Health Care Publications
Health Care Alert - Week of July 18, 2011 >
- First of Multiple Exchange Rules Published
- Buy-Sell Agreements: Why Bother?
- Indiana PLA Requires Criminal Background Checks Effective July 1, 2011
- Nursing Home Facilities Demonstration on the Horizon
Health Care Alert - Week of July 11, 2011 >
- Community Health Needs Assessment
- 6th Circuit Upholds Individual Mandate
- OIG Questions Hospital E-Referral Software Arrangements
- CMS Issues Proposed 2012 ASC Payment Rates and Quality Measures
- Update from the Skilled Nursing CMS Open Door Forum
- Reporting of Crimes in Long Term Care Facilities
- Bed-Hold Policies: What is Required of Indiana's Long Term Care Facilities
- OIG Questions Hospital E-Referral Software Arrangements
Health Care Alert - Week of June 13, 2011 >
- Recent Decision Allows Evidence of the Existence and
Nature of Patient's Injury to be Introduced in Excess
Damages Case after Settlement with Health Care
Provider
- New FAQs re: Advanced Diagnostic Imaging Accreditation
Available
- What Hospitals Need to do Before Buying a Physician
Practice
Health Care Alert - Week of May 23, 2011 >
- OIG Audit of OCR HIPAA Security Oversight
Raises Questions
- Physicians...Protect Yourself From Professional Identity
Theft
- CMS Announces SNF Consolidated Billing Correction for
CT Scans
- CMS Now Permits Third Party EHR Attestation
- AHCA Hosts Webinar on ACOs and Post-Acute Care
Providers
- CMS Publishes SNF PPS Proposed Rule for FY 2012
- OIG Cites Improper Use of Anti-Psychotic Drug in Nursing
Facilities
- CMS Announces SNF Consolidated Billing Correction for CT
Scans
Health Care Alert - Week of May 16, 2011 >
- Clinician's Guide to E-Prescribing Updated
- OIG Audit of OCR HIPAA Security Oversight Raises
Questions
- Stark Self-Referral Disclosure Protocol Does not Resolve All
Violations
- CMS Now Permits Third Party EHR Attestation
Health Care Alert - Week of May 9, 2011 >
- CMS Hosts ICD-10 Conversion Teleconference
- Hospital PEPPER Reports Can Identify Potential RAC Risks
- Krieg DeVault Presents at the Health Care Compliance
Association Compliance Institute
- Value-Based Purchasing and Ambulatory Surgery Centers
- SNF-Medical Director Agreements: Are You in Compliance?
Health Care Alert - Week of May 2, 2011 >
- Trial Courts Have Jurisdiction to Review Medical Review
Panel Chairperson's Compliance With Medical Malpractice
Act
- RACs Recover $162 Million in Overpayments during First
Calendar Quarter of 2011
- Krieg DeVault Speaks at National Hospice and Palliative
Care Organization Conference
Health Care Alert - Week of April 25, 2011 >
- CMS Attestation for EHR Incentive Payments Requires
HIPAA Security Response
- Joint Notice from CMS and OIG Describes Possible Waiver
of Certain Fraud and Abuse Considerations re: ACOs
- Krieg DeVault Speaks on Co-Management Service
Arrangements at AHLA
- CMS Publishes Proposed Changes To Hospital Payments in
FY 2012
- OIG Report Highlights Erroneous Medicare Payments for
Imaging Performed in Hospital ERs
- First Settlement under the Self-Referral Disclosure Protocol
Proves Economical for Hospital
- Physician Use of Social Media is Risky Business
- Value-Based Purchasing and Ambulatory Surgery Centers
- PPACA :Sunshine" Provision Looms for Physicians and
Teaching Hospitals
- OIG Releases Unfavorable Opinion on Proposed LTC
Pharmacy Joint Venture
Health Care Alert - Week of April 18, 2011 >
- Recent Ruling Finds Leasing Arrangement Violates Stark
Law (And Much More?)
