April OIG Work Plan Focuses on Oversight of State, Federal Funding
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
Each month, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) releases updates to ...
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AHCA Postpones BA Therapy Cuts
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
Florida’s Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) has decided to postpone planned cuts to Medicaid reimbursement rates for behavioral health ...
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Clinical Lab Industry Ripe for Fraud and Abuse
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
A former account rep for a toxicology testing company in Texas is the latest to be sentenced for his role ...
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Changes to Nursing Home Star Ratings Are Here
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
Beginning this month, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) is changing its star ratings on Nursing Home Compare and ...
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Hospital Employees Fired for Celebrity Snooping
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
You’ve heard the saying “curiosity killed the cat,†well in the case of dozens of hospital employees, curiosity may have ...
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OIG: Complimentary In-Home Care Permitted, Despite Potential Anti-Kickback Violation
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
A recent advisory opinion issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General has ...
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Judge Rules United Behavioral Health Guidelines Led to Denial of Claims Violations
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
A California federal judge has issued a landmark ruling that could impact the way insurance companies cover mental health and ...
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CMS to Phase Out Split-Percentage Payments for New HHAs
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
Despite concerns from home health agencies (HHAs) that their cash flow could be significantly impacted, the Centers for Medicare & ...
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HIPAA Enforcement tops $28M in 2018
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
If it seems as if HIPAA violations were in the news more often than ever last year, that may be ...
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Groundbreaking Rules for Electronic Health Records Proposed
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is proposing new rules that could pave the way for increased exchange ...
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