Electronic Medical Records, Healthcare

OIG and CMS Issue Proposals to Extend Safe Harbor and Exception for EHR Donations

by Darby C. Allen, Donna S. Clark | BakerHostetler on 4/22/2013

In the April 10 Federal Register, two agencies within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services published proposed rules that many healthcare providers have been anxiously awaiting affecting donations of electronic...more

CMS and OIG Propose Extension of Federal Stark Exception and Anti-Kickback Safe Harbor for Electronic Health Record Donations

by Ropes & Gray LLP on 4/11/2013

On Wednesday, April 10, 2013, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) and the Office of the Inspector General (“OIG”) of the Department of Health and Human Services published complementary proposed rules in the...more

Will Federal Protection for EHR Donations Be Extended Beyond December 31, 2013?

by Mintz Levin - Health Law on 4/1/2013

Rumors are circulating that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office of Inspector General for the Department of Health and Human Services (OIG) will continue to allow the donation of electronic health...more

CMS Focuses on Fraud Associated with Increased Use of Electronic Health Records

by Tom Crane | Mintz Levin - Health Law on 3/22/2013

Acting CMS Administrator, Marilyn Tavenner, recently reaffirmed the agency’s concern that the increased use of electronic health records (“EHRs”) has contributed to increases in fraudulent billing practices by providers. At a...more

Health Care Reform Update -- March 19, 2013

by Mintz Levin - Health Law on 3/20/2013

In This Issue: Leading the News – Budgets and the Continuing Resolution (CR); Implementation of the Affordable Care Act; Other Congressional and State Initiatives; Other HHS and Federal Regulatory Initiatives; Other...more

Health Law Update — January 10, 2013

by Darby C. Allen, Ameena Ashfaq, Donna S. Clark, Susan Feigin Harris, Theodore Kobus III, B. Scott McBride, Lynn Sessions, Summer Swallow, Robert Wolin | BakerHostetler on 1/14/2013

In This Issue: - Healthcare Provisions in the American Taxpayer Relief Act - the Good, the Bad and the Ugly - American Taxpayer Relief Act Amends Overpayment Recovery Time Limits - OIG Advisory Opinion Sheds...more

EMRs: The New Health Care Fraud Frontier?

by Robert Radick | Morvillo Abramowitz Grand Iason & Anello P.C.... on 12/5/2012

Whether referred to as electronic medical records, electronic health records, or electronic patient records, there is no doubting the tremendous potential benefits that the digitization of medical data holds for the health...more

Program Director and Therapist Convicted In $205M Mental Healthcare Fraud

by Ari H. Gerstin | Akerman Senterfitt on 11/30/2012

Just over two years after the raid on the Miami headquarters of mental healthcare chain American Therapeutic Corporation (American Therapeutic), a former program director and therapist in the Ft. Lauderdale office of the...more

The P's & Q's of mHealth and Patient Engagement; Privacy and Security Issues

by Lisa Clark | Duane Morris LLP on 11/15/2012

Orginally published in mHealth Newsletter on November 14, 2012. "Patient engagement is the holy grail of healthcare," according to one hospital executive. Indeed, there is real money in the development of products and...more

mHealth and Home Health: A Natural Fit

by Mark J. Silberman | Duane Morris LLP on 11/15/2012

Originally published in mHealth Newsletter on November 14, 2012. Home health is an industry built on the core value of having hands-on-professionals providing quality healthcare in the comfort and privacy of the...more

Venture Investment in Digital Health Effectively Doubles in H1 2012

by Fenwick & West Life Sciences Group on 7/30/2012

Venture investment in healthcare convergence technologies soared in the first half of 2012. According to a recent report from Burrill & Co, digital health, into which they group healthcare IT, mobile health and wireless...more