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14 Jul 2020, 7:49 pm
There is a legitimate fear that HHS will manipulate the data to fit the White House’s political message. [read post]
7 Jan 2014, 9:06 am by Debra A. McCurdy
On January 7, 2014, HHS published a proposed rule that would modify the HIPAA Privacy Rule to expressly permit certain HIPAA covered entities to disclose to the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) the identities of individuals who are prohibited under federal law from shipping, transporting, possessing, or receiving a firearm for reasons related to mental health. [read post]
28 Oct 2014, 8:07 am by Debra A. McCurdy
On October 24, 2014, the HHS Office for Human Research Protections published a notice announcing that it is seeking comments on draft guidance for the research community entitled “Guidance on Disclosing Reasonably Foreseeable Risks in Research Evaluating Standards of Care. [read post]
10 Feb 2021, 6:01 am by Foley Hoag
Creates Roadblocks For New HHS Privacy Enforcers first appeared on Security, Privacy and the Law. [read post]
21 Feb 2014, 5:45 am by Colin Zick
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]
14 Jun 2011, 1:32 pm by Carlos Leyva
The determination of when to notify HHS is dependent on the number of individuals impacted. [read post]
5 Jun 2010, 12:01 am by Ben Vernia
In an advisory opinion posted on May 27, 2010, Lewis Morris, the Chief Counsel to the OIG-HHS, blessed a proposed resident referral program by the operator of several continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs). [read post]
3 May 2019, 4:18 am by Howard Friedman
  The Release summarizes the new rules:This final rule revises existing regulations to ensure vigorous enforcement of Federal conscience and anti‐discrimination laws applicable to the Department, its programs, and recipients of HHS funds, and to delegate overall enforcement and compliance responsibility to the Department’s Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”). [read post]
16 Apr 2021, 4:00 am by Howard Friedman
That prompted more than 1,000 health clinics in dozens of states, including but not limited to Planned Parenthood, to leave the program.The HHS Release (full text) titled Ensuring Access to Equitable, Affordable, Client-Centered, Quality Family Planning Services says in part:For five decades, Title X family planning clinics have played a critical role in ensuring access to a broad range of family planning and related preventive health services for millions of low-income or uninsured… [read post]
11 Jul 2024, 4:00 am by Howard Friedman
HHS threatens to punish doctors and States who do not comply with the mandate by imposing huge financial penalties and excluding them from federally funded healthcare programs like Medicare, Medicaid, and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). [read post]
31 Aug 2011, 12:39 pm by Matthew Huisman
At HHS, Noronha provided legal advice to Secretary Michael Leavitt and oversaw more than 400 lawyers who provided legal advice to departments ranging from the National Institutes of Health to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. [read post]
1 Jun 2011, 8:47 am
" The regulation, on the other hand, allows HHS to only count "hospice care recipients in the year in which they received the bulk of their hospice care. [read post]
Where conduct identified in the course of OIG’s investigations into allegations of information blocking intersect with multiple regulatory and enforcement frameworks, OIG plans to collaborate with and make referrals to other government agencies, including HHS, ONC, the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR), the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), and the Department of Justice (DOJ), as appropriate. [read post]
16 Mar 2011, 10:19 am by Harley Geiger
The report examined 255 breaches that affected 500 or more individual patients since HHS issued its breach notification rule in August 2009. [read post]
The findings revealed that 16% of child case files lacked documentation of sponsor background checks by the HHS Office of Refugee Resettlement (HHS-ORR) in March and April 2021. [read post]
15 Jun 2022, 8:58 am by William Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
The American Hospital Association (AHS) sued HHS over HHS’s plan to reduce reimbursement rates for “340b hospitals,” which serve low-income and rural populations. [read post]
21 Jan 2015, 3:39 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
We also reviewed procurement regulations, manuals, guides, and procedures provided by both HHS and CMS for acquisition planning, contractor selection, and contracting oversight processes. [read post]
21 Nov 2011, 3:38 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is seeking to publicly shame Everence Insurance of Pennsylvania for charging small businesses what HHS claims are “unreasonably high” premium increases. [read post]
19 Dec 2012, 11:22 am by Jack McNeill
HHS has given New York’s State-Based Health Exchange conditional approval to operate by the HHS. [read post]