In a wake-up call to health care corporate officers and managers, Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates earlier this fall announced a new, tougher U.S. Department of Justice policy regarding individual responsibility for...more
Final Stark Rule Changes Adopt New Exceptions For Hospitals and Significant Clarifications -
In the Medicare Fee Schedule Final Rule with Comment Period for calendar year 2016, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid...more
There has been a lot of news lately about a person’s right to decline to provide a service to another for reasons of conscience. For example, after the U.S. Supreme Court decision regarding marriage equality, the N.C....more
8/27/2015
/ Abortion ,
AHCD ,
Compassionate Use Act ,
End-of-Life-Care ,
Ethics ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare ,
Hospitals ,
Living Will ,
Pharmacist ,
Physicians ,
Prescription Drugs ,
SCOTUS
This article will provide an outline of some of the most significant points for hospitals to use when confronted with a formal government investigation under the Criminal or Civil False Claims Act. As noted below, you should...more
8/26/2015
/ Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Compliance ,
Data Protection ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Employee Privacy Rights ,
End-of-Life-Care ,
Government Investigations ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Healthcare ,
Hospitals ,
Internal Investigations ,
IRS ,
OIG ,
Physicians ,
Recruitment Policies ,
Rural Health Care Program ,
Rural Health Care Providers ,
Section 501r ,
Stark Law
This operations guide provides a brief look at health law issues hospitals deal with on a daily basis. While a detailed coverage of the elements, drafting, implementation and continued governance of a hospital compliance...more
8/26/2015
/ Anti-Kickback Statute ,
Certificate of Need ,
Chief Compliance Officers ,
Compliance ,
Confidential Information ,
Corporate Governance ,
Document Retention Policies ,
End-of-Life-Care ,
Healthcare ,
Hospitals ,
Internal Audit Functions ,
Non-Profit Hospitals ,
Patient Self-Referral ,
Peer Review ,
Physicians
In this issue:
- Health Care Decisions — Who Decides?
- Medical Software Licensing — Tips from the Trenches
- An Ounce of Prevention — The Importance of Periodic Corporate Audits
- ACA
-...more
How did two courts reach opposite decisions about tax subsidies for people who buy insurance through the federal exchanges created by the Affordable Care Act (ACA)? In Halbig v. Burwell, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the...more
In this issue:
- A Look Behind the OIG’s Work Plan
- Do You Need an Estate Plan?
- Same-Gender Marriage Implications for Employee Benefit Plans
- New Child Abuse Reporting Law Gets Tough
-...more
“Any person who has cause to suspect that any juvenile is abused, neglected, or dependent, . . . , or has died as the result of maltreatment, shall report the case of the juvenile to the director of the department of social...more