Apr 24, 2013 | Health Care Law
On April 17, 2013, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, which is charged with enforcing the federal health care program fraud and abuse laws, issued new, detailed guidance about the Provider Self-Disclosure...
Apr 18, 2013 | Business & Corporate, Health Care Law
After several years, Federal regulators recently passed the final rules implementing changes to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), initially outlined in the 2009 Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH)....
Apr 1, 2013 | Health Care Law
On March 31, 2011, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published the long-awaited proposed rules for accountable care organizations (ACOs). We will send more detailed analyses of the proposed rules soon (they run 429 pages!), but the highlights are as...
Mar 2, 2013 | Health Care Law
Recently, many of our clients have contacted us regarding mailings they have received stating that they are required pay a fee of $125.00 to file “annual minutes” for their company. The companies responsible for these mailings, Compliance Services and Corporate Record...
Feb 11, 2013 | Health Care Law
The “patient-centric medical home model” has existed in concept for years without getting much attention, but it is finally becoming a reality. The model will be an integral component to improving health care by preventing many illnesses and diseases and will create a...
Jan 29, 2013 | Health Care Law
On January 1, 2013, Congress passed the American Taxpayer Relief Act in an effort to avoid the automatic tax increases that would otherwise have gone into effect. In the main, the new law concerns taxes; however, a little-noticed provision in the law allows Medicare...
