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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 Nov 2014, 4:55 pm
To administer the test, the company used a laboratory certified by the Department of Health and Human Services. [read post]
14 Nov 2014, 6:08 am
Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General’s (“HHS-OIG”) New York Region, announced today that the United States has settled civil fraud claims under the False Claims Act against VISITING NURSE SERVICE OF NEW YORK, VNS CHOICE, and VNS CHOICE COMMUNITY CARE (collectively, “VNS”) related to the enrollment of ineligible members in the VNS Choice managed long-term care plan (“Choice MLTCP”). [read post]
13 Nov 2014, 9:26 am
The scribe for the American Bar Association (ABA) Joint Committee on Employee Benefits annual agency meeting with the Department of Health & Human Services Office of Civil Rights, Ms. [read post]
12 Nov 2014, 8:15 pm
Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General (“DHHS OIG”) for its work investigating the case. [read post]
12 Nov 2014, 8:17 am
She writes: Section 1401 can still be read literally because the section that authorizes the federal exchanges, Section 1321, provides that if a state does not establish an exchange under Section 1311, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) “shall . . . establish and operate such Exchange within the State. [read post]
12 Nov 2014, 8:00 am
As a result, the company agreed to be bound by the terms of an enhanced and extended corporate integrity agreement with the Department of Health and Human Services-Office of Inspector General in an effort to avoid future fraud and compliance failures. [read post]
12 Nov 2014, 1:35 am
Plus, Serious Injuries from PREVENTABLE Medical Errors is 4-8 Million a Year According to the US Department of Health and Human Services, “bad hospital care contributed to the deaths of 180,000 patients in Medicare alone in a given year” then the September 2013 issue of the Journal of Patient Safety stated” the true number of premature deaths associated with preventable harm to patients was estimated at more than… [read post]
11 Nov 2014, 7:27 pm
For example, the cities of Aspen and Boulder and the city and County of Denver each had enacted ordinances which banned discrimination in many transactions and activities, including housing, employment, education, public accommodations, and health and welfare services. [read post]
11 Nov 2014, 4:19 pm
They are composed of substances that can cause immediate and long-term harm to human, health and protection of public health and must take precedence over the industry’s desire to keep such information secret. [read post]
11 Nov 2014, 12:24 pm
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is reminding health care providers, health plans, health care clearinghouses (Covered Entities) and their business associates that the privacy rules of the Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act (HIPAA) requiring Covered Entities and their business associates to limit the use, access and disclosure of patient’s… [read post]
11 Nov 2014, 11:57 am
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is reminding health care providers, health plans, health care clearinghouses (Covered Entities) and their business associates that the privacy rules of the Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act (HIPAA) requiring Covered Entities and their business associates to limit the use, access and disclosure of patient’s protected… [read post]
11 Nov 2014, 11:57 am
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is reminding health care providers, health plans, health care clearinghouses (Covered Entities) and their business associates that the privacy rules of the Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act (HIPAA) requiring Covered Entities and their business associates to limit the use, access and disclosure of patient’s protected… [read post]
11 Nov 2014, 11:56 am
Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) has issued a guidance on how the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”) applies in emergency situations. [read post]
11 Nov 2014, 8:50 am
The recent Ebola outbreak has prompted the US Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”), the agency responsible for enforcing the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”), to release a new bulletin for covered entities and business associates regarding their privacy obligations in emergency situations. [read post]
10 Nov 2014, 3:47 pm
While President Obama and Democrat Congressional leaders say they plan to work with the new majority, President Obama already is threatening to use vetoes, regulations and executive orders to block Republicans from obstructing or rolling back his pro-labor policy and enforcement agenda. [read post]
10 Nov 2014, 10:38 am
The FAQs were jointly prepared by DOL, and the Health and Human Services and Treasury departments. [read post]
10 Nov 2014, 6:45 am
The Department of Health and Human Services responded: the fact that a state law allows an individual to file [a civil action] to protect privacy does not conflict with the HIPAA penalty provisions (While the Department’s view is not binding, the Court noted that “[w]here an agency has authoritatively interpreted its own rule, courts generally defer to that reading unless it is plainly erroneous or inconsistent with the regulation. [read post]
9 Nov 2014, 11:02 pm
GAO noted that it’s difficult to associate the amount of pesticides used with the risk to human health, since they constitute such a wide variety of chemicals in varying amounts. [read post]
7 Nov 2014, 9:48 am
The IRS’s interpretation accomplishes that goal: Section 1401 can still be read literally because the section that authorizes the federal exchanges, Section 1321, provides that if a state does not establish an exchange under Section 1311, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) “shall . . . establish and operate such Exchange within the State. [read post]
