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23 Apr 2014, 8:09 am
All information was gathered from Department of Health and Human Services OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL’S Report on ADVERSE EVENTS IN SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES: NATIONAL INCIDENCE AMONG MEDICARE BENEFICIARIES For more information please view the report at http://oig.hhs.gov/oei/reports/oei-06-11-00370.pdf The post Health or Harm, Should We Have to Choose? [read post]
23 Apr 2014, 6:59 am
Pinnacle recipients are chosen on the basis of success or distinction in their chosen fields; significant contributions to society and humanity through public or humanitarian service; and outstanding service to the University, or reflection of the unique character of Fairleigh Dickinson in their lives.In presenting the award, his longtime friend and colleague Robert H. [read post]
23 Apr 2014, 5:35 am
Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) in its announcement yesterday that it collected $1,975,220 from two entities collectively to resolve potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy and Security Rules. [read post]
21 Apr 2014, 6:26 am
In the weekly Standard, Adam White examines Justice Anthony Kennedy’s comments – made at the oral arguments in the challenges to the Affordable Care Act’s contraception mandate – on Congress’s delegation of power in the ACA to the Department of Health and Human Services, and he suggests that courts can “vindicate constitutional design simply in the way that they interpret statutes and review agencies’ implementation of… [read post]
20 Apr 2014, 5:30 pm
According to the United States Department of Health and Human Services, somewhere in the vicinity of 70 percent of Americans who are reaching the age of 65 will eventually need help with their activities of daily living. [read post]
20 Apr 2014, 5:00 am
Under the Medicare Choices Empowerment and Protection Act (S. 2240), which was introduced this month, the Department of Health & Human Services will pay Medicare beneficiaries $75 to register their advance directives. [read post]
18 Apr 2014, 7:41 am
A payout fund set up to compensate victims of driverless car accidents could be modeled similar to the Health and Human Services Department’s vaccine injury compensation fund, which takes a 75-cent tax from every purchased vaccine. [read post]
18 Apr 2014, 7:04 am
The Departments of Energy, Transportation, and Health and Human Services – despite holding a treasure trove of sensitive U.S. data – had no meaningful disclosures to judge whether they are in fact following the president's order to incorporate the Fair Information Practice Principles. [read post]
17 Apr 2014, 1:29 pm
According to the Washington Times, a report from the office of the inspector general of the Department of Health and Human Services says that, despite new regulations in force as a result of the Affordable Care Act, the practice of doctors billing Medicare for home visits they never made has become rampant, with the financial hit amounting up to $2 billion. [read post]
17 Apr 2014, 6:26 am
As observed in a report by the Brennan Center for Justice, executive power has been used in expansive ways by both progressive and conservative presidents in the past: President Reagan imposed greater oversight and control over agency actions by creating the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), President Clinton catalyzed welfare reform through the Department of Health and Human Services, and President Bush issued orders ranging from the… [read post]
16 Apr 2014, 9:41 am
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Inspector General (“OIG”) released the March 2014 edition of Compendium of Priority Recommendations, (“Compendium“) which for the first time addressed the need for reform in nursing home care. [read post]
16 Apr 2014, 7:32 am
My Fox Rothschild LLP colleague, Todd Rodriguez, recently posted a blog describing the new HIPAA “Security Risk Assessment Tool” (SRA Tool) developed by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as a collaboration between the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC). [read post]
16 Apr 2014, 6:24 am
By way of background, CMS published a final rule on February 2, 2011 pursuant to Section 640 of the ACA, which required the Department of Health and Human Services to establish procedures for screening providers and suppliers participating in federal health care programs (specifically, Medicare, Medicaid, and the Children’s Health Insurance Program). [read post]
15 Apr 2014, 10:02 pm
Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) requires that poultry establishments must meet Salmonella performance standards as a means of verifying that production systems are effective in controlling any and all contamination. [read post]
14 Apr 2014, 1:50 pm
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently released a security risk assessment (SRA) tool as a resource to assist health care providers in complying with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Security Rule. [read post]
13 Apr 2014, 10:03 pm
Department of Health and Human Services confirmed that a consultation meeting is scheduled for April 22 in Window Rock, AZ, at the Navajo Museum. [read post]
13 Apr 2014, 9:28 pm
Indeed, the Office of the Inspector General for the Department of Health and Human Services, which is the watchdog on fraud and abuse for the department, issued a report in December in which it called for greater scrutiny of those doctors who were Medicare’s highest billers. [read post]
13 Apr 2014, 8:59 am
Aereo’s retransmission service and the Google Books project are cases in point. [read post]
11 Apr 2014, 3:01 pm
Or an inspector from the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration shows up at your door. [read post]
11 Apr 2014, 2:01 pm
Or an inspector from the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration shows up at your door. [read post]
