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23 Aug 2024, 4:00 pm
Departments of Labor (DOL), Health and Human Services, and the Treasury (collectively, the “Tri-Departments”) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on August 3, 2023, to propose new regulations for the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA). [read post]
23 Apr 2005, 1:59 pm
[JURIST] US Department of Health and Human Services head Mike Leavitt announced Friday that the agency will actively enforce the little-used Born-Alive Infant Protection Act [PDF]. [read post]
20 Sep 2006, 6:57 am
RodrigueOn August 24, 2006, the Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) of the United States Department of Health and Human Services (“DHHS”), through its Office of Audit Services, issued a report finding that the Medicare Program overpaid an estimated twenty million dollars for non-physician radiology services provided to hospital inpatients. [read post]
25 Aug 2008, 6:15 am
Department of Health and Human Services formally released for comment proposed regulations (full text) designed to enforce federal provisions that protect conscience rights of doctors and other health care providers participating in programs receiving HHS funding. [read post]
26 Feb 2014, 6:37 am
In a colossal “oh by the way” revelation, last Friday afternoon the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), a federal agency under the United States Department of Health and Human Services (that would be the executive branch run by President Obama), quietly released a report exposing the fact that under Obamacare, two-thirds of Americans who work at small businesses will see their insurance premiums increase. [read post]
2 Jul 2010, 6:09 am
Department of Health and Human Services unveiled a new website, HealthCare.gov , to provide consumers with information on their rights and benefits under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. [read post]
28 Jul 2015, 2:49 pm
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the Department of Health and Human Services posted an Advisory Opinion today addressing a hospital system’s proposal to lease administrative employees and to provide operational and management services to a related psychiatric hospital for an amount equal to the hospital system’s fully loaded costs (i.e., salary plus benefits and overhead expense) plus a two percent administrative fee). [read post]
27 Jan 2015, 8:32 am
Yesterday the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) formally announced HHS’ intention to shift 90% of all traditional Medicare payments from fee-for-service (FFS) to quality or value-based payments by 2018. [read post]
13 Jan 2011, 8:09 am
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), as part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, will soon be issuing guidelines on what constitutes preventive care for women. [read post]
15 Jun 2010, 6:06 am
Yesterday, the three primary agencies charged with regulating and enforcing the federal government’s health care reform effort (Department of Treasury, Department of Health and Human Services, and Department of Labor) released interim final regulations that address the applicable exemptions for grandfathered health plans and the changes that may and may not be made to plans seeking to retain their grandfathered status. [read post]
19 Aug 2009, 10:48 am
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued new regulations today that require health care providers, health plans, and other entities covered by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) to notify individuals when their health information is breached.The regulations require health care providers and other HIPAA covered entities to promptly notify affected individuals of a breach, and, in… [read post]
19 Aug 2009, 10:48 am
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued new regulations today that require health care providers, health plans, and other entities covered by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) to notify individuals when their health information is breached.The regulations require health care providers and other HIPAA covered entities to promptly notify affected individuals of a breach, and, in… [read post]
13 Dec 2018, 12:02 pm
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR). [read post]
6 May 2019, 7:57 am
On April 30, 2019, The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published in the Federal Register a notification of enforcement discretion indicating that it will lower the annual Civil Money Penalty (CMP) limits for three of the four penalty tiers in the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH Act). [read post]
6 May 2019, 8:18 am
On April 30, 2019, The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published in the Federal Register a notification of enforcement discretion indicating that it will lower the annual Civil Money Penalty (CMP) limits for three of the four penalty tiers in the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH Act). [read post]
10 Dec 2020, 1:43 pm
In 2010, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) directed the Secretary of Health and Human Services to issue regulations to establish an administrative dispute resolution (ADR) process for certain claims between Section 340B covered entities and pharmaceutical manufacturers (e.g., claims of overcharging by manufacturers and claims of covered entities taking duplicative discounts or diverting Section 340B discounted product). [read post]
11 May 2021, 4:05 am
Department of Health and Human Services announced yesterday that its Office for Civil Rights will interpret the Affordable Care Act's anti-discrimination provisions as including discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. [read post]
3 Sep 2009, 7:09 pm
9-4-2009 Iowa:Cherokee, Clarinda, Independence, Mount Pleasant on alertA task force was created in the last Iowa legislative session to study a recommendation of the Department of Human Services to possibly close one of the state's four Mental Health Institutes.The four institutes include Cherokee, Clarinda, Independence, and Mount Pleasant.That task force will be in Cherokee Tuesday, Sept. 15 [read post]
26 Jan 2017, 9:36 am
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and 15 other government agencies published a final rule updating regulations governing the protection of human research subjects, which is commonly referred to as the “Common Rule. [read post]
11 Apr 2012, 10:06 am
Department of Health and Human Services to ensure its continued compliance with federal health care program requirements. [read post]
