Archives
- 2010.08.17: CARE Act Would Create Credentialing Standards for Medical Imaging Personnel
- 2010.08.12: CMS Clarifies Timely Filing Requirements for Claims Including a Span of Time
- 2010.08.12: RAC for Region D Posts New Anesthesia Care Package
- 2010.08.12: Insurers Stepping in to Provide Technology to Doctors
- 2010.08.05: NY AG investigating health care credit cards
- 2010.08.04: OIG Advisory Opinion No. 10-11: The OIG Favorably Reviews a Company's Proposal to Encourage Health Care Providers to Use its Online Program to Schedule Meetings by Providing Charitable Donations in the Health Care Providers' Names
- 2010.08.02: Medicare Strike Force Rounds Up 94 People in $251 Million False Billing Scheme
- 2010.08.02: CMS Solicits Proposals For Participation In Medicare Imaging Demo
- 2010.07.28: Radiology Clinic Pays $647,000 to Resolve Lawsuit Alleging it Billed Medicare for Unneeded Tests
- 2010.07.28: Rite Aid Agrees to Pay $1 Million to Settle HIPAA Privacy Case
- 2010.07.26: Gov. Paterson Orders Lawmakers Back To Discuss Budget, Medicaid
- 2010.07.21: Hospice Providers Face Claims Scrutiny
- 2010.07.16: $251M Medicare Bust Includes Detroit
- 2010.07.16: OIG Plans to Scrutinize Medicare Part D Drug Claims
- 2010.07.14: Physicians' Perceptions, Preparedness for Reporting, and Experiences Related to Impaired and Incompetent Colleagues
- 2010.07.14: RAC Vulnerabilities Highlighted in CMS Release
- 2010.07.13: Secretary Sebelius Announces Final Rules to Support Meaningful Use of Electronic Health Records
- 2010.07.12: AMA: 20% of Medical Claims Processed Incorrectly by Health Insurers
- 2010.07.09: New HIPAA Rules Will Require Covered Entities To Issue New Notice of Privacy Practices
- 2010.07.08: OIG Enters Into $7.3 Million Civil Monetary Penalty Settlement With Physician-Owned Enterprise
- 2010.07.08: Health Information Privacy and Security Strengthened through New Proposed Rule
- 2010.07.07: Michigan Health Care Reform Opt-Out Falls Short
- 2010.07.06: FTC delays enforcement of Red Flag Rules against Physicians
- 2010.07.05: Proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Contemplates A 6.1% Cut In Physician Reimbursement Rates
- 2010.06.30: California Physicians Challenge Opt-Out of Physician Supervision Requirement
- 2010.06.29: OIG Identifies Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF) Overpayments
- 2010.06.29: A Renewed Focus on Compliance: Health Care Reform Measures, Increase Audit Scrutiny and More Reasons Why Compliance Matters!
- 2010.06.28: Disclosure Requirements for In-Office Ancillary Services Exception to the Prohibition on Physician Self-Referral for Certain Imaging Services
- 2010.06.28: CMS has Released the Proposed Physician Fee Schedule
- 2010.06.24: MEDPAC Report on In-Office Ancillary Services
- 2010.06.24: CMS Issues The Medicare Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) Program: Update to the Evaluation of the Three-Year Demonstration Program
- 2010.06.23: The FDA Plans to Alter its Rules to Help Facilitate Innovation in Medical Device Development
- 2010.06.22: System Changes Necessary to Implement the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) Section 6404- Maximum Period for Submission of Medicare Claims Reduced to Not More than 12 Months
- 2010.06.22: Texas Pain Management Physician Arrested Based on Federal Health Care Fraud Indictment
- 2010.06.22: Oklahoma Court Invalidates HHS Regulation for Calculating Hospice Provider Cap
- 2010.06.21: Detroit and Wayne County Leaders Seek $20 million for Health Centers
- 2010.06.20: Senate Unanimously Passes "Doc Fix"
- 2010.06.18: Temporary Certification Program for EHR Technology Announced
- 2010.06.18: OIG Advisory Opinion on Freestanding Radiation Oncology Center and Free Services to Cancer Patients
