On March 22, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued guidance clarifying the obligations of covered entities to require their business associates to comply with HIPAA Administrative Simplification requirements related to standards for electronic health care transactions,
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ACO REACH Tweaks Help Smaller Group Practices, Promote Health Equity
A March 21 article in Part B News, ACO REACH tweaks help smaller group practices, promote health equity,” discussed the Accountable Care Organization (ACO) Realizing Equity, Access and Community Health (REACH) model, which was announced on February 24 as…
A Refresher on Form 990: Tips and Traps for Tax-Exempt Organizations
On Thursday, April 14, in the next installment of Rivkin Radler’s Healthcare Compliance Lunch & Learn series, Rivkin Radler’s Lou Vlahos and Bernadette Kasnicki will provide a refresher on preparing Form 990, the tax return for tax-exempt organizations. The program…
GAO Recommends that CMS Review Effects of Telehealth on Quality of Care
In a report published on March 31, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) recommended that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) begin to collect and analyze information about any effect telehealth has on the quality of care for…
OCR Announces Four HIPAA Enforcement Actions
On March 28, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced four new enforcement actions against healthcare providers for HIPAA violations. Two of the actions were part of OCR’s HIPAA Right of Access Initiative…
Malpractice Statute of Limitations Doesn’t Apply to Indemnity Claim by Hospital
This is outside our usual catchment area, but interesting nonetheless. The Indiana Supreme Court ruled on March 8 that the state’s Medical Malpractice Act (MMA) does not apply to claims for indemnification filed by one medical provider against another. The…
Medical Malpractice: Unique Issues in the Defense of Non-MD Healthcare Providers in the Homecare Setting
Rivkin Radler’s Eric Strober will be a panelist at the CLM Focus conference, taking place June 15-16 in Nashville, TN. His program, entitled “Medical Malpractice: Unique Issues in the Defense of Non-MD Healthcare Providers in the Homecare Setting,” will cover…
Omnibus Spending Bill Extends Telehealth Flexibilities
NY Ophthalmologist Gets 8-Year Jail Term for Multiple Frauds
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on March 3 that Ameet Goyal, M.D., a Westchester-based ophthalmologist, was sentenced to 96 months in prison for falsely billing for millions of dollars of upcoded procedures over seven years, and for fraudulently obtaining…
The Opioid Crisis: An Epidemic Exacerbated by Fraud
Rivkin Radler’s Michael Sirignano wrote an article, “The Opioid Crisis: An Epidemic Exacerbated by Fraud,” that appeared in the March 3 issue of the New York Law Journal. The article discussed the various types of opioid fraud, including…