By Sara Heath
December 15, 2023 – About a million Medicare enrollees have opioid use disorder (OUD), but only 18 percent of them received medication to treat OUD, according to a new Office of Inspector General…
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Healthcare providers who engage in information blocking could be on the hook for significant financial penalties, if proposed rules published by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services this week are put into…
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What You Should Know:
– The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a proposed rule for public comment that would establish disincentives for healthcare providers found by the HHS Office of Inspector…
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By Hannah Nelson
October 30, 2023 – The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released a proposed rule for public comment that would establish disincentives for healthcare providers found by the HHS Office of…
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By Sara Heath
October 03, 2023 – A third of the 1.5 million Medicaid enrollees with opioid use disorder in 2021 did not receive medication to treat opioid use disorder (MOUD), with searing racial health disparities…
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By Sara Heath
September 11, 2023 – Inaccurate reporting of home healthcare falls may be tainting the quality of information shared via Care Compare, the online platform the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services intends to…
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The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General will begin enforcing information blocking penalties today, which include potential compliance violations for “acts and omissions” and penalties up to $1 million.Info blocking,…
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By Jill McKeon
July 14, 2023 – The US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Office of Inspector General (OIG) inspected the information security program at the Northern Arizona VA Healthcare System and discovered significant security deficiencies.
The…
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In advance of the holiday, the HHS Office of Inspector General dropped this sweet hundred-plus page final rule on information blocking. It includes the details of the civil monetary penalties that health IT developers…
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By Mark Melchionna
May 09, 2023 – Earlier this month, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) announced errors in Medicare reimbursement for some psychotherapy services, including those provided…
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