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9 Nov 2016, 7:16 am by M. Scott Koller
Last month, the Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued guidance on the storage of protected health information (PHI) in the cloud. [read post]
20 May 2014, 1:41 pm by Lisa Baird
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the Department of Health and Human Services has issued a proposed rule that would institute several changes to the health care program civil monetary penalty (CMP) regulations. [read post]
3 Feb 2015, 8:00 am by Greene LLP
Department of Health and Human Services – Office of Inspector General, requiring it to engage in significant compliance efforts over the next five years. [read post]
24 Sep 2020, 6:17 am by Colin Zick
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS OCR) reminds us that business associates are going to be held to the same standards (and subjected to the same penalties) as HIPAA covered entities. [read post]
4 Nov 2020, 5:07 am by Wachler & Associates, P.C.
In late October 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) released guidance on use of Provider Relief Fund (“PRF”) payments to cover costs associated with a potential COVID-19 vaccine. [read post]
17 Aug 2022, 5:00 am by Wachler & Associates, P.C.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Civil Rights (OCR) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) recently released guidance regarding the provision of telehealth services to individuals with disabilities or with limited English proficiency. [read post]
27 Apr 2017, 8:22 am by Wachler & Associates, P.C.
On April 20, 2017, the Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights (HHS OCR) announced that it had reached a settlement with the Center for Children’s Digestive Health (the Center) regarding the Center’s (alleged) violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). [read post]
27 Jun 2012, 3:33 pm by Hunton & Williams LLP
On June 26, 2012, the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) announced a resolution agreement and $1.7 million settlement with the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services (“DHSS”) for violations of the HIPAA Security Rule. [read post]
20 Mar 2023, 1:15 pm by Hon. Susan G. Braden
This strategy took a new tack in early March 2023, when the Biden Administration’s Justice Department filed a surprise “Statement of Interest” in a private lawsuit on behalf  “the Government and its Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Defense. [read post]
20 Mar 2023, 1:15 pm by Hon. Susan G. Braden
This strategy took a new tack in early March 2023, when the Biden Administration’s Justice Department filed a surprise “Statement of Interest” in a private lawsuit on behalf  “the Government and its Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Defense. [read post]
25 Feb 2013, 11:49 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on February 22, 2013 released its Final Rule implementing many of the key market reform provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (the “Affordable Care Act”) applicable to non-grandfathered health plans and health insurance issuers. [read post]
President Joe Biden has directed the Department of Health and Human Services to take steps to make sure abortion and contraception medications are available “to the fullest extent possible,” and his administration plans to protect the right to travel to another state for an abortion. [read post]
15 Oct 2014, 9:45 am by Tom Smith
What’s particularly interesting about this discussion, then, is that nobody has even discussed the fact that the federal government not ten years ago created and funded a brand new office in the Health and Human Services Department specifically to coordinate preparation for and response to public health threats like Ebola. [read post]
29 Nov 2016, 12:28 pm by M. Ramana Rameswaran
Department of Health and Human Services or the Office for Civil Rights. [read post]
28 Dec 2023, 1:13 pm by Elizabeth G. Litten
Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) gave the health industry a unique gift buried in a 900+ page rule adoption. [read post]
28 Jan 2009, 2:14 am
The US Department of Health and Human Services has published its poverty guidelines for 2009. [read post]
5 Oct 2009, 7:37 am
According to a press release issued by the Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS"), dated October 1, 2009, HHS and the Departments of Labor and the Treasury have jointly issued interim final rules, which implement Title I of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 ("GINA"). [read post]
22 Dec 2009, 12:50 pm by Steven Boutwell
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced on December 15, 2009 the expansion of Medicare Fraud Strike Force teams to Baton Rouge, Brooklyn, Tampa in the fifth, sixth and seventh phases of a targeted criminal, civil and administrative effort against individuals and health care companies that fraudulently bill the Medicare program. [read post]
30 May 2024, 1:55 pm by News Desk
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) announced on Thursday afternoon that there was an additional case of influenza A (H5) in a Michigan farmworker who worked closely with influenza A (H5) positive cows. [read post]
1 Jun 2016, 10:00 am
., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On May 24, 2016, the American Hospital Association (AHA) released a letter claiming that Audits of hospital billing by the Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) contain numerous legal defects. [read post]