- Indiana False Claims Act
- Repeal of Revised Form 1099 Reporting Requirements Final
- Proper Response to External Investigations - What Providers
Must Know
- HHS Rolls Out Partnership For Patients Initiative
- OIG Approves Complimentary Local Transportation Program
- Krieg DeVault Update: EHR Selection, Funding and
Implementation
- CMS Announces New Quality Assurance Initiatives for
Nursing Homes
- Special Project Will Test Medicaid Funding For Inpatient
Psychiatric Care for Adults
Health Care Alert - Week of April 11, 2011 >
- HHS Announces Application Deadline For Participation in Early Retiree Reinsurance
- Constitutionality of PPACA Provision Impacting Physician Ownership of Hospitals Upheld
- Hospital Community Benefit Review Begins!
- CMS Releases Final Rule Implementing Short Cycle Dispensing in LTC Facilities
Health Care Alert - Week of April 4, 2011 >
- ACO Proposed Rules Released
- Krieg DeVault/HFMA Webinar Briefs Physicians and
Hospitals on EHR Selection, Funding and Implementation
- Hospital Pharmacy Compounding in the Spotlight
- PEPPER Used to Identify and Prevent Hospital Payment
Errors
- AMA Pushes Out New iPhone Coding "App" for Physicians
Health Care Alert - Week of March 28, 2011 >
- Changes to Medicare Enrollment: New Fee Required
- HITECH Attestation of EHR "Meaningful Use" Begins April
18th
- REMINDER: LTC Symposium Registration
- SNF Claims Incorrectly Denied
- New CMS Civil Monetary Penalty Rules Require LTC
Facilities to "Pay First and Appeal Later"
- Coming Changes to the Nursing Home Compare Website
- Indiana FSSA Publishes Nursing Facility VBP (Phase III)
Report
- Indiana QIS Survey Update
- Health Care Reform Grant Announced
Health Care Alert - Week of March 21, 2011 >
- BlueCross BlueShield of Illinois Agrees to Pay $25 Million to
Settle False/Fraudulent Claims Allegations
- HHS Proposed Rule To Modify Prohibition on Payment of
FFP for Data Mining
- IN Attorney General Offers One-Time Waivers of Penalty
Assessments for Businesses
Health Care Alert - Week of March 14, 2011 >
- CMS to Begin Using New Risk-Based Screening System for
Enrolling Providers/Suppliers
- CMS Proposed Rule for "Stage 2" Meaningful Use Looms
- Health Plan Reports Another Security Breach
- CMS Postpones Launch of National Recovery Audit
Contractor Program for State Medicaid Claims
- Medicare Reimbursement: Hospitals Comment on Proposed
VBP Rule
- Continuing Evolution Of Negligent Credentialing Actions in
Indiana - Recent Guidance From The Indiana Court Of
Appeals
- AMA Plans to Drop Red Flags Rule Dispute Case
- Long Term Care Issues: New Measures Proposed for CMS
"Nursing Home Compare" Website
- Annual Assisted Living Regulatory Review
Health Care Alert - Week of March 7, 2011 >
- Are You in Compliance With HIPAA/HITECH Business
Associate Mandates?
