If you are a health care clinic or other office setting, do you have a policy that governs those individuals or “business invitees” who may request and be granted the opportunity to observe or participate in some aspect of your business or clinical…
Beginning in April 2019, CMS started returning OPPS claims where the Hospital Outpatient Department address on the claim does not match the exact address appearing on the hospital’s Medicare Form 855A.
These include claims returned for using “Ste.”…
Few statutes contain a clearer enumerated purpose than Indiana’s Access to Public Records Act or “APRA.” Passed originally in 1983, the Legislature found that providing persons with information is an essential function of representative government,…
On March 27, 2019 the IRS announced that taxpayers can no longer request an employer identification number (“EIN”) unless the “responsible party” named on the application has a Social Security number (“SSN”) or Individual Taxpayer Identification…
On March 27, 2019 the IRS announced that taxpayers can no longer request an employer identification number (“EIN”) unless the “responsible party” named on the application has a Social Security number (“SSN”) or Individual Taxpayer Identification…
On March 27, 2019 the IRS announced that taxpayers can no longer request an employer identification number (“EIN”) unless the “responsible party” named on the application has a Social Security number (“SSN”) or Individual Taxpayer Identification…
On March 27, 2019 the IRS announced that taxpayers can no longer request an employer identification number (“EIN”) unless the “responsible party” named on the application has a Social Security number (“SSN”) or Individual Taxpayer Identification…
The United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) issued a press release regarding a recent $2 Million settlement related to allegations that a provider violated the False Claims Act by submitting inflated and upcoded evaluation and management (“E/M”)…
On February 14, 2019, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (“CMMI”) announced a new payment model for Medicare emergency ambulance services called the “Emergency Triage, Treat and Transport (“ET3”) Model. The goal of the ET3 Model is to…
On March 21, 2019, the Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) issued a resolution to resolve complaints brought against the State of Hawaii by two pregnancy resource centers (the “Centers”). The…
D.C. District Court Judge James Boasberg invalidated Federally approved Medicaid work requirements in Kentucky and Arkansas and sent the question back to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) for further analysis. The March 27, 2019…
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, as amended by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health or “HITECH” Act (hereinafter “HIPAA”)1 establishes numerous obligations for HIPAA covered entities and…
