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6 Nov 2009, 4:25 am
Stevens filed suit in the Court of Federal Claims against the Departments of Justice and HHS, alleging various constitutional violations arising from the agencies’ conspiring not to investigate an incident in which an assailant broke Stevens’ leg and implanted in his body an electronic chip. [read post]
5 Nov 2009, 1:19 pm by Patricia McManus
On October 30, 2009, the Secretary of the HHS adopted an Interim Final Rule amending HIPAA’s enforcement regulations relating to the imposition of civil monetary penalties (“CMP”). [read post]
5 Nov 2009, 11:16 am by Lisa Baird
With new federal statutes, new regulations from HHS and FTC, and new state laws covering private health information, now is a good time for businesses to take stock of the applicable laws and take steps to ensure that their use, transfer, and storage of private data are secure and compliant. [read post]
5 Nov 2009, 10:05 am by Tracy Coenen
” In the words of another blogger: HHS spokesman Luis Rosero defended the practice of counting raises as jobs saved, explaining that “If I give you a raise, it is going to save a portion of your job. [read post]
5 Nov 2009, 10:00 am
  Over the next four years, HHS will award a total of $90 million in outreach grants. [read post]
5 Nov 2009, 9:31 am
Available in both electronic (through Westlaw) and print formats, a partial list of topics covered in the book include the following: *Inter-disciplinary Dimensions of Health Care Fraud: Economic, Social, and Political Implications *National Security Implications of Health Care Fraud *The Common Law of Health Care Fraud *Centrality of "Certification" in the Common Law Of Health Care Fraud *Criminal Health Care Fraud *Stark Act *Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act *Emergency… [read post]
3 Nov 2009, 6:42 am
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is amending its regulations to remove 'Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection' from the definition of communicable disease of public health significance and remove references to 'HIV' from the scope of examinations for aliens. [read post]
2 Nov 2009, 11:30 am
OIG-HHS released an audit report today on the performance through 2008 of the Medicare Drug Integrity Contractors (MEDICs) in detecting and preventing fraud and abuse in the Medicare Part D prescription drug benefit. [read post]
2 Nov 2009, 6:30 am
Two items stood out for me:First, HHS Secretary Sibelius came across as especially clueless: when pressed on citizens' skepticism regarding this adminstration's clumsy attempts at frustrating transparency, she blamed talk radio and TV's Glenn Beck, rather than address the very real concerns of a substantial number of Americans who just want to make an informed decision. [read post]
2 Nov 2009, 6:08 am
On October 30, 2009, the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued the HIPAA Administrative Simplification: Enforcement Interim Final Rule, 45 CFR Part 160 (74 Federal Register 56123, October 30, 2009).This new rule was developed and adopted by HHS to conform the enforcement regulations under HIPAA to the revisions made to HIPAA under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH), which was part of the American Recovery… [read post]
31 Oct 2009, 6:20 am
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is amending its regulations to remove ‘‘Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection'' from the definition of communicable disease of... [read post]
30 Oct 2009, 2:24 pm by Brad Rostolsky
Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS") published an interim final rule and request for comments that implements certain HIPAA enforcement changes made pursuant to the HITECH Act. [read post]
30 Oct 2009, 11:19 am
HHS will be accepting comments on the interim final rule until December 29, 2009. [read post]
30 Oct 2009, 10:29 am
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius recently released a report summarizing how small businesses’ premiums for health insurance tend to be 18% more than large firms’ premiums, and highlighting how health insurance reform will lower premiums for small businesses. [read post]
30 Oct 2009, 10:29 am
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius recently released a report summarizing how small businesses’ premiums for health insurance tend to be 18% more than large firms’ premiums, and highlighting how health insurance reform will lower premiums for small businesses. [read post]
30 Oct 2009, 3:29 am
Even President Obama is talking about it, directing HHS to set up a panel to explore "tort reform" ideas, which met for the first time on October 26. [read post]
29 Oct 2009, 10:58 pm
Corr also described HHS’s efforts to review the effectiveness of state Medicaid antifraud programs. [read post]