- CMS Postpones Launch of National Recovery Audit
Contractor Program for State Medicaid Claims
- BlueCross BlueShield of Illinois Agrees to Pay $25 Million to
Settle False/Fraudulent Claims Allegations
- Krieg DeVault Presents Social Media Webinar for Physician
Practices
- CMS To Host Forum on SNF VBP Program Plans
- Obama Endorses Schedule to Allow States to Opt Out of
Healthcare Law by 2014
- Illinois Panel on Health Care Reform Implementation
Releases Initial Recommendations
Health Care Alert - Week of February 28, 2011 >
- A Sign of the Times: OCR HAnds Down Two Hefty Fines for
HIPAA Violations
- Group Health Insurance Benefits: Breast Pumps and
Supplies Considered Medical Care by Internal Revenue
Service
- Employee Benefit Plan: Department of Labor Issues
Useful Guidance Concerning Mental Health Parity
- ONC Accepting Requests for ONC-AA Status
- Curbing Costs of State Medicaid Programs: HHS Secretary
Offers Assistance to States to Curb Cost of Medicaid
Programs
- Joint Commission Gains Deeming Status for Psychiatric
Hospitals
- President's Budget Proposal Looks to Reduce and Eventually
Eliminate Provider Tax Programs: Implications for Indiana's
QAF for Nursing Facilities
- Indiana Publishes Notice of Intent to Extend Medicaid Cuts
by Two Years
- Indiana Medicaid: Public Notice for Hearing to Use
Healthy Indiana Plan for Medicaid Expansion under
Health Care Reform
Health Care Alert - Week of February 21, 2011 >
- HHS Announces $241 Million Grant to Early Innovator States
to Implement Health Insurance Exchange Technology
- New Skilled Nursing Facility Regulations
- Obama Budget Plan's Potential Impact on Biotech Drugs,
Follow-on Biologics and Generics
- So the PPACA is Unconstitutional....Now What?
- HHS and CMS Issue Proposed Rule Authorizing States to
Identify OPPC's
Health Care Alert - Week of February 14, 2011 >
- Reminder: HIPAA Annual Security Breach Reporting Due by
March 1
- ONC Announces Additional Funding for Critical Access and
Rural Hospitals' Conversion to Certified Electronic Health
Records
- FDA Approves First 3-D Mammography Device
- FDA Approves First Diagnostic Radiology Application for
Mobile Devices
- FTC Releases FAQs re: Medical Identity Theft
- Compliance Plans Receive New Attention
- Physician Medicare Reimbursement to Receive a Boost
Under Proposed HHS Budget
Health Care Alert - Week of February 7, 2011 >
- REMINDER: HIPAA Annual Security Breach Reporting Due
by March 1
- National Coordinator for Health Information Technology to
Step Down
- Proposed Rule Impacts Skilled Nursing Facility Regulations,
and Other Providers
- Indiana Medicaid Providers: Bed Hold Rule Published
- Reprocessing of Skilled Nursing Facility Claims
- Final Rule: Health Care Reform- Medicaid, Medicare
and CHIP Impacted
Health Care Alert - Week of January 31, 2011 >
- Illinois Governor Signs Landmark Medicaid Reform
Legislation into Law
- What is POLST?
- New Advanced Diagnostic Imaging Specialty Code for
Medicare Enrollment Purposes
- Indiana Medicaid Providers: Clarification of Therapy Limit
Caps
- Many Health Care Reform Regulations Coming Down the
Pipeline
- Strike 2 Against Health Reform Law
- AHCA Submits Comments on Guidance Relating to
Medicaid/Medicare Exclusion List
Health Care Alert - Week of January 24, 2011 >
- Tobacco Bans Can Only Go So Far
- HHS "Meaningful Use" Workgroup Requests Input on Phase
2 Criteria
- HHS Exclusion Authority Reaches to Upper Management
- PPACA: CMS Requests Comments on Initial Core Set of
Health Quality Measures for Medicaid-Eligible Adults
- Feds Will Study Barriers to Medicaid "Meaningful Use" of
EHRs
- Life Sciences Companies Alert: Drug Manufacturer Filing
Deadline Pushed Back
- Medicare Changes: OSCAR No More
Health Care Alert - Week of January 17, 2011 >
- HHS Exclusion Authority Reaches to Upper Management
- Does the Red Flags Rule Still Apply to Health Care
Providers?
