On January 13, 2017 CMS published a comprehensive final rule revising the conditions of participation (“COPs”) that home health agencies (“HHAs”) must abide by in order to participate in Medicare and Medicaid programs. Through the changes to these…
Krieg DeVault is pleased to announce that the firm’s Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) Practice Group has played a key role in the owners of Phacil, Inc. (Arlington, Virginia) turning over ownership of the 15-year old company to its 850 employees…
On January 9, 2017, the United Stated Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Civil Rights (HHS) announced that it has issued its first enforcement action with a healthcare entity due to the entity’s alleged failure to notify affected…
On December 31, 2016, a Federal District Court judge in Texas issued an order (the “Order”) temporarily preventing the Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights from enforcing certain sections of the new anti-discrimination regulations issued…
On January 5, 2017, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Connecticut and the Office of Civil Rights (“OCR”) announced that they had entered into an agreement with John Dempsey Hospital, a subsidiary of University of Connecticut Health…
Question: We recently had an elderly customer sign a power of attorney (POA) form allowing her caretaker to help with her finances. Several years ago, the same customer had provided her son with a POA. Last week the customer’s caretaker came into…
Krieg DeVault is pleased to announce the promotions of five attorneys to Senior Associates – William J. Barkimer, Blake P. Holler, Meghan M. Linvill McNab, Terry A. Oznick, and Lauren C. Sorrell. Prior to becoming Senior Associates with the firm,…
Krieg DeVault is pleased to announce that Kay Dee Baird has been named Partner. Baird, who is a member of the firm’s Creditors’ Rights and Bankruptcy Practice Group, advises clients who are involved in creditor/debtor disputes, and often…
Krieg DeVault is pleased to announce that the firm has reelected John B. Baxter and Thomas N. Hutchinson to its seven member executive committee.
Baxter and Hutchinson will continue to serve with current Executive Committee members Deborah J.…
Federal law penalizes a person who offers or gives a Medicare or Medicaid beneficiary any remuneration that it knows or should know is likely to influence the beneficiary’s selection of a specific provider, practitioner, or supplier of Medicare or…
The United States Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights (“HHS”) and the University of Massachusetts Amherst (“UMass”) recently entered into a Resolution Agreement and Corrective Action Plan to settle HIPAA violations…
On December 5, 2016, the OIG posted Advisory Opinion No. 16-12 concerning a laboratory’s proposal to provide the labeling of test tubes and specimens free of charge to dialysis facilities. One of the stated purposes of offering this free service was…
