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10 May 2017, 11:00 pm
Department for Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) ensconced a settlement for the impermissible disclosure of a patient’s protected health information (PHI) without the patient’s authorization. [read post]
9 Jul 2012, 9:11 am
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced today that as of July 1, 2012, 89 new accountable care organizations (ACOs) started to serve 1.2 million Medicare beneficiaries in 40 states and Washington, D.C.ACOs are established by the Affordable Care Act’s Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) to create new types of voluntary health care entities that are held accountable for coordinating care, improving health and quality of… [read post]
12 Jul 2013, 3:56 pm
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced yesterday that it has entered into a resolution agreement with a national managed care organization and health insurance company (hereinafter “Company”) to settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA).Investigation and Resolution AgreementThe HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) conducted an investigation after receiving the… [read post]
12 Jul 2013, 3:56 pm
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced yesterday that it has entered into a resolution agreement with a national managed care organization and health insurance company (hereinafter “Company”) to settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA).Investigation and Resolution AgreementThe HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) conducted an investigation after receiving the… [read post]
6 Dec 2013, 12:00 am
Brown The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently announced that it will delay online enrollment in the federal Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP) Exchange for one year, until the open enrollment period for 2015, which begins November 2014. [read post]
30 Apr 2013, 2:19 pm
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has developed an array of new tools to educate consumers and health care providers about the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy and Security Rules. [read post]
24 Feb 2015, 6:14 am
Department of Health and Human Services, Veterans Health Administration, Kaiser ... [read post]
9 Jul 2015, 12:11 pm
On April 20, 2015, the Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Inspector General, in partnership with the American Health Lawyers Association and the Association of Healthcare Internal Auditors, published Practical Guidance for Health Care Governing Boards on Compliance Oversight, which describes the OIG's expectations of the compliance oversight role healthcare governing boards (e.g., Board of Directors of a hospital) should… [read post]
28 Sep 2023, 2:24 pm
Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights. [read post]
28 Nov 2012, 9:02 am
Department of Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights (OCR) released guidance for covered entities regarding methods and approaches to achieve de-identification of protected health information (PHI) in accordance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Rule. [read post]
13 Sep 2021, 10:00 pm
The US Department of Health and Human Services recently announced the establishment of the Office of Climate Change and Health Equity (OCCHE). [read post]
24 Jul 2012, 6:08 am
In its first enforcement action against a state agency, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) settled last month with Alaska’s Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) for HIPAA security violations it reported as required by HITECH. [read post]
16 Feb 2012, 7:25 am
The Department of Justice and the Department of Health and Human Services conducted joint programs so that federal, state and local law enforcement agencies were coordinated to better combat healthcare fraud. [read post]
26 Apr 2013, 4:07 pm
Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, National Poultry Improvement Plan (USDA-NPIP), and Veterinary Services to investigate three multistate outbreaks of human Salmonella Infantis, Salmonella Mbandaka, and Salmonella Typhimurium infections linked to contact with chicks, ducklings, and other live poultry. [read post]
8 Sep 2010, 4:15 am
Sebelius (full text) refusing to lift, pending appeal, his preliminary injunction against applying the Department of Health and Human Services' guidelines expanding permitted federal funding of human embryonic stem cell research. [read post]
28 Nov 2011, 1:35 pm
On November 17, 2011, the Departments of Labor, Treasury and Health and Human Services issued a set of Frequently Asked Questions About Affordable Care Act Implementation (Part VII) and Mental Health Parity Implementation. [read post]
29 Nov 2009, 6:58 pm
Recently, North Carolina's Department of Health and Human Services' Division of Social Services announced that the state will no longer be responsible for collecting child support payments from delinquent parties. [read post]
14 Apr 2023, 2:56 pm
Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) announced that four Notifications of Enforcement Discretion (“Notifications”) that were issued under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, as amended, and its implementing regulations (collectively, “HIPAA”) during the COVID-19 pandemic will expire on May 11, 2023. [read post]
31 Jul 2023, 9:24 am
Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) issued a joint letter (“Joint Letter”) (https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/ftc_gov/pdf/FTC-OCR-Letter-Third-Party-Trackers-07-20-2023.pdf) to approximately 130 hospitals and telehealth providers, warning that online tracking technologies integrated into their websites and/or mobile apps may be improperly disclosing personal health data to third… [read post]
19 Apr 2011, 10:16 am
” This statement was issued in conjunction with the Department of Health and Human Services’ Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) proposed regulations implementing the shared savings program, as part of a coordinated interagency effort to facilitate health care provider participation in the shared savings program, so as to achieve the cost savings and improvement in quality of care Congress intended. [read post]
