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7 Mar 2014, 11:35 am
Department of Health and Human Services has issued a report finding that a third of nursing home patients released are harmed by the care that they receive at these professional facilities. [read post]
7 Mar 2014, 6:26 am by Lynn Sessions
As to breaches affecting 500 or more patients, in addition to the September 2013 incident, Triple-S has reported two other incidents to the Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights. [read post]
7 Mar 2014, 4:13 am by Jason C. Gavejian
Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently issued draft guidance entitled “Guidance for Industry-Fulfilling Regulatory Requirements for Postmarketing Submissions of Interactive Promotional Media For Prescription Human and Animal Drugs and Biologics. [read post]
6 Mar 2014, 8:28 pm
A variation on the theme that the number of people who have entered the business of defrauding the government’s healthcare programs such as Medicare came to light in a report issued by the inspector general of the Department of Health and Human Services, who determined that the government may not be getting properly informed on potential fraud linked to Medicare’s drug program and thus is missing much of the fraudulent activity. [read post]
6 Mar 2014, 3:10 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Third party administrators  (TPAs), self-insured health plans and concerned payers and plan sponsors now have a little more time to comment on the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) proposed rule, “Administrative Simplification: Health Plan Certification of Compliance. [read post]
6 Mar 2014, 6:27 am by Colin Zick
., a Puerto Rican health insurer, has been hit with a $6.8 million penalty from the Office of Civil Rights of the Department of Health and Human Services for a massive data breach. [read post]
5 Mar 2014, 2:35 pm by John Potter
Long-Term Care Costs The United States Department of Health and Human Services tells us that most of the people in the United States will eventually need custodial care. [read post]
5 Mar 2014, 1:02 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
A series of supplemental guidance issued by the Department of Health & Human Services Office of Civil Rights (OCR) in recent weeks is giving health care providers, health plans, health care clearinghouses (Covered Entities) and their business associates even more to do in reviewing and updating their policies, practices and training for handing protected health information (PHI) beyond bringing their policies and practices… [read post]
5 Mar 2014, 1:02 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
A series of supplemental guidance issued by the Department of Health & Human Services Office of Civil Rights (OCR) in recent weeks is giving health care providers, health plans, health care clearinghouses (Covered Entities) and their business associates even more to do in reviewing and updating their policies, practices and training for handing protected health information (PHI) beyond bringing their policies and practices… [read post]
5 Mar 2014, 11:06 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
A series of supplemental guidance issued by the Department of Health & Human Services Office of Civil Rights (OCR) in recent weeks is giving health care providers, health plans, health care clearinghouses (Covered Entities) and their business associates even more to do in reviewing and updating their policies, practices and training for handing protected health information (PHI) beyond bringing their policies and practices… [read post]
5 Mar 2014, 8:41 am by WIMS
EPA is initiating an external peer review of the agency's draft human health effects documents for perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS). [read post]
5 Mar 2014, 5:04 am by Debra A. McCurdy
Major Program Integrity/Efficiency Provisions Expand funding for the Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control (HCFAC) program, the Medicaid Integrity Program, and Medicaid Fraud Control Units, and other Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) program integrity efforts. [read post]
4 Mar 2014, 5:50 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Non-grandfathered self-insured and large group health plans must comply with the out-of-pocket limits in 2014 but pending further guidance are excused from the duty to comply with deductible limitations imposed by the cost-sharing limitations of the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act (ACA) according to new guidance jointly published February 20, 2013 by the Departments of Labor (DOL), Health and Human Services (HHS), and the Treasury… [read post]
4 Mar 2014, 1:56 pm
Nursing home negligence such as substandard treatment, inadequate monitoring of patients or failure and delay to provide necessary care are the main causes of preventable adverse events and temporary arm events for patients requiring post acute care in a skilled nursing facility according to a large study conducted by the US Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General. [read post]
4 Mar 2014, 12:17 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
  The joint federal health care fraud enforcement efforts of the Departments of Justice (DOJ) and Health and Human Services (HHS) set new records for recoveries in Fiscal Year (FY) 2013, according to the newly […] [read post]
4 Mar 2014, 12:17 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
  The joint federal health care fraud enforcement efforts of the Departments of Justice (DOJ) and Health and Human Services (HHS) set new records for recoveries in Fiscal Year (FY) 2013, according to the newly […] [read post]
4 Mar 2014, 9:51 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Filed under: Employers, Health Plans, HIPAA, Human Resources, Insurance Tagged: ACA, Affordable Care Act, Annual Fee, Coordomation of Benefits, Health Care Provider, Health Plan, Insurer, Secondary Payer, Tax [read post]