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10 Jun 2016, 2:52 pm
According to the Department of Health and Human Services, 59% of home health service payments in 2015 were improper, up 41.7% from 2013’s improper payment rate of 17.3%. [read post]
10 Jun 2016, 4:47 am
ERISA based opt out uses only health insurance and disability insurance.Work comp is the mainstay of the P&C industry, the single biggest commercial line, and the gateway to a whole host of much more profitable lines.If opt out spreads beyond Texas it is hugely threatening to the interests of the PCI members because they stand to lose considerable business, particularly if opt out migrates to the bigger P&C states.PCI is protecting its own interests (or those of its… [read post]
10 Jun 2016, 4:47 am
ERISA based opt out uses only health insurance and disability insurance.Work comp is the mainstay of the P&C industry, the single biggest commercial line, and the gateway to a whole host of much more profitable lines.If opt out spreads beyond Texas it is hugely threatening to the interests of the PCI members because they stand to lose considerable business, particularly if opt out migrates to the bigger P&C states.PCI is protecting its own interests (or those of its… [read post]
2 Jun 2016, 10:00 pm
Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) on the outbreak investigations, according to an announcement Thursday from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). [read post]
31 May 2016, 4:05 pm
When electronic protected health information is used or disclosed in violation of HIPAA, the Breach Notification Rules of HIPAA generally require Plans and their business associates timely notify impacted individuals and the Department of Health & Human Services Office of Civil Rights (OCR) in accordance with the detailed requirements set forth in OCR’s implementing regulations. [read post]
27 May 2016, 8:23 am
Behavioral health services in Texas—which encompass both mental health and substance use disorders (SUDs)—have evolved and transformed over the past decade. [read post]
26 May 2016, 12:05 pm
Health plans and health insurers, health care providers, healthcare clearinghouses (Covered Entities) and their business associates should verify that their copying charges and other policies and practices for responding to requests of individuals for copies and other access to protected health information (PHI) comply with the Privacy and Security Rules (Privacy Rule) of the Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) as… [read post]
23 May 2016, 12:44 pm
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), relying on the Institute of Medicine, determined that the term encompassed, among other things, all FDA-approved contraceptive methods, including drugs and devices that could induce an abortion. [read post]
17 May 2016, 5:17 am
Frankly, humanity has always struggled to compassionately care for individuals with disabilities. [read post]
17 May 2016, 4:24 am
Companies in its portfolio include Tropichem Research Labs, a producer of dermatological products and other specialty chemical formulations; Microbiology Research Associates, a provider of microbiology testing services; Infinity Behavioral Health Services, a provider of revenue cycle management services for behavioral health; and Receivables Management Partners, a provider of accounts receivable management and other outsourced revenue cycle management… [read post]
13 May 2016, 7:55 am
STAR+PLUS Waiver Program A Texas Medicaid program administered by the Health and Human Services Commission that provides services through a managed care system. [read post]
10 May 2016, 2:25 pm
Collective comments from the Texas Health and Human Services Transition Legislative Oversight Committee have been posted on the HHS Transformation website. [read post]
10 May 2016, 3:59 am
Lynch, April 25, 2016 "States Examine Policies, Conditions for Solitary Confinement in Prisons," Interim News, House Research Organization, February 17, 2016 "Darrington Seminary Graduates First Class of Ministers," Criminal Justice Connections, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, May/June 2015 Statewide Criminal and Juvenile Justice Recidivism and Revocation Rates, Legislative Budget Board, February 2015 Offender Reentry: Correctional Statistics, Reintegration… [read post]
6 May 2016, 12:30 pm
A prescription drug or medical device is one that may be legally sold or otherwise distributed only pursuant to a health-care provider’s prescription.Restatement (Third) of Torts, Products Liability §6(a) (1998) (emphasis added). [read post]
6 May 2016, 11:45 am
Board Certified in Labor & Employment Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, Ms. [read post]
3 May 2016, 1:00 pm
The Texas Health and Human Services Commission (“HHSC”) has been actively trying to reach an agreement with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) to extend or renew the Texas 1115 Transformation Waiver (the “Waiver”)since March 2015, when HHSC submitted its first iteration of a transition plan focused on a 5-year renewal. [read post]
27 Apr 2016, 9:01 am
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
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]
26 Apr 2016, 11:17 am
According to an FBI warrant for the arrest of Novus Health Services CEO Brad Harris, the 34-year-old hospice exec spoke frequently about prematurely ending his patients’ lives. [read post]
21 Apr 2016, 10:07 am
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) as stating. [read post]