- 2010.06.18: ASA Asks OIG to Prohibit Anesthesia "Company Model"
- 2010.06.15: WPS Conducting a Widespread Service-Specific Prepayment Probe
- 2010.06.14: New York Hospital Associations Predict Healthcare Spending Cuts May Harm Providers
- 2010.06.13: Congress Exhorted To Avert Medicare Pay Cuts
- 2010.06.12: New IRS Tax Credit Benefits Small Employers
- 2010.06.10: CMS Identifies Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF) Overpayments
- 2010.06.10: CMS Clarifies Rules Governing Physician Supervision Of Services Provided To Hospital Outpatients
- 2010.06.08: CMS Publishes Proposed Rule on Privileging of Telemedicine Professionals
- 2010.06.03: Physician Organizations Challenge Constitutionality of the Health Reform Law
- 2010.06.01: CMS Issues Guidance On ACOs
- 2010.05.28: RED FLAGS RULE AND IDENTITY THEFT- ENFORCEMENT DELAYED YET AGAIN
- 2010.05.26: Anesthesia Guidelines Clarified: CMS Issues Transmittal on May 21, 2010
- 2010.05.25: AMA and Others File Suit to Block Red Flag Rules
- 2010.05.25: Ohio Hospital Settles False Claims Act Suit for $108 Million
- 2010.05.24: New CMS Transmittal Regarding the Use of RAs to Report Recoupments
- 2010.05.21: HLP Founding Partner Quoted in "Physicians Practice"
- 2010.05.18: Mandatory Compliance
- 2010.05.16: Maximum Period for Submission of Medicare Claims Reduced to Not More Than 12 Months
- 2010.05.16: Precipitous Increase in Fraud And Abuse Recoveries To Medicare Trust Fund
- 2010.05.14: OIG Opinion Approves Free Pre-Authorization Arrangement
- 2010.05.14: New Report Highlights Federal Efforts to Fight Health Care Fraud
- 2010.05.13: CMS Program Integrity Rulemaking Process Issued May 5
- 2010.05.12: PSCs Found to Have Little Effect on Recovery of Medicare Overpayments
- 2010.05.12: Compliance and Health Care Reform
- 2010.05.11: HIPAA Security: Risk Analysis Guidance Issued
- 2010.05.11: New Amendments to Standards for Effective Compliance and Ethics Plans
- 2010.05.10: Shortage of Primary-Care Physicians
- 2010.05.07: HITECH Act Expands Requirements for Accounting of Disclosures
- 2010.05.06: New Requirements for Noninvasive Vascular Testing
- 2010.05.06: Health Care Reform Bill Creates New Mandatory Compliance Programs
- 2010.05.05: NY Bill Clarifies Authority of Physician Assistants
- 2010.05.05: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: How its tax provisions impact individuals and businesses
- 2010.05.04: Smoking Banned in Health Facilities
- 2010.05.03: Surgeon receives prison sentence for a HIPAA privacy violation
- 2010.04.28: Updated Signature Guidelines for Medical Review Purposes
- 2010.04.27: Detroit-Area Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Commit Health Care Fraud in Kickback Scheme
- 2010.04.26: HHS-OIG Adds MCFUs Section to Website
- 2010.04.23: St. Vincent's in Manhattan Begins Selling Real Estate
- 2010.04.22: Carriers Recouping Overpayments Identified by RACs Must Follow Precise Reporting Instructions
- 2010.04.20: April 2010 Monthly Review Reiterates HHA Accreditation and Change of Ownership Updates
- 2010.04.19: Meaningful Use of EHR Technology Expanded
- 2010.04.16: Congress Extends 0% Update to Medicare Physician Fee Schedule
- 2010.04.14: House Bill doubles Penalties for Medicare Fraud
- 2010.04.13: New York AG's Office Recovers More Than $283 Million In Medicaid Fraud
- 2010.04.08: Physicians Providing MRI/CT/PET Services In-office Must Provide Written Disclosure to Medicare Patients
- 2010.04.07: CMS Announces Series of Nationwide RAC 101 Calls
- 2010.04.06: U.S. Justice Department joins lawsuit against Georgia hospital
- 2010.04.06: John Muir Health data breach
- 2010.04.03: IRS To Honor Medical Resident FICA Refund Claims
- 2010.04.01: RAC Vendor For Region D Removes Anesthesia Care Package Issue from Approved List
