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1 Oct 2021, 9:19 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
  Widely recognized, the HIPAA Breach Rule adopted and enforced by the Department of Health & Human Services Office of Civil Rights (“OCR”) implements breach notification and other requirements for the protection of electronic PHI applicable to HIPAA Covered Entity. [read post]
22 Nov 2016, 12:59 pm by Debra A. McCurdy
Bush signed into law a CRA resolution overturning a controversial Clinton Administration Occupational Safety and Health Administration ergonomics rule in 2001. [read post]
20 Jul 2012, 8:15 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Businesses, individuals, states and federal and state Congressional and regulatory leaders others looking for opportunities to manage these costs should carefully scrutinize how the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) plans to define “essential health benefits” (EHBs). [read post]
10 Dec 2019, 4:02 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
The faster growth in Medicare spending in 2018 was influenced by faster growth in the net cost of insurance of Medicare private health plans (mostly Medicare Advantage plans) due to the reinstatement of the health insurance tax in 2018, faster growth in Medicare spending for medical goods and services, and an increase in government administration spending after a reduction in 2017. [read post]
17 Nov 2021, 2:44 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Employer-based health plans, health insurance issuers, and other group health plans should begin preparing to report prescription drug and health coverage costs data for prescription drugs covered by their programs after December 31, 2021 required by an interim final rule with request for comments issued by the Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS), Labor, the Treasury (collectively, the Departments), and the… [read post]
22 Sep 2020, 8:07 am by Robert Liles
(September 22, 2020):  Since 1981, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of Inspector General (OIG) has been delegated responsibility for pursuing exclusion actions against individuals and entities that have been convicted of one or more enumerated crimes, engaged in certain improper conduct or have been subjected to an adverse licensure action. [read post]
23 Mar 2020, 1:28 pm by Michael Cook
Finally, in a speech at the Medicare Prescription Drug Plan Spring Conference, Seema Verma, Administrator, CMS, stated that “[t]his means that now Medicare Advantage beneficiaries will be provided adult day care services, respite care for caregivers, and in-home assistance with activities like bathing and managing medications. [read post]
16 Dec 2014, 3:39 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Departments of Employee Benefits Security Administration, the Internal Revenue Service, and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation December 15, 2015. [read post]
6 May 2019, 5:44 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”)  shows  the Covered Entity breached the privacy, data security, business associate agreement and breach notificataion rules of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Security and Breach Notification Rules before or after the breach. [read post]
9 Feb 2012, 7:50 am
In November 2010, advocates sent a letter to two of the complaint's defendants, Commissioner Nicholas Toumpas of the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services and Administrator Erik Rivera of the New Hampshire Bureau of Behavioral Health, describing the state’s violations and seeking negotiations. [read post]
19 Oct 2021, 11:41 am by kblocher@hslf.org
Since 2001, this National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration program has awarded more than $63.9 million in funds to marine mammal stranding network participants for stranded marine mammal rehabilitation and data collection. [read post]
25 Jan 2010, 3:42 pm by Curran Tomko Tarski LLP
  Posted in Corporate Compliance, EEOC, Employee Benefits, ERISA, Fiduciary Responsibility, GINA, Health Plans, Human Resources, Internal Investigations, Leave, Mental Health, Rehabilitation Act, Wellness, Wellness Programs Tagged: ADA, Disability, Disease Management, EEOC, GINA, Health Care, Health Insurance, Health Plans, HIPAA, Obesity, Wellness [read post]
6 Aug 2013, 3:39 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
The Administration also continues to proactively seek to expand the individuals protected by these and other Federal anti-discrimination laws even as the Departments of Justice, Labor, Health & Human Services, Education, Housing & Urban Development and other federal agencies have expanded their investigation, prosecution and public outreach of these laws. [read post]
21 Aug 2013, 6:52 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Absent a delay or other reprieve from the Obama Administration or Congress,  Open enrollment for health insurance coverage through the Marketplace begins October 1, 2013. [read post]
22 Nov 2010, 9:28 am by Frank Pasquale
” Lobbyists and industry groups are bearing down on the Federal Trade Commission and the Justice Department, which enforce the antitrust laws, and the inspector general’s office at the Department of Health and Human Services, which ferrets out Medicare fraud. [read post]
22 Nov 2010, 9:42 am by Frank Pasquale
” Lobbyists and industry groups are bearing down on the Federal Trade Commission and the Justice Department, which enforce the antitrust laws, and the inspector general’s office at the Department of Health and Human Services, which ferrets out Medicare fraud.Those agencies are writing regulations to govern . . . accountable care organizations. [read post]
8 Sep 2014, 8:28 am
This past July, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) introduced two new pilot programs - Settlement Conference Facilitation Pilot and Statistical Sampling Pilot - as alternative methods for eligible providers to resolve their appealed claim denials currently pending at the ALJ level of appeal. [read post]
28 Nov 2022, 1:42 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Health and Human Services Department Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) in a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) made public November 28, 2022 here and scheduled for publication in the December 2, 2022 Federal Register. [read post]
26 Dec 2013, 9:36 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Stamer is recognized, internationally, nationally and locally for her more than 25 years of work, advocacy, education and publications on cutting edge health and managed care, employee benefit, human resources and related workforce, insurance and financial services, and health care matters. [read post]