At the request of several Members of Congress, the Federal Trade Commission is further delaying enforcement of the “Red Flags” Rule through December 31, 2010, while Congress considers legislation that would affect the scope of entities covered by the Rule. Click here to read the announcement.
By Paul Welk
The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to consider legislation to block the pending 21.2 percent cut to physician Medicare payments soon. The cuts will take effect June 1 unless final legislation is signed into law before then. The proposed bill, H.R. 4213, “The American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act of 2010” also includes numerous other…
Two recent decisions emphasize the ongoing battle for discovery of peer review information in negligence cases, and confirm that confidentiality is alive and well, but no longer automatic.
In Shell v. Sudan, the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska ordered that deposition questions regarding a hospital risk analysis tool were not…
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS") has issued draft guidance on HIPAA Security Standards as it pertains to risk analysis. The aim is to assist organizations in identifying and implementing the most effective and appropriate administrative, physical, and technical safeguards to security electronic protected health information (also known as "ePHI").
While the draft…
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Contributed by Jon Grossman & Jo-Anne Mineweaser
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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced the 2011 inflation adjusted amounts for health savings accounts (HSAs) in Revenue Procedure 2010-22.
Annual contribution limits for calendar year 2011 are unchanged from 2010 amounts:
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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) Section 6404 establishes a maximum period for submission of Medicare Claims of not more than 12 months. As a result of the PPACA, Medicare has announced that claims with dates of service on or after January 1, 2010, received later than 1 calendar year beyond the date of…
CMS announced that it is sharing more than $15 million in savings with 166 Home Health Agencies (HHAs) based on their performance during the first year of the 2-year Medicare Home Health Pay For Performance (HHP4P) demonstration. The demonstration project began in January, 2008 and ended December, 2009. The results for calendar year 2008 produced $15.4 million…
Contributed by Scott R. Leah
One of the provisions of the new health care legislation recently enacted by Congress and signed by the President which has not received much publicity is a section that amends the Fair Labor Standards Act to include a guarantee of "a reasonable break time for an employee to express milk…