- 2010.03.30: CMS's Deletion of "Purchased Interpretations" Causes Problems for Certain Out-of State teleradiology arrangements: Imaging Centers Billing for out-of-State interpretations can Expect Claim Denials
- 2010.03.30: Impact of the Health Care and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act of 2010 (H.R. 4872)
- 2010.03.30: Final Interim Rule: Electronic Prescriptions for Controlled Substances
- 2010.03.25: Florida Medical Center Settles Fraud Suit for $12 Million
- 2010.03.23: Get Ready: The RAC Program Soon May Be Expanding
- 2010.03.19: Report on Physician Tax Shows Mixed Results
- 2010.03.19: Purchase of Detroit Medical Center Announced
- 2010.03.19: UPDATE: OCR Makes Certain HITECH Enforcement Delay Official
- 2010.03.18: Joint Commission Approves Revised Medical Staff Bylaws Standard
- 2010.03.17: OIG Releases Compendium of Unimplemented Recommendations
- 2010.03.16: Office of Civil Rights Hints it May Delay Enforcement of Security Provisions in HITECH Act
- 2010.03.16: HHS Announces Additional $162 Million to Promote Meaningful Use of Health Information Technology
- 2010.03.15: Update on Reimbursement Freeze
- 2010.03.11: OIG Cracks Down First Months of 2010
- 2010.03.10: President Obama Emphasizes Support of RAC Program
- 2010.03.08: ONC Proposes Certification Program for Electronic Health Records Systems
- 2010.03.05: Concerns About Pete Stark Thwart His Assuming the Chairmanship of the House Ways and Means Committee
- 2010.03.05: CMS Issues Additional Guidance Regarding Elimination of Consultation Codes
- 2010.03.04: HLP Receives Direct Clarification Regarding HHA Ownership Changes
- 2010.03.04: Pete Stark Replaces Charlie Rangel on House Ways and Means Committee
- 2010.03.03: Congress Extends Freeze in Medicare Reimbursement for 30 Days
- 2010.03.02: HLP Attorney Dresevic Published on Stark and AKS in RBMA Bulletin
- 2010.03.02: Medicare Reimbursement Reduction Update
- 2010.03.01: Michigan Office of Health Services Inspector General Created
- 2010.02.25: CMS Releases Home Health Agency Transmittal Regarding Accreditation and Change of Ownership
- 2010.02.24: Michigan Updates in Medicare and Medicaid
- 2010.02.23: Recovery Audit Contractors (RAC), Fraud Referrals, Recommendations
- 2010.02.22: HITECH "Business Associate" Provisions Enforcement Delayed
- 2010.02.22: Medical Society of the State of New York Urges Calls to Congress To Again Prevent 21% Physician Medicare Cut
- 2010.02.16: Will Physicians Find Permanent Relief From the FTC's "Red Flag Rules"?
- 2010.02.12: Florida Appeals Court Finds That Non-Contracted Providers Cannot Balance Bill Patients When an HMO is Liable
- 2010.02.11: MIPAA Accreditation for Providers of Advanced Diagnostic Imaging Services
- 2010.02.09: HLP Welcomes New Health Care Corporate Attorney
- 2010.02.09: CMS Rescinds POS Reimbursement Rules for Diagnostic Tests
- 2010.02.08: Home Health Agencies and Ownership Changes
- 2010.02.04: Incentive Payments for Meaningful Use of EHR Technology Does NOT Apply to Anesthesiologists
- 2010.02.01: CMS Initiates New Demonstration Programs in Indiana and in North Carolina
- 2010.01.18: OIG Report Found 81% of Hospice Claims Failed to Meet Documentation Requirements
- 2010.01.15: UPDATE: Telemarketing by Durable Medical Equipment Suppliers is Still Prohibited
- 2010.01.13: Ramifications of Federal Estate Tax Appeal
- 2010.01.12: Health Law Partners To Publish Monthly "Regulatory Review" Column in Link, The Online Journal of the AHRA
- 2010.01.11: Health Care Law Call for Articles
- 2010.01.08: Sebelius to "Galvanize" Public Health System
- 2010.01.07: American Society of Nuclear Cardiology Takes Legal Action to Halt Implementation of the 2010 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule
- 2010.01.06: Kickback Settlement Includes Publishing Names of and Payments to Physicians
- 2010.01.05: CMS Amends Supervision Requirement for Outpatient Therapeutic Services and Outpatient Diagnostic Services in the 2010 OPPS
- 2009.12.30: Meaningful Use Regulations Issued by CMS: BREAKING NEWS
- 2009.12.29: False Claims Suit Settled in Michigan
- 2009.12.23: Michigan Company Settles with State of Michigan and US for $9.5 Million
- 2009.12.18: Medicare Eliminates Use of Consultation Codes
- 2009.12.17: Physician Disruptive Behavior Can Lead to Staff Privileging Actions
- 2009.12.16: Compliance Update: Teaching CRNAs and Two Concurrent Cases
- 2009.12.15: Sixth Circuit Affirms Conviction and Sentence of Anesthesiologist for Fraud and Endangering Patients
- 2009.12.14: Medicare Makes Major Changes to Coverage Requirements for Inpatient Rehabilitation Services
- 2009.12.10: HLP Expands
- 2009.12.10: Michigan Supreme Court Deciding HIPAA's Impact in Liability Cases
- 2009.12.09: HIPAA Violation Results in Sixteen Firings in Houston
- 2009.11.25: 2010 Medicare Fee Schedule Announced
- 2009.11.24: Health Care Data Breach
- 2009.11.23: CMS Delays PECOS
- 2009.11.10: 2010 Home Health PPS Final Rule Addresses Program Integrity Issues
- 2009.11.05: Red Flags Rule Deadline Extended...Again
- 2009.10.30: New HIPAA Rules Posted Today
- 2009.10.29: Physician Tax? No, Thank You
- 2009.10.28: Part B Physicians Must Sign Dictated Medical Records
- 2009.10.27: HIPAA Violators Sentenced
- 2009.10.27: Red Flags Exceptions Passed in House
- 2009.10.16: Bill Introduced to Exempt Category of Small Businesses from Compliance with Red Flags Rule
- 2009.10.15: $8.3 Million Settlement between University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey Alleging Stark and Anti-Kickback Violations
- 2009.10.02: OIG Work Plan for FY 2010 Has Been Released
- 2009.10.01: Billing Claims Involving Hospice Coverage
- 2009.09.25: America's Healthy Future Act of 2009
- 2009.09.24: Arizona Heart Hospital Settles with the HHS and the OIG
- 2009.09.13: OIG Releases Reports Regarding Hospice Claims and Medicare Coverage Requirements
- 2009.08.24: HITECH Act Breach Notification Final Rule Published
- 2009.08.18: DME CONSIGNMENT CLOSETS LIMITED
- 2009.08.17: RAC FOR REGION D PUBLISHES APPROVED AUDIT ISSUES
- 2009.08.06: OIG Report Reveals Weakness in "Incident To" Rule
- 2009.08.05: Recovery Audit Contractor ("RAC") Vendor for Region C Publishes Approved Audit Issues
- 2009.08.03: HIPAA Designated to Office for Civil Rights
- 2009.08.03: OIG Permits Hospitals to Discount Medicare Inpatient Deductibles
- 2009.07.31: OIG Allows Pharmaceutical Manufacturer to Create Free Physician Assistance Program
- 2009.07.30: OIG Allows Joint Venture of Ambulatory Surgery Center by a Hospital and LLC
- 2009.07.29: UPDATE: The Red Flags Rule Postponed!
- 2009.07.24: Recovery Audit Contractors And Medicare Audits: What Can Hospitals and Health Systems Expect as the RAC Program Expands Nationwide?
- 2009.07.23: Recent Developments and Key Legal Issues Impacting Diagnostic Imaging Services, Part 2
- 2009.07.22: Recent Developments and Key Legal Issues Impacting Diagnostic Imaging Services, Part 1
- 2009.07.21: The Continued Relevance of the Stark Law's IOASE: In-Office Imaging Arrangements Remain Viable
- 2009.07.20: CBO Says Healthcare Bill is NOT Budget Neutral
- 2009.07.16: 2010 Proposed Physician Fee Schedule - Advanced Imaging Updates
- 2009.07.14: The Blue Has Given Us the Green to See the Long-Awaited Healthcare Bill
- 2009.07.10: Following Other States, Michigan's Attorney General Looks to Implement a Michigan Office of Medicaid Inspector General
- 2009.07.09: The Red Flags Era is Approaching, Are You Ready?
- 2009.07.09: Attention All Anesthesiologists - The 2010 CMS Proposed Physician Fee Schedule Has Been Posted!
