rules to allow for easier sharing between certain HIPAA covered entities and the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS). [read post]
29 Aug 2022, 11:58 am
Health plans and insurers, health care providers, health care clearinghouses (“Covered Entities”), their business associate service providers, leaders and insurers should re-confirm their own organizations’ for handling and disposing of records and systems containing protected health information (“PHI”) comply with the Health Care Portability & Accountability Act (“HIPAA”) following the… [read post]
16 Nov 2011, 8:02 am
Community organizations, healthcare providers and local governments will each get between $1 million and $30 million to get the job done, according to the Department of Health and Humans Services (HHS), which distributes the cash. [read post]
24 Jul 2023, 8:18 am
The Secretary may authorize such alternative procedures with respect to some or all employers as part of a pilot program, upon the Secretary's determination that such procedures offer an equivalent level of security, or as a temporary measure to address a public health emergency declared by the Secretary of Health and Human Services pursuant to section 319 of the Public Health Service Act, or a national emergency declared by the President… [read post]
18 Jun 2023, 9:04 pm
Further, the department sanctioned the use of VSD+, essentially as a method of last resort to be used only when AWI claims other, more humane alternatives are not available. [read post]
4 Feb 2010, 6:28 am
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services and the Treasury jointly issued interim final regulations implementing the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 ("MHPAEA"). [read post]
5 Dec 2018, 10:33 am
We at the Humane Society Legislative Fund were saddened by the passing of George H.W. [read post]
7 Apr 2020, 8:35 am
To support development of these products, Congress created the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (“BARDA”) within the Department of Health and Human Services. 42 U.S.C. [read post]
5 Jun 2015, 5:28 pm
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that unopened frozen ground tuna products tested by the Arizona State Public Health Laboratory, working with the Maricopa County (Phoenix) Environmental Services Department, had found Salmonella Newport in one sample and Salmonella Weltevreden in another sample. [read post]
21 Jan 2021, 4:40 pm
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and in order to address the disproportionate and severe impact of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on communities of color and other underserved populations, it is hereby ordered as follows: COVID-19 Health Equity Task Force…There is established within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) a COVID-19 Health Equity… [read post]
