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5 Sep 2013, 12:05 pm
According to the Department of Health and Human Services, a neurosurgical patient treated at the New Hampshire hospital is suspected to have had sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), a degenerative neurological disease caused by a prion, a defective protein. [read post]
1 Oct 2013, 1:45 pm
Another study, performed in 2010 by the Office of the Inspector General for the Department of Health and Human Services suggested that the number was around 180,000 deaths per year. [read post]
16 Nov 2014, 10:00 pm
The United States Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS") Office of Inspector General ("OIG") released its Fiscal Year 2015 Work Plan ("2015 Plan") on October 31, 2014. [read post]
16 May 2014, 1:50 pm by Debra A. McCurdy
On May 9, 2014, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published a proposed rule that would significantly expand the exclusion regulations applicable to persons or entities that receive, directly or indirectly, funds from federal health care programs (the Proposed Rule). [read post]
4 Mar 2014, 1:56 pm
Nursing home negligence such as substandard treatment, inadequate monitoring of patients or failure and delay to provide necessary care are the main causes of preventable adverse events and temporary arm events for patients requiring post acute care in a skilled nursing facility according to a large study conducted by the US Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General. [read post]
16 Nov 2014, 10:00 pm
The United States Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS") Office of Inspector General ("OIG") released its Fiscal Year 2015 Work Plan ("2015 Plan") on October 31, 2014. [read post]
9 May 2014, 8:37 am
On Wednesday, New York Presbyterian Hospital and Columbia University agreed to settle claims with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights for a collective $4.8 million stemming from a data breach in 2010. [read post]
8 Aug 2016, 7:51 am
As they say in DC, a million here, a million there, before you know it you have some serious numbers.Now it seems that not only have Medicaid ranks expanded like my waistline during the holiday season, but these folks are costing more than anticipated.The Department of Health and Human Services just "found that the ACA's Medicaid expansion enrollees cost an average of $6,366 in (fiscal) 2015--49 percent higher than the $4,281 amount that the agency… [read post]
12 Aug 2014, 4:53 pm by Jon Gelman
For years, the chemical industry has been winning a political battle to keep formaldehyde from being declared a known carcinogen.The industry’s chief lobby group, the American Chemistry Council, has persuaded members of Congress that the findings of both the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Health and Human Services were wrong and should be reviewed by the National Academy of Sciences.In 2011, the academy did indeed criticize the… [read post]
30 Jul 2024, 8:24 am by hpslegal
Department of Health and Human Services, reports that in 2022, Florida had the second-highest number of medical malpractice payouts after New York. [read post]
25 Nov 2013, 11:33 am
The Plan outlines the OIG's vision for achieving its mission to protect the Department of Health and Human Services ("DHHS") through a number of goals and priorities. [read post]
5 Feb 2014, 4:19 am
“The Obama administration has not made public the fact that the appeals system for the online marketplace is not working,” the story said, noting that the administration is more focused on other parts of HealthCare.gov that don’t work, such as the payment processing system.Sounds like the Russians built the system.Maybe they did . .U.S. intelligence agencies last week urged the Obama administration to check its new healthcare network for malicious software after learning that… [read post]
18 Sep 2015, 4:20 am by Howard Friedman
Department of Health and Human Services, (8th Cir., Sept. 17, 2015), the court held the requirement that CNS International Ministries and Heartland Christian College complete notification forms to opt out of providing coverage imposes a substantial burden on their exercise of religion:Even if the ACA requires that insurance issuers and group health plans include contraceptive coverage regardless of whether CNS and HCC self-certify, it also compels CNS and… [read post]
13 Oct 2014, 11:18 am
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently published a proposed rule that affects providers and suppliers seeking to comply with the federal Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) and Civil Monetary Penalty (CMP) provisions. [read post]
21 May 2007, 8:14 am
On January 23, 2004, the Department of Health and Human Services issued a final rule adopting the NPI as the standard unique health identifier for health care providers. [read post]
20 Mar 2013, 6:09 am by The Health Law Firm
Department of Health and Humans Services (HHS) recently released stronger rules and protections governing patient privacy. [read post]
7 Apr 2021, 7:13 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
While ARP allows plan administrators the option of designing their own notices and forms to fulfill this requirement, it also directed the Department of Labor in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop model notices for plans to use for this purpose. [read post]
24 Nov 2007, 5:36 am
 For more information on such plans, speak to your human resources department or your CPA to learn more about the tax benefits. [read post]
10 Jan 2013, 8:30 am by Arthur J. Fried
  As a result, the Office of Civil Rights of the United States Department of Health and Human Services (OCR), the entity charged with enforcement of the Privacy Rule, has recently issued guidance regarding methods for de-identifying PHI that would satisfy the Rule. [read post]