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19 Aug 2012, 7:02 pm by Ben Vernia
Carell and the related CareAll entities named above also agreed to be bound by the terms of a Corporate Integrity Agreement with the Department of Health and Human Services – Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG). [read post]
17 Aug 2012, 1:30 pm by Lucas A. Ferrara, Esq.
HHS HealthBeat is a production of the U.S. [read post]
17 Aug 2012, 1:17 pm by WIMS
CWP has been the underlying or contributing cause of death for more than 75,000 coal miners since 1968, according to the Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), the Federal agency responsible for conducting research on work-related diseases and injuries and recommending occupational safety and health standards. [read post]
17 Aug 2012, 10:34 am by Debra A. McCurdy
A recent HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) report asserts that Medicare inappropriately paid $5 million for home health claims in 2010 with the following three errors: overlapping with claims for inpatient hospital stay; overlapping with claims for skilled nursing facility (SNF) stays; or billing for services on dates after the beneficiary’s death. [read post]
16 Aug 2012, 9:06 pm by Walter Olson
Judge OKs settlement in Skechers shoe promotion suits, valued at $40 million [WaPo, earlier] “Philadelphia woman faces $600-a-day fine for feeding needy neighborhood kids” [Fox] “Minister Found Guilty of Aiding Miller-Jenkins Kidnapping” [BTB, my latest, earlier] Yes, the HHS waiver eviscerates welfare reform [Andrew Grossman, Kaus, more, yet more; Bader, more; Kay Hymowitz, City Journal (quoting Doug Besharov on the reversal: "The domestic policy… [read post]
16 Aug 2012, 8:47 am by The Health Law Firm
They also represent physicians and health professionals in actions initiated by the Medicaid Fraud Control Units (MFCUs), in False Claims Act cases, in actions initiated by the state to exclude or terminate from the Medicaid Program or by the HHS OIG to exclude from the Medicare Program.Our attorneys have represented Medicaid providers in cases in North Carolina, South Carolina, Michigan, Florida, Mississippi and New York, among other states.Our attorneys can represent healthcare providers… [read post]
15 Aug 2012, 11:21 am
  HHS has stated that a covered entity such as a doctor or hospital does not need to verify the identity of the purported signer of a document. [read post]
15 Aug 2012, 6:24 am by Cindy Gillespie
 Last week, HHS released rules for electronic funds transfers and Republican leaders on the House Ways and Means Committee requested a CCIIO review by the Government Accountability Office. [read post]
15 Aug 2012, 6:24 am by Cindy Gillespie
 Last week, HHS released rules for electronic funds transfers and Republican leaders on the House Ways and Means Committee requested a CCIIO review by the Government Accountability Office. [read post]
15 Aug 2012, 6:24 am by Cindy Gillespie
 Last week, HHS released rules for electronic funds transfers and Republican leaders on the House Ways and Means Committee requested a CCIIO review by the Government Accountability Office. [read post]
15 Aug 2012, 6:00 am by admin
  Even though there’s a much better reason that we’ll get to shortly, that’s how it’s been pitched, perhaps because one can find tons of literature alleging food deserts in urban areas:    While there are many ways to define a food desert, the Healthy Food Financing Initiative (HFFI) Working Group [An arm of HHS, not USDA – Ed.] considers a food desert as a low-income census tract where a substantial number or share of residents has low access… [read post]
14 Aug 2012, 11:00 am
Those transactions and an additional standard transaction adopted by HHS include the following: Health claims or equivalent encounter information (837). [read post]
14 Aug 2012, 11:00 am by Lucas A. Ferrara, Esq.
  In addition, HHS's Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, working in conjunction with HHS-OIG, is taking steps to increase accountability and decrease the presence of fraudulent providers. [read post]
14 Aug 2012, 10:40 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Stamer has serves as the Scribe for the ABA JCEB Agency Meeting on the HIPAA Privacy Rules with the HHS Office of Civil Rights and has extensive experience on HIPAA and other health, financial, and other privacy and data security concerns as well as a broad range of other human resources, employee benefits and health care concerns. [read post]
14 Aug 2012, 7:30 am
HHS, DOL and the U.S. [read post]
13 Aug 2012, 2:30 pm by Jerri Lynn Ward, J.D.
Section 371.1605 specifies that Texas Medicaid or other HHS providers are responsible for their own actions or omissions, as well as those of their employees, contractors, and agents and charges them with knowledge of the policies promulgated by Medicaid. [read post]
12 Aug 2012, 7:29 pm by Michael Kline
 When the long-anticipated “mega-regulation” regarding HIPAA/HITECH is finally published by HHS, special attention must be given to potential changes that may further tighten the “minimum necessary" standards. [read post]
10 Aug 2012, 5:45 am
Unfortunately for Medicare patients, his HHS apparatchiks have decreed that Medicare patients will not enjoy the same quality of care. [read post]