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HHS Office for Civil Rights Director Melanie Fontes Rainer on Progress and News at OCR
ERISA Blog | Changes to the HIPAA Privacy Rules A Primer for Self-Insured Group Health Plans
Hospice Insights Podcast - A Refresh: What’s New in the New OIG General Compliance Program Guidance
The Presumption of Innocence Podcast: Special Edition | Episode 36 - Rolling Change: The DEA Turns Over a New Leaf on Marijuana Scheduling
Understanding the HHS OIG’s General Compliance Program Guidance
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The FTC's Health Privacy Enforcement Actions
Medical Device Legal News with Sam Bernstein: Episode 19
Episode 303 --- Deep Dive into the HHS-OIG Compliance Program Guidance
Counsel That Cares - The Private Payer's Perspective on Value-Based Care
Medical Device Legal News with Sam Bernstein: Episode 17
Podcast - Data Privacy and Tracking Technology Compliance
Podcast - A Conversation on Cannabis: Are Challenges or Changes Coming?
Heed Caution: Takeaways From the OIG's Advance Care Planning Report
2023 Human Resources Outlook Podcast Series: EMEA
Telehealth Risk Report: What the Government Found
UPIC Report Card: The OIG’s Evaluation of the UPICs Provides Insight Into the Future of Hospice Audits
HIPAA Tips With Williams Mullen - Telehealth After the Pandemic
Beyond Hospice: The OIG Renews Its Scrutiny of Home Health Agencies
Holland & Knight Health Dose is an in-depth weekly dose of legislative and regulatory insights to keep stakeholders abreast of happenings in Washington, D.C., impacting the health sector....more
Under the No Surprises Act, “open negotiation” is the period of time during which payers must disclose to providers important information regarding the claim at issue. On June 14, 2024, CMS announced a 120-calendar-day...more
Over the past month, CMS announced several updates to the Federal No Surprises Act IDR Process. On December 15, 2023, the Federal IDR portal was re-opened for all remaining disputes. The portal is now open for all disputes...more
As reported earlier in the MedLaw Blog (August 9, 2023), a federal District Court vacated portions of the No Surprises Act federal regulations. Thereafter, CMS halted the arbitration process for resolving disputes regarding...more
THIS WEEK’S DOSE - Uncharted Territory in the House: The House voted to remove Rep. McCarthy (R-CA) as Speaker of the House, then recessed until at least October 11, when the House is slated to reconvene to elect a new...more
On September 29, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) reported that the federal Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and the Treasury departments are seeking public input on the possibility of...more
On September 20, 2023, the Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and the Treasury (the Departments) announced the Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process Administrative Fee and Certified IDR Entity Fee...more
On July 7, the CFPB, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), and Department of the Treasury issued a formal request for information regarding forms of consumer-facing...more
Although the No Surprises Act was signed into law almost three years ago and has been in effect for the past year and a half, there have been numerous delays in implementation and execution due to the complexity of elements...more
On July 25, 2023, HHS, the Department of Labor, and the Department of the Treasury (the Departments) issued proposed rules (Proposed Rules) and other information regarding health plan and issuer compliance with mental health...more
Now you know. It could not be any clearer to employers that compliance with the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (MHPAEA) will be a—maybe the—top health and welfare benefit priority for federal...more
We hope that you, like Congress, enjoyed some time off last week and are ready to dive in—for a few days at least. As we previously reminded you, the House is only in session 12 days in July, then away for August recess, and...more
Certain provisions of the Transparency in Coverage Final Regulations and the Consolidated Appropriation Act, 2021 (“CAA”) require group health plans and/or their vendors to report information to federal agencies. On December...more
Earlier today, the Department of Labor, the Treasury, and the Department Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (the “Departments”) issued a new directive to Certified Independent Dispute...more
The Texas Medical Association is yet again challenging the federal government’s implementation of the independent dispute resolution process established by the No Surprises Act, this time arguing the $350 fee to initiate the...more
On December 23, 2022, the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services and the Treasury (collectively, the “Departments”) provided welcome relief in the form of an FAQ regarding the Prescription Drug Data Collection (RxDC)...more
Holland & Knight Health Dose is an in-depth weekly dose of legislative and regulatory insights to keep stakeholders abreast of happenings in Washington, D.C., impacting the health sector. This week's topics include: ...more
The No Surprises Act (NSA) went into effect Jan. 1, 2022, but since the effective date, there have been numerous updates and changes regarding the NSA and compliance with it. We examine the key NSA 2022 changes and details of...more
On Friday, August 26, 2022, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”), the Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration and the Department of Treasury’s...more
With just a few short weeks left until August recess, there is no shortage of items on the congressional to-do list. The latest round of Supreme Court decisions has inspired new action within Congress to pass legislation...more
The federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a set of Frequently Asked Questions about the interaction of HIPAA, the Affordable Care Act, and various group health plan issues relating to the COVID-19...more
Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Labor, Department of the Treasury, and the Office of Personnel Management issued an interim final rule with a comment period on the issues of...more
The U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS), Labor and Treasury, along with the Office of Personnel Management, on July 1, 2021, issued a much-anticipated Interim Final Rule with Comment Period (IFC) –...more
On July 1, 2021, the Office of Personnel Management (“OPM”), the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”), the Department of Treasury (“Treasury”), the Employee Benefits Security Administration (“EBSA”), the Department of Labor...more
Over a year after the declaration of a nationwide public health emergency due to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (“COVID-19”) pandemic, providers are in a position to offer patients a variety of COVID-19 medical services,...more