Health Care
Posted by:
Susan E. Ziel and Stacy Walton Long
on August 22, 2018
Whether you are the Privacy Officer, the Security Officer, or both, the question remains the same. When was the last time you scheduled a "walk through" of your work space for the sole purpose of looking into the "eyeballs" of your personnel and finding out what they are really doing (or not doing)…
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Posted by:
Stephanie T. Eckerle and Meghan M. Linvill McNab
on August 22, 2018
The Joint Commission (“JC”) recently released a new Standards FAQ (“FAQ”) setting forth guidelines that should be followed when physicians or other licensed independent practitioners (“LIPs”) use documentation assistants (referred to herein as “scribes”) to assist with documentation. In the FAQ,…
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Posted by:
Stephanie T. Eckerle and Meghan M. Linvill McNab
on August 9, 2018
On August 7, 2018, the HHS Office of Civil Rights (OCR) issued guidance on disposing of electronic devices and media1. This guidance is important for all healthcare providers as it applies to any covered entities or business associates that store ePHI on desktops, laptops, copiers, cell phones, USB…
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Posted by:
Leah S. Mannweiler and Brandon W. Shirley
on August 7, 2018
The Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) published a report in July of 2018 (“Report”) regarding weaknesses by Medicaid Managed Care Organizations (“MCO”) to identify fraud and abuse in the Medicaid program1. In general, the OIG found that MCOs lacked the controls and…
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Posted by:
Stephanie T. Eckerle
on July 16, 2018
On June 1, 2018, the Delaware Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline (the “Board”) issued a Final Rule to add a new regulation to Title 24, Chapter 1700 of the Delaware Administrative Code in order to clarify certain terms used in the telemedicine and telehealth statute found at Title 24,…
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Posted by:
Amy M. Levander
on July 16, 2018
This article summarizes many of the notable health care laws that were passed during the 2018 legislative session, which includes laws that are effective July 1, 2018, as well as laws that are effective after July 1, 2018. These laws affect both healthcare institutions, as well as individual…
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Posted by:
Marc T. Quigley
on July 16, 2018
On May 24, 2018, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued Advisory Opinion No. 18-03, which evaluated a proposed arrangement between a federally qualified health center look-alike (the “Provider”) and a county health clinic (the “County Clinic”), whereby the Provider would supply telemedicine…
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Posted by:
Amy M. Levander
on June 27, 2018
On June 19, 2018, the Family and Social Services Administration’s (“FSSA”) Indiana Health Coverage Programs (“IHCP”) released provider bulletin BT201829 regarding revising the timely filing limit for Medicaid fee-for-service claims. Beginning January 1, 2019, Medicaid fee-for-service claims will be…
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Posted by:
Robert A. Anderson and Amy J. Adolay
on June 27, 2018
A recent Indiana case involving a non-compete in the healthcare field is worth review. In Great Lakes Anesthesia, P.C. v. O’Bryan, the Indiana Court of Appeals held that a restrictive covenant between an independent anesthesia group and two of its hospital-based CRNAs was unenforceable once the…
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Posted by:
Thomas N. Hutchinson
on June 27, 2018
On May 17, 2018, the Family and Social Services Administration (“FSSA”) published a final rule, LSA Document #17-552 (“Final Rule”), to update and extend Indiana’s Hospital Assessment Fee (“HAF”) program.[1] The Final Rule amends 405 IAC 1-8-5 and 405 IAC 1-10.5-7 to extend the HAF program through…
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Posted by:
Robert A. Anderson and Brandon W. Shirley
on June 19, 2018
The Joint Commission recently announced a new element of performance to Accreditation Participation Requirement APR.01.03.01 (“Element of Performance”). The Element of Performance requires immediate notification to The Joint Commission when the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”)…
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Posted by:
Brandon W. Shirley and Amy M. Levander
on June 19, 2018
On June 13, 2018, the Indiana Office of Medicaid Policy and Planning (“OMPP”) published a notice of intent (“NOI”) to adopt an administrative rule (“LSA #18-251”) that overhauls existing program integrity, Medicaid provider appeals, and Medicaid enrollment rules and requirements. The NOI states in…
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