Audit: HHS fails to accurately report and prevent improper payments
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
A recent audit of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to determine if the agency is in compliance ...
Read More 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 ...
Read More 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 ...
Read More 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 ...
Read More 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 ...
Read More 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 ...
Read More 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 ...
Read More 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 ...
Read More 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 ...
Read More 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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