OIG Issues An Updated Special Advisory Bulletin on the Effect of Exclusion from Participation in Federal Health Care Programs
- By JFinnegan
- 9 May, 2013
On May 8, 2013, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued an updated Special Advisory Bulletin on the effect of exclusion from participation … Continue Reading →
President’s FY 2014 Budget for HHS: Increases Funding For Certain Programs, But Includes Proposals to Restrict Providers’ Use of the Stark Law’s In-Office Ancillary Services Exception and to Enhance Civil and Criminal Enforcement Authorities
- By JFinnegan
- 8 May, 2013
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently released its Budget in Brief for Fiscal Year (FY) 2014. The Obama Administration’s $80.1 billion budget for HHS is $3.9 … Continue Reading →
OIG Issues Updated Provider Self-Disclosure Protocol
- By JFinnegan
- 26 April, 2013
Last week, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) updated its Provider Self-Disclosure Protocol (SDP). Originally published in 1998, the SDP was established to … Continue Reading →
CMS and OIG Issue Proposed Changes to the Federal Stark Law Exception and Anti-Kickback Statute Safe Harbor for Electronic Health Records Donations
- By JFinnegan
- 15 April, 2013
On April 10, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) published proposed rules that would extend … Continue Reading →
Deadline to Report 2012 Breaches Quickly Approaches
- By GW PC
- 26 February, 2013
Remember to electronically file reports of all HIPAA breaches (i.e., unauthorized disclosure of patient information involving unsecured protected health information) which occurred in 2012. The report must be submitted to … Continue Reading →
New FTC Clinical Integration Advisory Opinion — Norman PHO
- By RBreitenbach
- 22 February, 2013
The Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday, February 13, 2013, issued a new staff advisory opinion approving a clinical integration model for a physician-hospital organization in Oklahoma, called the Norman PHO. … Continue Reading →
Favorable IRA Rules Reinstated for Gifts to Charity
- By MSalzman
- 31 January, 2013
Under the recently enacted American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012, Congress restored a law that allows direct transfers from IRAs to charity. The new law reenacts a law that had … Continue Reading →
IRS Issues Non-acquiescence On Wandry Formula Clauses; Two Steps Forward, One Back
- By MSalzman
- 17 January, 2013
In its recent Action on Decision (Internal Revenue Bulletin 2012-46), the Internal Revenue Service issued a non-acquiescence stating that it does not agree with the decision of the Tax Court … Continue Reading →
Elder Law Attorneys to Provide Legal Clinic as Part of LIAF Conference
- By MSalzman
- 16 January, 2013
LIAF’s Legal Advisory Board, which includes Garfunkel Wild’s Eve Green Koopersmith and Michelle Lewis Salzman, will provide individual legal guidance to attendees at the Long Island Alzheimer’s Foundation (LIAF) Coping … Continue Reading →
Supreme Court to Rule on DOMA Regarding Benefits for Married Same-Sex Couples
- By MSalzman
- 16 January, 2013
The Supreme Court of the United States has announced its decision to hear two cases affecting same-sex couples. The court will hear Windsor v. United States and Hollingsworth v. Perry. … Continue Reading →