Posted on Health Care Law News February 26, 2013 by author
Effective March 18, 2013, a number of important changes to Medicare provider enrollment process will go into effect. These changes are set out in Chapter 15 of the Medicare Program Integrity Manual. The changes, some of which are described in more detail below, cover a wide range of provider enrollment issues including: change requests; approval/rejection Read more →
Posted on Firm News February 26, 2013 by author
After his prior counsel declared the challenge to the revocation a lost cause, a physician that had been deployed by the military to the Middle East hired Nicholson & Eastin, LLP to reopen the appeal of the revocation of the physician’s Medicare provider number. The Firm established through substantial evidence that the factual basis for Read more →
Posted on Employment Law News February 24, 2013 by author
In Bell v. Methodist Healthcare Memphis Hosps.,[1] the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee granted the employer’s motion for summary judgment because the Plaintiff, a registered nurse who suffered from fibromyalgia, failed to show that she was a “qualified individual” for her position. Specifically, Plaintiff did not establish that she could Read more →
Posted on Health Care Law News February 23, 2013 by author
In a recent statement, HHS announced that enforcement under the recently HIPAA privacy rule will become tougher. The tougher enforcement of HIPAA is expected to result from both breach complaint investigations, as well as random audits of providers. The recently released final privacy rule expands the reach of the security and privacy rules. The rule Read more →
Posted on Employment Law News February 4, 2013 by author
The United States Labor Department (DOL) recently responded to a Freedom of Information Act request for documents relating to its enforcement of Section 7 of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and it showed active enforcement. This provision of FLSA requires covered employers to provide a reasonable break time and place, other than a bathroom, Read more →