- CMS Publishes Proposed Rule for Hospital VBP Programs
- CMS Published Advance Notice of EMTALA Rulemaking
- Long Term Care Issues: Life Safety Code Update
- AHCA Releases Sobering Report on NF Medicaid
Reimbursement
- AHCA Expresses Concern Over "Pro-Union Push" by NLRB
Health Care Alert - Week of January 10, 2011 >
- ONC Publishes Permanent Certification Rule Under HITECH
Act
- Accountable Care Organizations and Other Clinical
Integration Reform Models
- Stark Law's Nonmonetary Compensation Limit Set at $359
for 2011
- HHS Departmental Appeals Board Decision Clarifies Certain
IDTF Issues
- OIG Audit Reveals Double Billing for ASC Services to SNF
Patients
- Food Safety Modernization and Nursing Facilities
Health Care Alert - Week of January 3, 2011 >
- Registration for EHR Meaningful Use Incentives Begins This
Week
- Expansion of RACs to Medicare Parts C & D
- Wrongful Disclosure of HIV Information Results in $1.25
Million Verdict
- OIG Considers Expanding Safe Harbors to Anti-Kickback
Law
- Reminder: New Stark Law Imaging Disclosure Notices
Required as of January 1, 2011
- OIG Releases Report on Long Term Care Payments
- AHCA Submits Comments on Proposed LTC/Hospice
Contract Rule
- Judge Strikes Down Health Insurance Mandate as
Unconstitutional
Health Care Alert - Week of December 20, 2010 >
- Senate Agrees to 1 Year "Doc Fix" on Physician Medicare
Reimbursement
- Indiana Medicaid Reduces Payment for Transportation
Services and Limits Therapy Visits
- Physicians Freed from "Red Flags" Rule
- Tracking RAC Info Made Easy
- CMS Announces New Requirements for SHIP Grants
- Health Reform Unconstitutional?
Health Care Alert - Week of December 6, 2010 >
- HHS Announces $230 Million Five-Year Teaching Health
Center Graduate Medical Education Training
- DOJ Secures Record $2.5 Billion in Health Care Fraud
Recoveries in FY 2010
- Stark Law Reform: Physician Hospital Ownership Challenge
Take a Hit
- CMS Finalizes Several PPACA Provisions in 2011 Physician
Fee Schedule Final Rule
- Tracking RAC Activity Made Easier for SNFs
Health Care Alert - Week of November 29, 2010 >
- Pennsylvania Case Shines Light on Need for Compliant
Financial Relationships
- Yet Another Hospital Information Technology Breach ...
- OIG Publishes Hospital "Adverse Event" Summary
- CMS Releases 2011 Update for ASC Payments
- Laboratory Settles Kickback Claims for $16.3 Million
- AMA Publishes Social Media Policy for Physicians
- CMS Publishes 2011 Payment Updates and Final Rules
Affecting Home Health/Hospice
- $8 Million in Primary Care Grants Awarded Under PPACA to
Community Health Centers
Health Care Alert - Week of November 22, 2010 >
- OIG Seeks Comments on its Special Bulletin on the Effects
of Exclusion from Participation in Federal Health Care
- PERM Review for Indiana Medicaid Requires Providers to
Submit Timely Claim Information
- Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services Establishes New
Innovation Center
- CMS Calls for Changes to Medicaid and Medicare Hospital
and CAH's Patient Visitation Rights
- Yet Another Hospital Information Technology Breach...