- 2009.07.02: OIG Permits Giving Free Nutritional Supplements to End-Stage Renal Disease Patients
- 2009.07.02: OIG Says OK to Paying Groups for Imposing Cost-Saving Opportunities
- 2009.07.02: MA and VT Ban Gifts to Doctors
- 2009.07.02: Significant Medicare Payment Cuts Contemplated Under Obama Health Plan
- 2009.06.30: Defendants Sentenced for Medicare Fraud Scheme
- 2009.06.26: New York's Mandatory Compliance Regulations are Hot Off the Press
- 2009.06.25: Medicare Fraud Sting Operation in Detroit
- 2009.06.24: President Obama Announced Deal with Pharmaceutical Companies and Signed Anti-Smoking Bill
- 2009.06.23: OIG Posts Four Audit Reports & Administrative & Civil/Criminal Enforcement Actions
- 2009.06.22: New Florida Law Requiring Doctors and Pharmacists Report Prescriptions to an Electronic Database
- 2009.06.19: CMS Updates Medicare Policy Regarding Outpatient Observation
- 2009.06.18: CMS Delays Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) Medical Necessity Reviews
- 2009.06.17: Stark Law Article Published by Partners in AHRA
- 2009.06.16: Medical Identity Theft on the Rise
- 2009.06.15: Obama to Talk to AMA Regarding Future of Healthcare
- 2009.06.12: Florida Allows Insurance Companies to Pay Out-of-Network Physicians Directly
- 2009.06.11: Update of the Michigan Medical Marihuana Act
- 2009.06.10: The OIG Cracks Down On Fraud and Abuse Cases
- 2009.06.09: Medicaid Enrollment Up; Physician Acceptance of Medicaid Patients Down
- 2009.06.08: Health Law Partner to Present at World Research Group's Healthcare Management Conference
- 2009.06.03: Civil False Claims Act Liability Expanded
- 2009.05.26: Out of Network Billing Under Increased Scrutiny
- 2009.05.22: PRG-Schultz CFO to Leave
- 2009.05.20: Health Care Fraud Prevention and Enforcement Action Team Announced
- 2009.05.19: New ASC Conditions for Coverage Have Taken Effect
- 2009.05.14: RAC Presentation Published by CMS
- 2009.05.14: New RAC FAQ Posted by CMS
- 2009.05.13: Medicare Trust Funds Expected to Deplete Sooner than Last Year's Projection
- 2009.05.12: Health Law Partner Presents to Oakland County Medical Society and Oakland County Bar Association
- 2009.05.11: Reimbursement Rates Cut for Michigan Medicaid Providers
- 2009.05.06: HHS Issues HITECH Act Guidance for Securing PHI Relative to Breach Notification Regulations
- 2009.05.04: Michigan Medicaid False Claims Act Approved by OIG
- 2009.05.01: "Red Flag Rules" Enforcement Delayed
- 2009.04.30: New OIG Advisory Opinion Published
- 2009.04.29: HHS Secretary Confirmed
- 2009.04.28: Electronic Health Records Bill Introduced
- 2009.04.27: The In-Office Ancillary Services Exception's Continued Relevance
- 2009.04.27: The Federal Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute Addressed in OIG's Open Letter Refining Self-Disclosure Protocol
- 2009.04.27: Changes to COBRA Included in Stimulus Package
- 2009.04.27: Recovery Audit Contractors ("RACs") Authorized to Engage in Statistical Sampling
- 2009.04.27: Federal Stark Law Frequently Asked Question Addresses Lithotripsy
- 2009.04.27: Michigan Medical Marijuana Process Begins April 6, 2009
- 2009.04.27: Non-Random Pre-Payment Medical Review Rule Finalized
- 2009.04.27: Health Law Partner Presents to Radiology Business Management Association
- 2009.04.27: Michigan Recovery Audit Contractor ("RAC") Provider Outreach Scheduled for April 10, 2009
- 2009.04.27: Recovery Audit Contractor ("RAC") Program Challenged by Hospital System
- 2009.04.27: Stark, Anesthesia and the Federal False Claims Act
- 2009.04.27: OIG, Medicare Payments and Pain Management Procedures
- 2009.04.27: The Red Flag Rules and Health Care Providers
- 2009.04.27: Medicare "Incident To" Services Under Continued Scrutiny
- 2009.04.27: HITECH Act - HIPAA Privacy and Security Expanded by the Stimulus Bill
- 2009.04.27: Are Mandated Compliance Programs A New Trend?
