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7 Jul 2013, 11:00 pm
Sponsors of self-insured plans will be required to file an enrollment report with the Department of Health and Human Services by November 15 of each of the three years that the fee will be in effect. [read post]
4 Oct 2017, 8:53 am by Tom Smith
(Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch today announced it received two production of documents, 77 pages and 108 pages, from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) revealing the Obama IRS coordinated with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Obama White House Behavioral Sciences “Team” in a $5 million program to pressure Americans to sign up for Obamacare. [read post]
30 May 2019, 12:50 pm by The Health Law Partners
On May 24, 2019, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) proposed a new rule that would maintain vigorous civil rights enforcement and revise certain provisions that a federal court has said are likely unlawful. [read post]
1 Jul 2011, 6:49 am
On June 23, 2011, the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services announced that, under the aegis of the inter-agency Health Care Fraud Prevention and Enforcement Action Team (HEAT) program, three employees of the Solstice Wellness Center, a Brooklyn-area clinic that purported to specialize in providing physical therapy and diagnostic tests, have pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud, in connection with a… [read post]
7 Jul 2022, 12:25 pm by Ettinger Law Firm
The US Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights is currently informing providers that civil rights liberties for disabled individuals are still “full force” despite the COVID-19 pandemic. [read post]
29 Sep 2015, 10:22 am by Valerie Butera and Jonathan K. Hoerner
  The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) designated a system of 55 hospitals nationwide to manage suspected Ebola cases, but all hospitals have the potential to encounter a patient infected with Ebola or other pandemic disease, just as Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital discovered last year when a patient infected with Ebola presented to its emergency department. [read post]
25 Feb 2013, 11:49 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on February 22, 2013 released its Final Rule implementing many of the key market reform provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (the “Affordable Care Act”) applicable to non-grandfathered health plans and health insurance issuers. [read post]
11 Jul 2014, 8:57 pm by Ben Vernia
On July 11, the Office of Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services announced that it had reached a settlement with the University of Utah’s hospital system over its employment of staffers who had been excluded from participating in federal health care programs. [read post]
26 Jun 2024, 6:57 am
One excerpt... stated that [assistant secretary for health at the Department of Health and Human Services Rachel] Levine 'was very concerned that having ages (mainly for surgery) will affect access to care for trans youth and maybe adults, too. [read post]
2 Nov 2009, 6:08 am
On October 30, 2009, the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued the HIPAA Administrative Simplification: Enforcement Interim Final Rule, 45 CFR Part 160 (74 Federal Register 56123, October 30, 2009).This new rule was developed and adopted by HHS to conform the enforcement regulations under HIPAA to the revisions made to HIPAA under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH),… [read post]
21 Nov 2022, 4:00 am by Howard Friedman
Becerra, (ED TN, Nov. 18, 2022), a Tennessee federal district court dismissed for lack of standing a challenge to a rule promulgated by the Department of Health and Human Services that barred discrimination on the basis of gender identity in the furnishing of health care. [read post]
14 Jun 2010, 10:32 am
Last week the Department of Health and Human Services announced millions of dollars in grants to states to address medical malpractice. [read post]
7 Feb 2022, 12:57 pm by John S. Lord Jr
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) — the federal agency that enforces laws against discrimination by certain health care providers based on race, color, national origin, disability, age, religion, and sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity) — recently issued reminders about antidiscrimination laws in the age of COVID-19. [read post]
29 Oct 2014, 11:13 am by Lisa Baird
The article discusses a number of trends predicted for the near future stemming from the HIPAA Omnibus Rule introduced last year, such as an increase in the number of investigations by the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights regarding the illegal use, disclosure, and sale of PHI without patient authorization, particularly when used for marketing and fundraising purposes. [read post]
26 Oct 2016, 4:00 am by Howard Friedman
The ACLU announced yesterday that it has filed an Administrative Complaint (full text) with the Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights against Ascension Health challenging its reliance on the U.S. [read post]
20 Oct 2023, 9:00 am by Arthur J. Fried, Audrey Davis
Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”), which is tasked with enforcing the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”), issued two new guidance documents pertaining to privacy and security risks associated with the use of telehealth services. [read post]
31 Mar 2014, 10:00 am
In November 2013, the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) division of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a limited released of the draft NPDB Guidebook.... [read post]
31 Mar 2014, 10:00 am
In November 2013, the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) division of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a limited released of the draft NPDB Guidebook.... [read post]
31 Mar 2014, 10:00 am
In November 2013, the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) division of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a limited released of the draft NPDB Guidebook.... [read post]