Health Care Medical Director and Therapists Arrested in $63 Million Fraud Scheme.
A health care medical director and six therapists for Health Care Solutions Network (HCSN) in Florida were arrested for conspiring…
HHS Awards $12 Million to Teaching Health Centers for Primary Care Resident Programs.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) awarded $12 million to 32 Teaching Health Centers throughout the country for…
CMS Announces Mobile Device Applications to Assist Health Care Providers in Tracking Financial Relationships.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced two free mobile device applications available to track payments and other…
CMS Announces the Success of the Pioneer ACO Model.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced the success of the first year of the Pioneer Accountable…
CMS Delays Enforcement of DME Face-to-Face Encounter Requirement
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced that providers and suppliers will have additional time to establish…
CMS Releases Data on Outpatient Costs and County-Level Medicare Spending
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released new data on hospital outpatient charges and, for the first…
OCR Issues a HIPAA Administrative Simplification Regulation Text
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) recently published an unofficial version of all…
CMS Issues Transmittal on Enrollment Denials for an Existing Overpayment
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently issued a transmittal revising section 15.13 of Chapter 15 of the…
OIG Releases Spring 2013 Semiannual Report
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently released its Spring 2013 Semiannual Report…
OIG Issues Final Rule Permitting FFP in MFCUs Data Mining
The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a final rule to allow Federal financial…
Tuomey Healthcare Systems Found Guilty of Stark Violations
It is a violation of the Stark Law if a hospital contracts with outside physicians to provide surgery exclusively in…
Advisory Bulletin: Effect of Exclusion from Participation in Federal Health Care Programs
The scope and use of the federal program exclusion authority continues to evolve. The DHHS OIG issued on May 8,…