IRS Begins Enforcement of ACA Employer Mandate
The IRS recently began enforcing the employer mandate provision of the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”) by assessing penalties on noncompliant employers for the 2015 calendar year. Read More ›
Categories: Affordable Care Act, Employee Benefits
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Michigan Adopts New Requirements for Controlled Substance Prescriptions
In response to growing concerns about misuse and abuse of opioid medications, Michigan has enacted three statutes amending the Public Health Code. The new statutes impose specific requirements on physicians, dentists, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners (“prescribers”) who prescribe controlled substances and on pharmacists who fill those prescriptions. Read More ›
Categories: Compliance, Did you Know?, Health Care Reform, Pharmacy, Providers
MDHHS Issues New Guidelines for Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) Organizations in Michigan
Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) organizations provide certain medical and social services to eligible individuals who meet the Long Term Care level of care criteria. Read More ›
Categories: Long Term Care, Medicare/Medicaid
Hospice Provider Agrees to Pay $75 Million to Settle False Claims Act Lawsuit
Chemed Corporation and various of its subsidiaries, including Vitas Hospice Services LLC and Vitas Healthcare Corporation (collectively “Vitas”), recently settled allegations brought by the federal government that Vitas violated the False Claims Act by submitting to Medicare false claims for hospice services. Read More ›
Categories: Billing/Payment, Hospice, Medicare/Medicaid, Providers
IRS Revokes Hospital's Tax-Exempt Status for Noncompliance with Affordable Care Act
Earlier this year, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) revoked the tax exempt status of an unidentified hospital for failing to comply with the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Read More ›
Categories: Health Care Reform, Hospitals, Tax
Can a Non-Physician Own and Operate a Medical Facility in Michigan?
An interesting case is winding its way through the Michigan Court of Appeals that involves the question of whether a layperson, as opposed to a licensed physician, can own a for-profit business that provides medical services. Read More ›
Categories: Compliance, Licensing, Providers
IRS Announces 2018 HSA Contribution Limits, Out-of-Pocket Maximums and HDHP Minimum Deductibles
The Internal Revenue Service recently released the 2018 cost-of-living adjusted amounts related to health savings account (“HSA”) contribution limits, out-of-pocket maximums and high deductible health plan (“HDHP”) deductibles. Each of the cost-of-living adjusted amounts is set forth below. Read More ›
Categories: Employee Benefits, Tax
OIG Report Could Trigger Increased CMS Oversight of Skilled Nursing Facilities
The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services ("HHS") Office of Inspector General ("OIG") recently issued a preliminary report regarding quality of care concerns at skilled nursing facilities ("SNFs"). The report was issued in connection with the OIG's ongoing review of potential abuse and neglect of Medicare beneficiaries in SNFs. Read More ›
Categories: Long Term Care, Medicare/Medicaid
OIG Recommends Audits of Meaningful Use Incentive Payments
In order to encourage health providers to use electronic medical records (“EHRs”) in lieu of paper records, Congress passed the Medicare and Medicaid Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (“HITECH Act”) in 2009. Read More ›
Categories: HITECH Act, Medicare/Medicaid
HHS Office for Civil Rights Publishes Checklist for HIPAA Covered Entities Responding to Cybersecurity Incidents
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Service's Office for Civil Rights ("OCR") recently published guidance for entities covered by HIPAA, entitled "My entity just experienced a cyber-attack! What do we do now?" Read More ›
Categories: Cybersecurity, Digital Assets, Electronic Health Records, Fraud & Abuse, HIPAA
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