HHS Partners with Private Sector to Combat Healthcare Fraud On Thursday, July 26, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a new partnership between the public and private sectors to stomp out healthcare fraud. With HHS funding, federal, state and private...
We “Like” Organ Donor Status on Facebook
We “Like” Organ Donor Status on Facebook This post has been prepared by Christina Strong, Esq. The addition of “organ donor status” to Facebook is a tremendous boon for the communication of what is fast becoming a social norm, altruistic donation of one’s body, to take place after death. Unlike...
OIG Releases New Fraud and Abuse Advisory Opinion Involving EHR Data Exchange
OIG Releases New Fraud and Abuse Advisory Opinion Involving EHR Data Exchange On December 7, 2011, the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) released an Advisory Opinion regarding a proposed coordination service to facilitate the electronic exchange of data for patient referral...
Think you are Exempt from the Red Flags Rule? … Don’t Take Your Red Flags Down So Fast.
Think you are Exempt from the Red Flags Rule? … Don’t Take Your Red Flags Down So Fast. Prepared by Krystyna Nowik, Esq. Health care providers and the Identity Theft Red Flags and Address Discrepancies Final Rule (“Red Flags Rule”) have had a drawn-out and bumpy history together....