HIPAA Compliance Crackdown Requires Increased Vigilance
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
Last month, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced two big settlements involving ...
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CMS unveils new Medicare payment proposal
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
On April 27, The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) released, for public comment, proposed changes to how Medicare will ...
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SCOTUS Hears Arguments on Implied Certification Theory
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
Last month, the United States Supreme Court took up the issue of whether False Claims Act (FCA) cases may be ...
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States’ failure to implement NCCI edits cost Medicaid program billions annually
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
Improper payments to healthcare providers cost the Medicaid program approximately $17.5 billion in fiscal year 2014, according to a new ...
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CMS announces new payment model for primary care physicians
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) last week announced a new risk-based primary care initiative designed to “transform ...
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Healthcare Fraud and Abuse Crackdown Not Slowing as Evidenced by Recent Cases
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
The federal government has been busy since the beginning of the year announcing arrests, convictions and settlements relating to healthcare ...
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CMS proposes new payment model for Medicare Part B
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) is proposing a new rule that could result in a new Medicare Part ...
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OCR launches Phase 2 HIPAA Audits
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights has launched Phase 2 of its long-awaited HIPAA ...
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Government recovers $1.9 billion in healthcare fraud judgments and settlements in FY 2015
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
A newly released report by the Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Program (HCFAC) shows that the federal government won ...
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Lessons learned from whistleblower FCA case against cancer treatment company
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that 21st Century Oncology and its wholly owned subsidiary, South Florida ...
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