OIG: CMS Overpaid Providers Millions in EHR Incentive Payments
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently released a report finding that the Centers ...
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OCR Provides Update on HIPAA Enforcement Efforts
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
The recent WannaCry ransomware attack impacting hospital and healthcare information systems worldwide shone a bright light on the vulnerabilities of ...
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Billing Medicare for Free Samples Can Land Healthcare Providers in Hot Water
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
It’s not unusual for physicians to receive free samples to give to their patients. But billing the federal government for ...
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Study: Medicare Appeals Process Reforms Not Enough to Eliminate Backlog
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) current and proposed reforms may not be enough to eliminate the appeals ...
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Is Your Telemedicine Company HIPAA Compliant?
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
UPDATE: According to a news release, the lawsuit filed against MDLive, Inc. was voluntarily dropped by the law firm that ...
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CMS Launches New Online MIPS Tool
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) wants to help healthcare providers to determine whether they must take part ...
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Feds File False Claims Act Lawsuit Against UnitedHealth Group
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
Is it the government’s “murky policies,†as suggested by a UnitedHealth spokesman, or was it outright fraud that led to ...
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Why You Need a HIPAA-Compliant Business Associate Agreement
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
The recent announcement by The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) that it agreed to ...
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CMS Looks to Streamline Self-Disclosure Process
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
In an attempt to streamline the self-disclosure process, The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently posted revisions to ...
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Lawmakers Seek to Expand Medicare Coverage of Telemedicine Again
By The Health Law Offices of Anthony C. Vitale |
Congress is taking another crack at expanding Medicare coverage for services delivered via telemedicine. U.S. Senators Cory Gardner (R-CO) and ...
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