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 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 Health Care Law News February 2, 2013 by author
Medical practitioners and their business associates should be aware of the potential HIPAA privacy and security liability posed by their digital copying equipment. An investigative report by CBS News revealed that nearly every printer, copier, scanner and telefax machine built since 2002 contains hard drives that capture images of every document processed. To demonstrate how Read more →
Posted on Health Care Law News January 31, 2013 by author
Included in the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 were a number of changes to the Medicare program. One change that could potentially have a significant impact in Medicare claims audits is an increase in the recoupment lookback period to 5 years from the prior 3 year rule. This means that even absent an allegation Read more →
Posted on Health Care Law News January 29, 2013 by author
On January 17, 2013 HHS released an Omnibus Final Rule which modifies the HIPAA Privacy, Security and Enforcement Rules, and implements the HIPAA Breach Notification Rule. The Final Rule contains over 600 pages, a full summary of which is beyond the scope of this post. Taking a step back from the abundance of volume and Read more →