- AHA Survey Reports Hospital RAC Denials for First Quarter
2010
- Physician Medicare Reimbursement on the Line
- Intra-Operative Monitoring Vendor and CEO Settle Alleged False Claims Act Violation
- Impact of Submission Issues with the Minimum Data Set (MDS 3.0) on Survey Deficiencies
- CMS Issues Final Rule Withdrawing Provisions Related to AMP Final Rule
- Health Care Reform and Employer Sponsored Health Plans: Agencies Seek Comments Regarding
Third Party Review
- PPACA: CMS Requests Information on Implementation and Design of ACO and Shared Savings
Program
- Affordable Care Act Provides $290 Million in New Funding for Medical Education Reimbursement
- Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services Establishes New Innovation Center
Health Care Alert - Week of November 15, 2010 >
- CMS Publishes Proposed Rule Concerning Medicaid MMIS Systems
- Final GINA Rule and FAQs Clarify 6 Narrow Exceptions for Employer Use of Genetic
Information
- Final Hospital Outpatient Rule Contains Application; Delays Residency Redistribution
Application Deadline
Health Care Alert - Week of November 8, 2010 >
- ONC Certified EHR Technology Standards Fulfill "Interoperable" Requirement Under
Anti-Kickback Statue and Stark Law - 700 Additional Employers Accepted to Early Retiree Program
- Word to the Wise....Hospital Personnel and Medical Staff Should Only Access PHI For Authorized Purposes
- Final Rule: Graduate Medical Education and Other Changes
- CMS Issues Final Rule With Stark Law Reform Re: In-Office Imaging Disclosure Notices: Modifies
Proposed Rule - CMS Publishes Fraud, Waste, and Abuse "Roadmap" For New Physicians
- HHS Awards $34 Million for Projects To Reduce Healthcare Related Infections
- Therapeutic Discovery Grants/Credits Announced - Medical Device Manufacturers Plead Guilty For Sale
In Bone Cements Tested in Unauthorized Clinical Trials
Health Care Alert - Week of November 1, 2010 >
- DME Considerations Included in 2011 OIG Work Plan
- No News Regarding CMS Announcement on "First Round" of
DME Contract Suppliers
- Medicaid Integrity Meeting Today
- Krieg DeVault Speaks on PPACA at American College
of Physicians (Indiana) and Indiana Medical
Directors Association's Annual Scientific Meeting
- ISMA and Krieg DeVault Scheduled to Present 2010
Compliance Update for Physicians
- CMS Hosts SNF PPS RUG-IV Conference Call
- Medical Device Manufacturers Plead Guilty For Sale of Bone
Cements Tested in Unauthorized Clinical Trials
- Health Reform Connect Announcement
- Model Regulations on MLR Suggested by NAIC
- HHS Announces Expanded Funding for Primary Care
- Meeting: Public Health Care Reform Opportunity
- PPACA Grants Announced for Family Health IT Centers
Health Care Alert - Week of October 25, 2010 >
- OIG 2011 Work Plan Includes DME Initiatives
- Indiana Unclaimed Property Amnesty Program
Expires 10/31/10
- Office of National Coordinator Seeks Provider Feedback
- Model Regulations on MLR Suggested by NAIC
- DEA Update
- MDS 3.0 Update
- Proposed Medicare Rule Would Require New Agreements
Between LTC Facilities and Hospice Programs
- Long Term Care Funding Provided for Background Checks
- OIG Work Plan Focuses on Home Health and Hospice
Compliance and Trends
- Health Care Reform Grants Announced
Health Care Alert - Week of October 18, 2010 >
- OIG Work Plan to Focus on Improper Payments and Coding Errors
- LTC Resident Expenditures Account for 9% of Medicare Spending
- Health Reform Law in Focus - Hospital Readmissions and Recent Clinical Research
Health Care Alert - Week of October 11, 2010 >
- Consolidated Hospital Returns Do Not Require Separate Audited Financial Statements
- CMS Provides New Tool to Assist Providers with Compliance Issues
- Problems with CMS MDS 3.0
- HIPAA Enforcement and Reporting Highlights --- A Reminder for Best Practices
- Arkansas Supreme Court Rejects Use of Economic Credentialing
- HIPAA Final Rule Expected by Early 2011 - Stay Tuned
- 2011 OIG Work Plan: Long Term Care Issues
Health Care Alert - Week of October 4, 2010 >
- New State Survey Letter: Changes to SFF Program
- CMS Issues Proposed Rules re: Suspension of Medicare Payments Pending Investigation
of "Credible Allegation" of Fraud
- Stark Law Reform Heads to Trial
- CMS Publishes Stark Law Self-Referral Disclosure Protocol (SRDP)
- New JAHCO Standard MS.01.01.01 Goes Into Effect March 31, 2011 - Are Your Medical
Staff Bylaws Ready?
