by Girish Anand | Feb 5, 2018 | Health Care Reform, HHS, Medicaid
On Friday, Feb. 2, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) approved the Healthy Indiana Plan requiring some 130,000 state residents on Medicaid who aren’t already in compliance to work, enroll in school, undergo job training or volunteer for at least...
by Girish Anand | Feb 4, 2018 | ACA, Affordable Care Act
Without obtaining federal permission, Idaho has announced plans to allow health insurers to offer policies that do not adhere to the standards of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), provided they also offer ACA-eligible plans. According to the Idaho Department of...
by Girish Anand | Feb 3, 2018 | HIPAA, OCR
Fresenius Medical Care North America (FMCNA), which operates health care facilities throughout the nation, has settled for $3.5 million for a series of five breaches it reported in 2012. This was the first settlement of the year announced by the Office for Civil...
by Girish Anand | Feb 1, 2018 | HHS, HIPAA, OCR
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in January published a newsletter concerning cyber threats to entities storing PHI (protected health information), which is covered by the privacy and security rules of the Health...