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18 May 2012, 1:14 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) is recommending a “strong response” to improve Medicare Part D oversight of retail pharmacy prescriptions by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) based on findings of a recent study. [read post]
15 Mar 2023, 5:00 am by Wachler & Associates, P.C.
Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently issued a proposed rule to implement requirements of the Administrative Simplification provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). [read post]
Regulators provided key insights into enforcement trends and potential changes to HIPAA regulations at the 11th Annual “Safeguarding Health Information: Building Assurance Through HIPAA Security” conference in October co-hosted by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR). [read post]
9 Sep 2019, 11:48 am by Nick J. Welle and Jessica M. Simons
 In April 2019, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released new guidance on this topic that was vaguely worded and somewhat confusing in its application. [read post]
19 Jul 2010, 8:42 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Stamer also is recognized for her publications, industry leadership, workshops and presentations on these and other health industry and human resources concerns. [read post]
US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra announced on Monday that healthcare providers are prohibited from discriminating against gay and transgender individuals, reversing a controversial Donald Trump-era policy. [read post]
18 Mar 2016, 1:50 pm by Laura Ray
District Court for the District of Columbia, under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA; 5 U.S.C. 552: Public information; agency rules, opinions, orders, records, and proceedings), to compel the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) to produce records from two National Institutes of Health (NIH) funded clinical trials concerning “testing experimental treatments in extremely premature babies. [read post]
29 Dec 2017, 12:32 pm by Edward J. Cyran
Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has recently published guidance on disclosing protected health information (PHI) related to overdose victims. [read post]
30 Apr 2024, 5:00 am by Wachler & Associates, P.C.
On April 26, 2024, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published a Final Rule introducing compliance changes for reproductive healthcare information under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Rule. [read post]
30 Nov 2016, 7:01 am by Todd Rodriguez
Earlier this month, the Office of Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services (“OIG”), the agency charged with enforcement of key federal fraud and abuse laws, published its annual Work Plan identifying the areas of compliance concern under the Medicare program on which it will focus its review efforts in the coming year. [read post]
2 Sep 2011, 11:58 am by NJ ELDER ABUSE
According to The National Center on Elder Abuse, a division of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, there are more than 500,000 elderly who are abused each year. [read post]
10 Jul 2012, 1:37 pm
On June 28, 2012 the Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the Department of Health and Human Services issued a report to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) that addresses instances of duplicative payments for prescription drugs for hospice beneficiaries. [read post]
4 Feb 2019, 6:03 am by Howard Iken
These calls came into the Department of Children and Families hotline. [read post]
11 Jul 2015, 7:00 pm by Drew Falkenstein
Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA-APHIS) to investigate four multistate outbreaks of human Salmonella infections linked to contact with live poultry. [read post]
6 Jul 2022, 12:06 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Along with educational outreach and tools, the Employee Benefit Security Administration and Department of Health and Human Services also are ratcheting up audits and enforcement of federal mental health parity mandates. [read post]
30 Jan 2010, 3:06 am by LaBovick Law
This week on January 28,  the Department of Healthand Human Services and the Department of Justice held an invitation only  Summit on Health Card Fraud. [read post]
30 Jul 2013, 8:53 am by Greene LLP
On July 29th, the US Attorney’s Office in Boston and the Department of Health and Human Services announced a settlement with Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center that resolves False Claims Act allegations of improper Medicare billing. [read post]
13 Aug 2024, 10:02 am by Evangelina Cantu
In April, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued final regulations (the Rule) which modify the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Rule (Privacy Rule) by implementing protections specific to protected health information (PHI) related to reproductive health care. [read post]
11 Oct 2011, 11:23 pm
Department of Health and Human Services has announced its intention to include birth control pills to the list of free medications provided by health insurance companies, the numbers of women who will begin taking Yaz and Yasmin may increase significantly. [read post]