- HIPAA and Medical Staff Compliance
Health Care Alert - Week of September 27, 2010 >
- Accountable Care Organizations and Electronic Medical Record Integration
- Upcoming Workshop Regarding Accountable Care Organizations
- $42 Million in Public Health Care Reform Grants Announced
- CMS Announces Temporary Changes in the Nursing Home Survey Process
Health Care Alert - Week of September 20, 2010 >
- CMS Clarifies Infection Control Compliance Requirements for Nursing Homes
- CMS Proposes New Rules To Prevent Fraud and Abuse
Health Care Alert - Week of September 13, 2010 >
- OIG Issues Favorable Advisory Opinion Re: Free Pre-Authorization Services
- CMS Publishes Proposed Rule to Withdraw Provisions
- CMS Imposes Stricter Rules on DMEPOS Suppliers
- Hospitals Not Prepared for 'Meaningful Use'
- Whistleblower Action Leads to $3.7 Million Settlement by ST. Jude Medical, Inc.
- Announcement of AHCA/NCAL President and CEO
- New Point of Care and Infection Control Guidance for Nursing Facilities
- Whistleblower Action Leads to $3.7 Million Settlement by St. Jude Medical, Inc.
Health Care Alert - Week of August 30, 2010 >
- One-Time Relief for Failure to Meet IRS Form 990 Filing Deadline for Certain Exempt
Organizations
- Recent Medicaid Changes: August 2010
- Are Your HIPAA Policies and Forms Up-To-Date?
- The Use (and Misuse) of Electronic Media in Health Care Delivery
- Responding to Insurer's Repayment Claims - a Statutory Defense
- Newsletter to Include New Content Regarding Business Dealings Between Health Care and
Life Science Companies
- Two Important Issues Discussed at Recent Indiana/Illinois Orthopaedic Roundtable
- Medical Director Webinar Co-Hosted by IHCA, IAHSA, HOPE and IMGMA a Big Success
- CMS Announces Payment System Transition Guidance for Nursing Homes
Health Care Alert - Week of August 23, 2010 >
- Patient Records of Four Massachusetts Hospitals Found at Public Garbage Dump
- CMS Publishes Final Rule Affecting Medicaid and CHIP Audits
- Illinois Physician Sentenced to Five Years in Federal Prison for $13 Million Health Care Fraud
Health Care Alert - Week of August 16, 2010 >
Health Care Alert - Week of August 9, 2010 >
- Indiana Receives EHR State Planning Grant
- OIG Excluded ProviderVerification System Temporarily Malfunctioned, Now Working Properly
- Illinois Imposes New Notification Requirements on Long Term Care Facilities and Owners
Health Care Alert - Week of August 2, 2010 >
- Rite Aid Agrees to Pay $1 Million to Settle HIPAA Privacy Case
- Banking Needs? We Can Help
- OIG Impose $7.3 Million Civil Monetary Penalty for Anti-Kickback Statute Violation
- Final Breach Notification Rule Withdrawn By HHS
- Catering to Patients' Racial Preferences - Court of Appeals finds Legal Liability
- Reminder Invitation: Indiana/Illinois Orthopaedic Roundtable
- Sweeping Changes to Illinois Nursing Home Regulations
- Upcoming Webinar Planned for Indiana Nursing Facilities and Their Medical Directors
- CCRC Hearing and the Release of Two Studies (by Jennifer Hilliard)
Health Care Alert - Week of July 26, 2010 >
- Recent Medicaid Changes
- Indiana's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit Auditing Providers for DRA Compliance
Health Care Alert - Week of July 19, 2010 >
- CMS Proposes Rules Affecting Telemedicine and "Privileging by "Proxy"
- CMS Issues Proposed Rule Refining Stark "Whole Hospital Exception"
- CMS and ONC Issue Final "Meaningful Use"
- CMS Proposes Rules Affecting Telemedicine and "Privileging by "Proxy"
- CMS Issues Proposed Rule Refining Stark "Whole Hospital Exception"
- CMS Announces Increase in Payment Rates for Medicine Skilled Nursing Facilities for Fiscal Year 2011
- Indiana's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit Begins Audits of Providers' Employee Education About False
