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10 Feb 2012, 11:51 am
But for now please check out the following official publications to help start your compliance process: Final Regulations, Compliance Guide, Summary of Benefits and Coverage Template Sample Completed SBC Instructions for Completing the SBC - Group Health Plan Coverage Instructions for Completing the SBC - Individual Health Insurance Coverage Why This Matters language for "Yes" Answers Why This Matters language for "No" Answers Uniform… [read post]
18 Jul 2012, 2:25 pm
” In a July 12 statement, HHS Acting Assistant Secretary George Sheldon says the Social Security Act provides the department the “authority to grant states waivers of certain TANF provisions for the purpose of testing new approaches to meeting the goals of the TANF statute. [read post]
12 Dec 2011, 6:16 pm
Doctors and hospitals who currently meet stage 1 meaningful use criteria would be able to vie for bonuses for an extra year under the same requirements, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced on Nov. 30. [read post]
19 Jan 2010, 2:08 pm
The company notified the Secretary of HHS, the State of Tennessee and the attorney general’s office and media in each state with 500 or more affected members, and notified all three credit bureaus. [read post]
26 May 2010, 10:07 am
HHS Secretary Shecantbeserious has fired back at Virginia's heroic efforts to fight ObamaCare©. [read post]
27 Jan 2014, 10:37 am
– CMS released MLN Matters® Article #MM8458 (PDF), “Manual Updates to Clarify Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF), Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF), Home Health (HH), and Outpatient (OPT) Coverage Pursuant to Jimmo vs. [read post]
19 May 2011, 8:21 am
One thing to note is that this proposal includes a risk of harm analyis (ROHA) which leads me to believe that the ROHA currently in HHS' HITECH Interim Final Rule on Breach Notification is like to stay in the final rule, despite all the controversy surrounding it (e.g. all the push back from consumer groups that this essentially lets the healthcare industry off the hook). [read post]
20 May 2012, 9:03 pm
“Post-tort-reform Texas doctor supply” [Ted Frank/PoL and commenters] “Change in Procedures Lets Medical Malpractice [Insurance] Industry Thrive” [PC 360] Forcing companies to make politicized disclosures to customers implicates First Amendment [Hans Bader on HHS "must credit ObamaCare" reg] Iqbal and Twombly SCOTUS decisions on pleading have helped protect pharmaceutical defendants from flimsily based suits [James Beck, who has changed law firms to… [read post]
19 Jun 2012, 12:57 am
At the first roundtable, on May 10, four former administrators of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and CMS’s predecessor, the Health Care Financing Administration, agreed on the need to adopt bundled payments for physician services, among other reforms.The Senate panel’s recommendations for reforming the payment system are expected within a week.NEXT STEPSEdwards Wildman’s Healthcare Practice Group will continue to monitor healthcare news from Capitol Hill, CMS and… [read post]
17 Sep 2020, 1:55 pm
That issue was seemingly resolved in the CDC's favor, as a key administration figure in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Michael Caputo, took a two-month medical leave after making a video in which he spoke of armed uprisings and conspiratorial cabals of CDC scientists.Read 20 remaining paragraphs | Comments [read post]
21 Apr 2009, 10:10 pm
In any event, if anyone's interested in reading the starred review Publisher's Weekly gave HH, you can do so here. [read post]
28 Jul 2010, 10:22 am
As part of the settlement agreement, Rite Aid also agreed to take the following corrective action to improve its policies and procedures to safeguard the privacy of its customers: (1) revise and distribute policies and procedures regarding disposal of protected health information and sanction workers who do not follow them; (2) train employees on the new requirements; (3) conduct internal monitoring; and (4) engage a qualified and independent third-party to conduct compliance reviews and render… [read post]
11 Dec 2009, 8:00 am
General information on extreme cold hazards and winter storms is available at the following web pages: FEMA's Winter Storms and Extreme Cold web page FEMA's Winter Storm Preparedness Tips The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Winter Weather web page The Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Extreme Cold and Winter Storm web page You may also wish to view the wind chill index or information on what to do if you become trapped in a vehicle during… [read post]
19 Jun 2008, 11:22 am
LB readers might recall that HH&R is the same firm, NY-based, that orchestrated Merck’s strategy for its Vioxx litigation. [read post]
23 Apr 2007, 3:37 pm
"What kind of answer gets a HH? [read post]
5 Sep 2012, 8:24 am
Specifically, the Court held that the Secretary of HHS was authorized to employ statistical sampling and extrapolation as set forth in Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA, now known as CMS) Ruling 86-1 since the Medicare Act did not prohibit statistical sampling and such a procedure was consistent with the Secretary's duty to prevent overpayments. [read post]
31 Mar 2010, 7:56 am
You would think that folks who went to law school, and even though they never really held a real job, would know how to say what they meant when it comes to writing a law that impacts 340 million people or so.But apparently that is not the case.CNN is reporting that the health insurance industry has beat their swords into plowshares are are now bowing before the Great Wizards of Obamaland.In a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, the president of America's Health… [read post]
6 Oct 2008, 5:57 pm
The FAQ response states that the Secretary of HHS may, however, waive certain provisions of the Privacy Rule under the Project Bioshield Act of 2004 (PL 108-276) and section 1135(b)(7) of the Social Security Act. [read post]
21 Dec 2007, 10:51 am
Well, DEA lost a license denial appeal to a pharmacy, EPA lost a Clean Air Act rulemaking appeal to Environmental Defense, the FCC lost a phone card reimbursement rulemaking appeal to Qwest, the FAA lost an equipment standards appeal to an equipment maker, DOD lost a facility services appeal to a class of hospitalized veterans, HHS lost a dialysis reimbursement guidance dispute, the CIA lost a FOIA case, and the National Marine Fisheries Service lost a groundfishing rule to an… [read post]
27 Jun 2018, 8:18 am
Thus, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) must establish hospital protocol that makes doctors aware of a patient’s addiction history in order to prevent accidental opioid prescription to patients suffering from OUD. [read post]
