ONC Releases Next Wave of 2014 Draft Test Methods For Public Review and...
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) today (November 8, 2012) announced the release of the Wave 7 2014 Edition Draft Test Methods (test procedures, tools, and applicable test data...
View ArticleONC Changes Start Time, Releases Agenda For 11/13 Virtual Workshop On Health...
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) today (November 9, 2012) announced a preliminary agenda of topics and the procedures that health care providers and other interested parties...
View ArticleOIG Recommends CMS, ONC Tighten EMR Incentive Program Rules To Improve Oversight
The Department of Health & Human Services Office of Inspector General is recommending the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT...
View ArticleHospitals Urged To Tighten Inpatient & Outpatient Admission Records As OIG...
Hospitals should act quickly to adopt appropriate compliance policies and tighten outpatient and inpatient admissions recordkeeping and associated billing activities to minimize exposures signaled by...
View ArticleUpdated 2013 ACA Prescription Drug Fee Calculation & Payment Rules Released;...
December 17, 2012 is the deadline for covered entities to file a Form 8947 as part if its reporting and payment of the Form 8947The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Notice 2012-74 sets forth the...
View ArticleMedical Device Excise Tax Rules Supplemented
Medical device manufacturers heads up! The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has adopted interim rules for relating to the excise tax on medical devices imposed by § 4191 (the “medical device excise...
View ArticleOCR Pops Idaho Hospice In 1st HIPAA Breach Settlement Affecting < 500 Patients
$50K Settlement Shows Small Breach Reports Carry Enforcement Risk Properly encrypt and protected electronic protected health information (ePHI) on laptops and in other mediums! That’s the clear...
View ArticleJustice Department Settles FACE Act Lawsuit Against Abortion Protester
The Justice Department yesterday announced it settled claims against protestor David Hamilton for violations of the Freedom of Access to Clinical Entrances (FACE) Act. Under the terms of the...
View ArticleOCR’s Long-Anticipated Omnibus HIPAA Privacy, Security, Breach Notification &...
Health care providers and their business associates have work to do. Health care providers, health plans, health care clearinghouses and their business associates will need to review and update their...
View ArticleJustice Department Disability Discrimination With Pain Clinic Shows Provider...
Hospitals, health care clinics, physicians and other health care providers should heed the settlement announced by the Justice Department announced today (January 31, 2013) with the Fayetteville Pain...
View ArticleNew Children’s Electronic Health Record Format Shared
The Department of Health and Human Service (HHS) hopes a new electronic health record (EHR) format for documenting medical care for children developed by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality...
View ArticleUnfair Labor Practice Settlements Reminds Hospitals To Handle Union...
The National Labor Relations Board’s announcement of its approval of settlement agreements between two UPMC hospitals and the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) reminds hospital and other...
View ArticleOCR, FTC Enforcement & Guidance Signals Need To Tighten Mobile Device &...
Thinking about or using mobile devices and applications in your heath care, health plan, or related operations or struggling to meet the demands of employees, patients, plan members or others to allow...
View ArticleGenesis Healthcare Disability HHS OCR Discrimination Settlement Reminder To...
Health care providers dealing with patients with hearing, language, cognitive, or other disabilities are reminded to use care to provide interpreters or other accommodations when necessary to care for...
View ArticleHospital’s Disability Discrimination Settlement 4th In 5 Weeks For Justice...
Health Care Providers Must Strengthen Disability Compliance & Risk Management Health care providers beware! The Obama Administration is targeting health care providers that violate the Americans...
View ArticleHospital Pay $275K To Settle HIPAA Charges After Sharing PHI With Press,...
Health care providers, health plans, health care clearinghouses and their business associates should confirm their existing policies, practices and training for communicating with the media and others...
View ArticleHHS Continues Preparations For Health Care Marketplace By Awarding $32M Of...
As part of its continuing efforts to promote enrollment in the Health Insurance Marketplace slated to take effect January 1, 2014, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today (July 2, 2013)...
View ArticleTell HHS What You Think-Comment On HHS Strategic Plan Now!
Health care providers, health plans, employers and others concerned about the regulatory and enforcement activities of the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) have a chance to make their...
View ArticleCMS To Host Provider Webinar To Celebrate National Health IT Week
In celebration of the third annual National Health IT Week is September 16-20, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will host several webinars and launching new eHealth tools and...
View ArticlePreparing Privacy Compliance For Emergencies-Ebola Crisis Prompts HHS OCR To...
The recent US Ebola scare provided an important reminder to health care providers, health insurers and health plans, health care clearinghouses, employers and others of the importance of understanding...
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