Claims Recovery Policies and Procedures
- CMS Publishes Proposed Rule To Lower Penalties for Nursing Facility "Self-Reported" Violations
Health Care Alert - Week of July 12, 2010 >
- News Blast...CMS Publishes Final "MEANINGFUL USE" Rule Today
- E-Discovery from the Judicial Perspective
- Connecticut AG Makes Demands on WellPoint for Website Breach
- Dr. Donald Berwick Appointed as New CMS Administrator
- Disruptive Providers Create Patient Safety Issues
- HHS Publishes Proposed Modifications to HIPAA Privacy and Security
Health Care Alert - Week of June 28, 2010 >
- Nursing Home Reimbursement Changes Coming Soon
- CMS Proposes New Condition Of Participation Governing Visitation Rights
- OIG Allows Dietitian and Social Worker Services for Medicare Beneficiaries
Health Care Alert - Week of June 21, 2010 >
- ONC Issues Final Rule For Certification of EHR Technology
- OIG Reports on Enforcement Activities: Evolving at a "Remarkable" Pace
- "Grandfathered" Health Plans: Finally Some Answers
- After Multiple Attempts Last Week, "Doc Fix" Still Not Enacted
- Home Health Rates for State Fiscal Year 2011
- New Indiana Law Effects Background Checks, Cease and Desist Orders and Health Records
- Home Health and DME Providers required to Verify Physician Medicare Status
- Health Care Facility Liability for Acts of Volunteers
Health Care Alert - Week of June 14, 2010 >
- Indiana to Require Use of Indiana Death Registration System January 1, 2011
- HHS Announces $83.9 Million in Grants Awarded for Expansion of HIT
Health Care Alert - Week of June 7, 2010 >
- Mandated Compliance Programs Loom... Krieg DeVault is Ready to Help
- Health Care Joint Ventures May be Under Increased Scrutiny Following the Supreme Court's
American Needle Decision
- Seventh Circuit Allows Mental Illness Act Suit Against State Officials
- Delaware Federal Court Recognizes Peer Review Privilege for Confidential National Institute of
Health Research-Related Data
- Are Medical Residents Students or Employees? The U.S. Supreme Court will Decide
- No Penalties for Arrangement Assisting Underinsured with Co-payments, OIG Says
- NH Attorney General Rejects Acquisition of Catholic Hospital by Dartmouth-Hitchcock
- 25,000 Nurses to Strike
- Some Improvement Seen in Understatement of Serious Deficiencies, but Implications for the
Longer-Term Trends are Unclear
- Involuntary Discharge of Nursing Home Residents
- CMS to Offer Training Series on New Payment System for Nursing Homes
- For-profit CCRCs Have Something New To Worry About - Taxation on Entrance Fees
- No Administrative Sanctions on Retiirement Home Referral Arrangement
Health Care Alert - Week of May 31, 2010 >
- CMS Proposes Rule to Lessen Certain Burdens on Telemedicine Providers
- FTC Delays Enforcement of Red Flags Rule for the 5th Time
- CMS Issues Interim Final Rule re: Medicare/Medicaid Enrollment and Claims
- Is Your Employee Safety Training Only in English?
- CMS Will Delay Processing Medicare Physicians' Claims for 2 Weeks
Health Care Alert - Week of May 24, 2010 >
Health Care Alert - Week of May 17, 2010 >
- Reminder: Compliance with Red Flags Rule Required
- CMS Releases Guidance to Providers Re: Reduced Claims Submission Timeframes
- Reminder Regarding Deadlines for Certain Exempt Organizations to File IRS Form 990
or Risk Losing Exemption
Health Care Alert - Week of May 10, 2010 >
- OIG Approves Free Pre-Authorization Services for Patients and
Physicians by a Hospital and Clinic Under Proposed Arrangement
- HITECH Continues Roll Out - HHS Requests Comments on Patient Accounting Rule
- Federal Court Case Challenges Disclosure of Mental Health Records
- New Mental Health Regulations Proposed
- Health Care Reform - Did you know....
