by Girish Anand | Apr 23, 2016 | HHS, HIPAA, OCR
This week, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced that it reached a $2.2 million settlement with New York Presbyterian Hospital (NYP) for the egregious disclosure of two patients’ protected health information (PHI) to...
by Girish Anand | Apr 22, 2016 | Misclassification
Ride-hailing giant Uber, currently valued at more than $60 billion, will pay drivers in California and Massachusetts at least $84 million to settle class action lawsuits seeking to overturn the drivers’ status as independent contractors. For the time being at...
by Girish Anand | Apr 21, 2016 | CMS, Medicaid, Medicare
Is that hospital where you just had open-heart surgery a five star or a one star? You’ll have to wait until July, at the earliest, to find out. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) yesterday delayed implementation of its hospital quality rating...
by Girish Anand | Apr 20, 2016 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, HHS, Obamacare, PPACA
UnitedHealth Group Inc., the nation’s largest health insurance firm, has announced it plans to withdraw from all but “a handful” of Obamacare states in 2017 as it faces losses from the program rising to $650 million this year. UnitedHealth currently...
by Girish Anand | Apr 19, 2016 | OSHA
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has published a final rule establishing procedures for handling retaliation complaints under the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). The final rule also explains the burdens of proof, remedies and statute of...