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12 Dec 2016, 8:08 am
Medicare providers with pending cases at the administrative law judge (“ALJ”) level received positive news last week as a federal judge for the United States District Court for the District of Columbia (the “Court”) granted summary judgment in favor of the American Hospital Association (“AHA”) in its case against the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”).1 Since 2014, AHA has been litigating with… [read post]
13 Dec 2004, 2:11 pm
HHS oversees the Medicare and Medicaid health programs, as well as several [read post]
30 Nov 2012, 9:05 am
Posted by Lynn SessionsCo-authored by: Cory Fox The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) recently published a report, CMS Response to Breaches and Medical Identity Theft (“Report”), which referenced 14 breaches of medical information by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), including Medicare numbers, affecting nearly 14,000 beneficiaries in the past two years. [read post]
31 Mar 2011, 2:17 pm
On March 31, 2011, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and other Federal agencies issued long anticipated proposed regulations addressing legal issues and other requirements for Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) participating in the Medicare Shared Savings Program created last year by the health care reform legislation. [read post]
12 Nov 2019, 4:49 pm
The Department of Justice made the announcement on October 11, 2019. [read post]
30 Jul 2009, 5:54 pm
Medicare is like a fire department that protects everyone’s house — like the fire departments we actually have in this country. [read post]
23 May 2012, 3:42 pm
Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS), Labor and the Treasury (the Departments). [read post]
30 Sep 2019, 2:08 pm
(September 30, 2019): On September 5, 2019, the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), Office of Inspector General (OIG) published an HHS-OIG Data Brief entitled “The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Could Use Comprehensive Error Rate Testing Data To Identify High-Risk Home Health Agencies. [read post]
8 Mar 2012, 12:07 pm
The Justice Department's announcement of the new Chicago indictments follows their February 28, 2012 announcement of indictments against a Dallas-area physician, his medical practice office manager and five home health agency owners on charges of submitting more than $375 million in fraudulent Medicare claims for home health services. [read post]
28 May 2014, 2:00 am
Led by Momotazur Rahman, Department of Health Services Policy and Practice at Brown University, researchers at Brown and Harvard have analyzed placements in nursing homes for Medicare-only and "dual-eligible" Medicare/Medicaid individuals. [read post]
11 Mar 2021, 2:02 pm
Congress and CMS responded to the public health emergency by waiving limitations on reimbursement for telehealth services rendered to Medicare patients. [read post]
8 Jun 2024, 10:29 am
Department of Health and Human Services. [read post]
6 Jul 2013, 11:44 am
Fifty-five hospitals in 21 states will pay a total of more than $34 million to settle Justice Department allegations that the health care facilities submitted false claims to Medicare for a minimally-invasive procedure used to treat certain spinal fractures that often are due to osteoporosis known as "kyphoplasty." [read post]
16 Jan 2008, 9:58 am
If the reporting for any claimant is not done in a timely manner, the Extension Act authorizes the Department of Health and Human Services (through its agency CMS) to enforce a civil penalty of $1000 per day. [read post]
2 Apr 2014, 9:00 am
Fiscal Year 2013 and the Federal Government’s Health Care Fraud Fight In February 2014, the Department of Health and Human Services and The Department of Justice co-authored an Annual Report on the Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Program for Fiscal Year 2013. [read post]
25 Aug 2016, 12:12 pm
Chicago – Not surprisingly in light of the recent charges and convictions of home health agencies (HHA) and related entities in the Chicago area and throughout the country, the Department of Health and Human Service, Office of Inspector General, (HHS-OIG) issued an Alert reporting that the OIG found home health services susceptible to fraud. [read post]
25 Aug 2016, 12:12 pm
Chicago – Not surprisingly in light of the recent charges and convictions of home health agencies (HHA) and related entities in the Chicago area and throughout the country, the Department of Health and Human Service, Office of Inspector General, (HHS-OIG) issued an Alert reporting that the OIG found home health services susceptible to fraud. [read post]
15 Dec 2011, 9:13 pm
Labor Department lawsuit; US Labor Department sues Kentucky home health care provider to obtain more than $512,000 in back wages and damages for 22 employees; and Buffalo, Minn. [read post]
25 Feb 2010, 4:13 pm
The Justice Department press release says the suit charged that the hospital fraudulently inflated its charges to Medicare patients to obtain enhanced reimbursement from the federal health care program. [read post]
8 Mar 2017, 4:47 am
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is part of the Department of Health and Human Services and oversees two of the largest medical programs in the country, covering millions of Americans. [read post]
