HHS Publishes Final Rule Allowing Patients Direct Access to Laboratory Test Reports.
On February 6, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published a final rule that amends the Clinical Laboratory…
CMS Issues Claims Processing Guidance for ICD-10.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued an updated version of the Medicare fee-for-service claims processing guidance for…
OIG Solicits Recommendations for New Safe Harbors and Special Fraud Alerts.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a notice calling for recommendations for…
The OIG Issues its Semiannual Congressional Report
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued its Semiannual Report to Congress (Report)…
GAO Assesses States’ Efforts to Report Overpayments.
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently reported on states’ efforts to recover and report Medicaid overpayments identified by federal audits,…
OCR did not Fulfill all Federal Requirements in its Oversight and Enforcement of the HIPAA Security Rule.
The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently reported that the Office for Civil Rights…
GAO Report on the Potential for CDRs to Improve Quality and Efficiency.
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently released a report on the potential for qualified Clinical Data Registries (CDRs) to improve…
CMS and OIG Issue Final Rules Revising the EHR Donation Stark Law Exception and Anti-Kickback Statute Safe Harbor.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued a final rule updating certain aspects of the electronic health records (EHR)…
CMS Issues Transmittal Revising Instructions for Form CMS-1500.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a transmittal revising instructions for Form CMS-1500 to reflect the updated…
CMS Issues Proposed Rule Requiring Providers and Suppliers to Ensure Emergency Preparedness.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule requiring Medicare and Medicaid participating providers and suppliers…
Abbott Laboratories to Pay $5.475 Million for Allegedly Paying Kickbacks to Physicians.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that Abbott Laboratories (Abbott) agreed to pay $5.475 million to resolve allegations that it…
OIG Releases Its Fall 2013 Semiannual Report to Congress.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) released its Fall 2013 (April-September) Semiannual Report…