HHS Issues HIPAA Privacy Rule Waivers After Hurricanes
Eric FaderAs it had done for Hurricane Harvey in Texas and Louisiana, and for Hurricane Irma in Florida, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services…
HRSA Further Delays Final Rule on 340B Drug Pricing Program
On August 21, the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, published a Proposed Rule that…
On July 24, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey must turn over the internal report it…
On June 13, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it is postponing the compliance deadline for new rules for the Nutrition Facts…
EHR Vendor to Pay $155 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations
Massachusetts-based electronic health records (EHR) vendor eClinicalWorks (ECW) and several of its employees will pay nearly $155 million to settle allegations that it violated federal…
St. Lukes-Roosevelt Hospital Center Enters into $387,200 HIPAA Settlement
On May 23, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that St. Lukes-Roosevelt Hospital Center in New York City entered into a…
CareCore National LLC, a healthcare utilization management company, agreed earlier this month to pay $54 million to settle allegations that it allowed its insurance company…
Section-by-Section Summary of the AHCA
The U.S. House of Representatives’ Energy and Commerce Committee and Committee on Ways and Means released a section-by-section summary of the American Health Care Act…
Horizon Healthcare Settles Data Breach for $1.1 Million
Horizon Healthcare Services Inc., a health insurance company doing business as Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey that insures more than 3.7 million…
The following is reprinted verbatim from a March 3 email message from the Department of Health and Human Services: The U.S. Department of Health and…