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29 Apr 2016, 4:29 am by Chris Mirasola
Internal Divisions Land ASEAN in Troubled Waters Flag of ASEAN member states in Brunei's Prime Minister Office Building (Photo: The Straits Times)   China embarked on a sustained charm offensive this week to rally countries around its interests in the South China Sea. [read post]
13 Mar 2020, 2:02 pm
The Secretary of HHS will be able to immediately wave revisions of applicable laws and regulations to give doctors, hospital all hospitals and healthcare providers, maximum flexibility to respond to the virus and care for patients. [read post]
12 Dec 2013, 6:59 am by Abbe Gluck
In such case, the Act provides, HHS shall “establish and operate such Exchange within the State” (emphasis added). [read post]
23 Jan 2017, 2:47 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
In addition to affirming President Trump’s commitment to seek the prompt repeal of the ACA, the Executive Order seeks to mitigate the burden of the ACA pending Congressional repeal by ordering  the Departments Health and Human Services (HHS), Labor (DOL), Treasury (Treasury)  and other agencies with ACA authority (Agencies) to exercise all available authority and discretion to the “maximum extent permitted by law:” To waive, defer, grant exemptions… [read post]
26 Jan 2016, 9:09 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
In keeping with President Obama’s administration long agenda of expanding equal employment and discrimination protections and enforcement, the Obama Administration now is proposing new regulations that if adopted as proposed, would expand the equal employment and nondiscrimination protections applicable for individuals receiving services through federal apprenticeships and other programs or activities provided by partners at American Job Centers and other key workforce programs that aid… [read post]
20 Nov 2012, 12:54 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
See HHS Proposed Regulation – Health Insurance Market Rules available here; A proposed rule outlining policies and standards for coverage of essential health benefits, while giving states more flexibility to implement the Affordable Care Act. [read post]
12 Jul 2018, 12:00 pm by Robert Liles
Working closely with the staff at the Consolidated Data Analysis Center (CDAC), auditors and investigators at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of Inspector General (OIG), have conducted sophisticated data analyses to identify outliers whose billing practices may be an indication of improper billing or fraud. [read post]
24 Oct 2019, 9:16 am by Nate Nead
For the better part of the last decade, physician practices have seen a wave of consolidation by hospitals and private equity with 2018 being no exception [1]. [read post]
16 Sep 2022, 4:48 pm by Michael Lowe
  HHS undertakes the task of overseeing adult protective services across the country as well as the health and welfare of those receiving federal Medicare or Medicaid coverage. [read post]
30 Jun 2022, 4:02 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Scribe for the ABA JCEB Annual Agency Meeting with HHS-OCR, and author of the “Medical Privacy” Chapter in the BNA/ERISA Litigation Treatise, the “Other Torts Chapter” in the BNA/ABA E-Heath & Other Torts Treatise, “Privacy and the Pandemic Workshop” for the Association of State and Territorial Health Plans, as well as a multitude of other highly regarded data privacy and security, workforce and health care change and crisis management and other… [read post]
11 May 2018, 3:22 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
The 2018 maximum deductible Health Savings Account (HSA) contribution for individuals with family coverage under a high deductible health plan (HDHP) is $6,900, rather than the lower $$6850 limitation that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Department of Treasury originally identified as the 2018 maximum deduction amount last March. [read post]
19 Oct 2016, 1:04 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
ERISA Civil Penalties For Employers, Fiduciaries & Plan Administrators Rose August 1 Employer and other employee benefit plan sponsors, fiduciaries and administrators required by the Department of Labor Employee Benefit Security Administration (EBSA) to pay a civil monetary penalty for a post-November 2, 2015 violation of the employee benefit related obligations of the  Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) should expect to pay more if EBSA assesses the penalty after… [read post]
13 Jul 2009, 7:49 am
That's what I am saying is going to occur here and why I recommend that there be a mandate to have reporting of certain aggregate data to say HHS or a new government entity and that that data then be made available to the public. [read post]
12 Apr 2018, 8:48 am by Robert Liles
  Finally, it is worth noting that the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) identified concerns with the billing of orthotic braces in both its 2016 and 2017 Work Plans.[5] III. [read post]
7 Jul 2014, 8:34 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Late last month, the Department of Health & Human Services Office of Civil Rights (HHS) announced that complaints of a retiring physician over the mishandling of her patient records by Parkview Health System, Inc. [read post]
14 Feb 2010, 1:06 pm
  Anti-Kickback violations are punishable by up to five years in prison, with the potential for additional criminal fines up to $25,000, and administrative civil money penalties reaching as much as $50,000.[4] Additionally, the OIG may commence administrative proceedings to prohibit anyone convicted of an anti-kickback violation from participation in federal and state health care programs or impose civil monetary penalties for fraud, kickbacks, and other prohibited activities.[5]  … [read post]
23 Mar 2016, 2:38 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
By: Cynthia Marcotte Stamer The Obama Administration is moving forward on yet another effort to empower union organizing efforts and disempower employer efforts to fight union organization efforts by changing its regulations implementing the “persuader rule” of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (LMRDA) to expand the circumstances under which the Labor Department’s “persuader rule” requires employers to disclose arrangements made with consultants to… [read post]
26 Jun 2015, 12:25 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
She also continuously helps employers, insurers, administrative and other service providers, their officers, directors and others to manage fiduciary and other risks of sponsorship or involvement with these and other benefit and compensation arrangements and to defend and mitigate liability and other risks from benefit and liability claims including fiduciary, benefit and other claims, audits, and litigation brought by the Labor Department, IRS, HHS, participants and beneficiaries, service… [read post]
30 Jun 2015, 2:43 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
U.S. should brace for potentially huge increases in their federal minimum wage overtime costs and liabilities if the U.S. [read post]