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24 Feb 2014, 2:12 pm
First, the fine was imposed by Puerto Rico, not the Office of Civil Rights (“OCR”) within the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”), which is the federal agency generally associated with penalties for breaches involving protected health information (“PHI”), and is significantly higher than fines that have been reported by OCR as having been levied for breaches affecting many more individuals than the… [read post]
24 Feb 2014, 2:03 pm
These mandated services, as defined by the Health and Human Services Department’s subsequent regulation, include twenty methods of contraception, four of which function by preventing the implantation of a fertilized egg. [read post]
23 Feb 2014, 6:36 am
An additional condition of the settlement requires EndoGastric to enter into a Corporate Integrity Agreement, a plan to implement reviews and procedures intended to prevent similar incidents, with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Officer of Inspector General. [read post]
21 Feb 2014, 4:12 pm
Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a proposed cut to Medicare Advantage rates for 2015. [read post]
21 Feb 2014, 4:12 pm
Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a proposed cut to Medicare Advantage rates for 2015. [read post]
21 Feb 2014, 3:06 pm
Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that, for the first time, quality measures have now been added to the Physician Compare website.The Physician Compare website was created by the Affordable Care Act in order to help consumers search for information about M [read post]
21 Feb 2014, 3:06 pm
Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that, for the first time, quality measures have now been added to the Physician Compare website.The Physician Compare website was created by the Affordable Care Act in order to help consumers search for information about M [read post]
21 Feb 2014, 2:36 pm
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).On February 20, 2014, HHS released new guidance on how the Privacy Rule protects patients’ rights to mental health information and in what circumstances the Privacy Rule allows prov [read post]
21 Feb 2014, 2:36 pm
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).On February 20, 2014, HHS released new guidance on how the Privacy Rule protects patients’ rights to mental health information and in what circumstances the Privacy Rule allows prov [read post]
21 Feb 2014, 11:50 am
Department of Health and Human Services, which is the federal agency tasked with enforcing HIPAA, has only once issued a civil money penalty for a violation of the HIPAA Privacy Rule. [read post]
21 Feb 2014, 5:45 am
Department of Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights (HHS OCR) released new guidance explaining how the HIPAA Privacy Rule operates to protect individuals’ privacy rights with respect to their mental health information and in what circumstances the Privacy Rule permits health care providers to communicate with patients’ family […] [read post]
21 Feb 2014, 5:15 am
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released new FAQs explaining how the HIPAA Privacy Rule operates to protect individuals’ privacy rights with respect to their mental health information and in what circumstances the Privacy Rule permits health care providers to communicate with patients’ family members and others. [read post]
20 Feb 2014, 2:54 pm
. * Regulatory Bulletinhttp://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/regulatory/2014fr.htmlWe feature a notice of the Department of Health & Human Services regarding a tribal consultation meeting on the Head Start early childhood education program. [read post]
20 Feb 2014, 2:06 pm
The Departments of Labor, Treasury, and Health and Human Services have announced the publication of final regulations implementing a 90-day limit on waiting periods for employer provided health coverage. [read post]
20 Feb 2014, 4:00 am
Unfortunately, the public research funding agencies in Canada – the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) – though well-intentioned, are non-committal about open access. [read post]
19 Feb 2014, 7:16 am
The United States Department of Health and Human Services defines elder mistreatment (i.e. abuse and neglect) as intentional actions that cause harm or create a serious risk of harm (whether or not harm is intended) to a vulnerable elder by a caregiver or other person who stands in a trust relationship to the elder. [read post]
18 Feb 2014, 10:03 pm
The Maryland Association of County Health Officers told legislative services that more outbreaks would raise local costs as well. [read post]
17 Feb 2014, 12:05 pm
Department of Health & Human Services’ (HHS) Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and Office for Civil Rights jointly published a final rule amending the HIPAA Privacy Rule and the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA) regulations to provide patients with direct access to laboratory test reports. [read post]
17 Feb 2014, 11:49 am
On February 6, 2014, the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) published a final rule making changes to the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA) and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) regulations to provide individuals with a greater ability to directly access their laboratory test reports. [read post]
14 Feb 2014, 11:21 am
So some 4,000 hospitals have or are installing digital records, the Department of Health and Human Services said last month. [read post]
