The Patient Access and Medicare Protection Act, S. 2425, passed by the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives on December 18, included a provision that…
This week, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced that the University of Washington School of Medicine (UWM) agreed…
On November 23, Moodys Investors Service announced the issuance of a new report, “Cross Sector — Global: Cyber Risk of Growing Importance to Credit Analysis, which…
In its recently published 2016 Physician Fee Schedule Rule (the Rule), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized two new exceptions from the…
On October 30, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule updating payment policies, payment rates, and quality provisions for services…
Health plans and clearinghouses are already subject to the privacy and security requirements of HIPAA, but under the Cybersecurity Bill of Rights adopted by a…
On October 6, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released a “policy reminder” alert warning that…
In November 2011, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), along with the HHS Office of Inspector General, published an interim final rule regarding…
On September 9, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced new guidelines holding corporate employees, including executives, accountable for corporate wrongdoing. While the new guidelines…
In its proposed 2016 physician fee schedule rule published on July 15 (the Rule), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed new separate Medicare payment…