- Inspector General Speaks on Compliance and Health Care Reform
- Health Care Reform Law Includes Residency Redistribution Provision
Health Care Alert - Week of May 3, 2010 >
- New HIPAA Regulations Expected Soon
- Indiana Court of Appeals Holds Hospital Liable to Patient for Losing Medical Records and
Ruining Patient's Case
- Changes Made to IHCP Provider Manual
- Private Equity and Charitable Purposes in Health Care
- CMS Proposes Adjustments to Hospital Payments in FY 2011
Health Care Alert - Week of April 26, 2010 >
- Proposed Accounting Standard to Measure Charity Care
- FDA to Address Challenges of Using Complex Medical Devices in the Home
- Medicaid Reimbursement Changes for Non-Emergency Services in an ER
- Physicians in Hospital-Based Outpatient Clinics Now Are Eligible for Federal EHR Incentive
Payments
- CMS Proposes Adjustments to Hospital Payments in FY 2011
- CMS Published Proposed Rule Providing Relief for ASCs Providing Same-Day Procedure
- New CfC Relaxes Notice Requirements for Same Day Surgeries
- New York's Use of Hidden Cameras in Nursing Facilities Proving Effective
Health Care Alert - Week of April 19, 2010 >
- New Timeframes for Processing of Certain Paper CMS 855 Enrollment Forms
- Medicare Payment Cut Fixed, Temporarily, Again
- Health Care Reform Act Requires Patient Notices for In-Office MRI, CT, or PET Scan Referrals; Hasty
Drafting Leads to Effective Date Questions
- Transparency Provision: Reporting Requirements for Certain Manufacturers
- Health Care Reform Law Includes Pilot Program for Bundled Medicare Payments
Health Care Alert - Week of April 12, 2010 >
- RAC Updates Available Via CMS Website and Informational Calls
- DEA/DOJ Issues Interim Final Rule on Electronic Prescriptions for Contrilled Substances
- "Illinois Long Term Care" Forms Available Online
- Increasing Audit Exposure and Penalties
Health Care Alert - Week of April 5, 2010 >
- Radiologist Responsible for PHI Breach
- The Importance of Advance Directives
- AHA Reviews EHR Cerification Interim Final Rule
- O'Connor RAC Audit Appeal Decision: CMS Found to be "Inconsistent" with Its Own Manual
Provisions
- 2010 Session Passes Six Health Related Bills
- Federal Court Allows Illinois Hospital's $5 Million Medicare Recovery Action to Proceed
- Joint Comission Approves Revised Standard for Medical Staff Bylaws
- Healthcare Reform Legislation and Behavioral Health
- Additional Requirements in Maintaining Tax-Exempt Status Under the Health Care Reform
Legislation
- Maximizing Physician Retirement Benefits
Health Care Reform Alert - April 1, 2010 - Healthcare Reform Legislation and Behavioral Health >
Health Care Alert - March 26, 2010 - HIPAA/HITECH Act Compliance Program >
Health Care Alert - March 3, 2010 - Physician Payment Rates Extended to March 31, 2010 >
Health Care Alert - Week of November 16, 2009 - 1. Medicare RAC Update; 2. HIPAA Prosecution >
Health Care Alert - November 1, 2009 - FTC Further Delays Enforcement of Red Flags Rule >
Health Care Alert - July 19, 2009 - FTC Further Delays Enforcement of Red Flag Rules >
Health Care Alert - May 15, 2009 - Exception for same Day Surgery >
Health Care Alert - May 14, 2009 - New Health Care-Related Grants Announced >
Health Care Alert - May 13, 2009 - Sebelius Announces HHS Office of Health Reform Personnel >
Health Care Alert - May 11, 2009 - Are You Ready for the RAC Audits? >
Health Care Alert - April 1, 2009 - UPDATE - Red Flag Rules Delayed >
Health Care Alert - March 1, 2009 - Stimulus Bill Provides for Major Changes to HIPAA >
Health Care Alert - February 4, 2009 - IRS Releases Final Report on Nonprofit Hospitals >
Health Care Alert - January 1, 2009 - Don't Forget the FTC Red Flag Rules >
