Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement
OCR OPENS DOOR TO PRIVACY COMPLAINTS
Health care organizations, take note: The HHS Office of Civil Rights March 20 laid out the process patients who feel that their privacy rights have been violated should follow to lodge formal complaints. In a notice published in the Federal Register, the OCR explains that people who think a health care provider has run afoul of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act privacy rules need to submit their gripes, in writing, to the OCR regional office in their area. The complaints must name the allegedly wayward provider and describe the purported HIPAA violation. OCR officials will then be empowered to investigate. To see the notice, go to http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fedreg/a030320c.html.
Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement
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SENATORS, PROVIDERS ARGUE AGAINST MEDICAID CUTS
Seventy-nine senators, led by Finance Committee chair Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and senior panel Democrat Max [...] - Reimbursement:
ROCKY REIMBURSEMENT ROAD AHEAD FOR PHYSICIANS, HOSPITALS
Physicians aren't getting much opportunity to celebrate this year's Medicare reimbursement increase. At a March [...] - HIPAA:
OCR OPENS DOOR TO PRIVACY COMPLAINTS
Health care organizations, take note: The HHS Office of Civil Rights March 20 laid out [...] - Home Health:
HOME HEALTH INDUSTRY GRAPPLES WITH SPENDING GROWTH FIGURES
Home care providers' efforts to secure reimbursement relief from Congress may have taken a hit [...] - DME:
FEDS MEAN BUSINESS ON TELEMARKETING RESTRICTIONS
Federal regulators are walking their talk when it comes to enforcing rules prohibiting durable medical [...] - Ambulances:
MEDICAL NECESSITY KEY IN AMBULANCE COMPLIANCE GUIDANCE
As health care fraud enforcement heats up for ambulance suppliers - especially at the state [...] - Hospitals:
WHISTLEBLOWER WINDFALL IN RECORD-BREAKING STARK CASE
A hospital employee who blew the whistle on alleged stark violations in a hospital-physician practice [...] - Hospitals:
CHARITABLE PROGRAMS CAN EVADE KICKBACK PERILS
Hospitals with a charitable mission have to take care that their efforts to help indigent [...] - DME:
DON'T BE TOO FORWARD WITH YOUR ADVANCES, OIG TELLS DMERCs
The check may be in the mail - but you might never see it anyway. [...] - Fraud & Abuse:
PAY A FINE, APPEAR ONLINE
Clash with the HHS Office of Inspector General and you could find yourself touted on [...] - Managed Care:
DUAL-ELIGIBLE BLUNDERS COMPLICATE MCO PAYMENTS
Florida managed Medicare companies were the lucky beneficiaries of a costly error by the Florida [...] - ASCs:
ASC RATESETTING STILL STALLED
Ambulatory surgical centers now have an updated list of the procedures Medicare has approved for [...] - Medicaid:
SUPREME COURT WILL HEAR TEXAS MEDICAID CASE
Did Texas waive its immunity under the federal constitution's 11th Amendment by entering into a [...] - BILL WATCH
The following House bill was introduced: H.R. 1422. A bill to amend title XVIII of [...] - REGISTER WATCH
Haven't been keeping up with the Federal Register? Missing a back issue? Here's your chance [...] - PROGRAM MEMO ROUNDUP
Medicare carriers will continue using existing policies on using statistical sampling to estimate provider overpayments, [...]
