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21 Aug 2015, 6:07 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
  Consequently, sponsoring employers and their management generally will want to ensure that their plan documents are properly updated to comply with the out-of-pocket maximum and other federal requirements, to require contractual commitments to administer the health plan in compliance with and to report, correct, and indemnify for violations of these requirements in vendor contracts with their health plan insurers, administrators and other vendors, and conduct documented… [read post]
  The Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) responded to the lawsuit on Monday, stating the department had been working with the DOJ to address the allegations. [read post]
7 Aug 2013, 9:51 am
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) has issued its monthly Recovery Act Oversight report for June 2013. [read post]
25 Jan 2012, 10:02 am by Ray Mullman
Medpage Today reported that companies that administer Medicare Part D drug programs for seniors cannot tell whether antipsychotics and other drugs they cover are being used for medically accepted indications, according to a new report from the Department of Health and Human Services's Office of the Inspector General (OIG). [read post]
9 Aug 2017, 6:24 am by Clay Hodges
In 2015 alone, the US Department of Health and Human Services estimated that 12.5 million people misused prescription opioids, causing over 33,000 overdose deaths. [read post]
16 Nov 2011, 9:00 am
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is launching a pilot program this month to make sure covered entities are in compliance with HIPAA privacy and security rules and breach notification standards, according to the OCR. [read post]
24 Jun 2009, 8:57 pm by afehn
Department of Health and Human Services announced today that fifty-three people have been indicted for more than $50 million in alleged Medicare false claims. [read post]
6 Jul 2012, 11:34 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Stamer also has worked extensively domestically and internationally on public policy and regulatory advocacy on health and other employee benefits, human resources, insurance, tax, compliance and other matters and representing clients in dealings with the US Congress, Departments of Labor, Treasury, Health & Human Services, Federal Trade Commission, HUD and Justice, as well as a state legislatures attorneys general, insurance, labor,… [read post]
10 Dec 2013, 12:02 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Stamer is recognized, internationally, nationally and locally for her more than 25 years of work, advocacy, education and publications on cutting edge health and managed care, employee benefit, human resources and related workforce, insurance and financial services, and health care matters. [read post]
14 Jul 2010, 9:05 am by William Maruca
On July 13, 2010, the Department of Health and Human Services released a pair of final regulations (one from CMS, one from the Office of National Coordinator for HIT ) detailing the “meaningful use” criteria which will determine whether users of electronic health records will qualify for the government subsidies under the HITECH Act during the first two years of the program (2011-2012). [read post]
13 Apr 2011, 9:34 am by Abby Natelson
HITECH expanded the authority of the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to impose civil monetary penalties on “covered entities” and “business associates” that violate HIPAA privacy and security standards. [read post]
20 Aug 2020, 7:00 am by Robbie Kenney
The testimony provided by witnesses during the joint meeting of the Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee and the Assembly Aging and Senior Services Committee was horrifying and heartbreaking. [read post]
17 Feb 2019, 4:23 am by Howard Friedman
Department of Health and Human Services, (D SC, filed 2/15/2019) challenges the waiver from the religious discrimination ban in federally funded foster-care programs that the Department of Health and Human Services granted to the state of South Carolina last month. [read post]
27 Apr 2016, 9:01 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Employer and other group health plan sponsors, fiduciaries and administrators and  individual and group health insurers should confirm their plan documents and practices comply with new additional guidance on when the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) preventive care mandates set forth in Public Health Services (PHS) Act section 2713, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) and the Internal Revenue Code (the Code) require… [read post]
27 Apr 2016, 9:01 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Employer and other group health plan sponsors, fiduciaries and administrators and  individual and group health insurers should confirm their plan documents and practices comply with new additional guidance on when the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) preventive care mandates set forth in Public Health Services (PHS) Act section 2713, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) and the Internal Revenue Code (the Code) require… [read post]
10 Apr 2020, 7:42 am by Jeff Wurzburg (US)
On Friday morning April 10, the US Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) released details regarding the first $30 billion in payments under the CARES Act. [read post]
4 Jan 2014, 8:16 pm by Walter Olson
Among his nominations: the “Agriculture Department, which cited privacy grounds in refusing to name any of the beneficiaries of the notoriously fraud-ridden ‘Pigford‘ settlement”; Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, who imposed millions of dollars in fines on private health companies for lacking adequate technical controls on the privacy of health data, “even when there was no evidence that any… [read post]
29 Mar 2008, 1:53 pm
Department of Health & Human Services has just published a Web site that allows citizens to compare patient satisfaction with various hospitals. [read post]