2010

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS") has approved a request by the State of Florida to get access to Medicaid data so they can use data mining techniques to identify suspicious patterns in claims according to a speech given by Secretary Sebelius as part of the Regional Health Care Fraud Summit in…

Physician Self-Referral

CMS proposes to implement changes enacted in ACA to the "whole hospital" and "rural provider" exceptions in the physician self-referral law that will prohibit their use by new physician-owned hospitals and limit the ability of existing physician-owned hospitals to expand their capacity. The deadline for physician investment and having a provider agreement…

Contributed by Paul J. Welk

412.594.5536, pwelk@tuckerlaw.com

Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal announced a settlement — the first of its kind in the nation — on July 6, 2010 with Health Net and its affiliates for failing to secure private patient medical records and financial information on nearly a half million Connecticut enrollees and promptly…

Health and Human Services ("HHS") Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced yesterday important new proposed rules and resources to strengthen the privacy of health information and to help all Americans understand their rights and the resources available to safeguard their personal health data. 

The official release date of the new proposed rules is July 14, 2010.  These…

Contributed by Piyush Seth, Esquire

pseth@tuckerlaw.com or 412.594.5640

July 6, 2010, the Department of Justice, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Department of State, which share responsibilities in administering federal immigration law filed suit against Arizona’s recently passed immigration law, S.B. 1070, in Federal court citing conflict with Federal law.

Attorney General Holder stated…

As issued in June 2010, 45 CFR Part 170 – The Health Information Technology: Initial Set of Standards, Implementation Specifications, and Certification Criteria for Electronic Health Record Technology establishes certification programs for purposes of testing and certifying health information technology. This Rule specifically establishes:

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