By now, every American who pays any attention to the news is aware that the Supreme Court of the United States has upheld essentially all of the Obama administration’s Affordable Care Act. We have posted a copy of the lengthy opinion, concurrence, and dissent on our website. For now, we
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RAC Roundup: Preparing for the Prepayment Review Demonstration Project
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by Daniel E. Gospin and Amy F. Lerman
As part of continued efforts to expand the Medicare Recovery Audit Contractor (“RAC”) program, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced in November 2011 the implementation of a demonstration project that will allow RACs to conduct prepayment reviews on certain types of Medicare claims that historically…
Michelle Capezza on Health FSAs-Plan for the $2500 Cap
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Our colleague at Epstein Becker Green Michelle Capezza recently posted this on the Technology Company Counselor blog:…
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Epstein Becker Green Recognized as a HITRUST CSF Assessor to Provide Clients with Security and Privacy Risk Assessment for Protected Health Care Information
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Epstein Becker Green has been designated by the Health Information Trust Alliance (HITRUST) as a Common Security Framework (CSF) Assessor. This will allow the firm to provide health care organizations with privacy and security risk assessments to protect the entities from breaches of protected health information (PHI). The health care industry has accepted the HITRUST…
Updated – HHS Publishes Health Insurance Premium Rate Review Final Rule, Amends Rule to Include Policies Sold Through Associations, and Lists States with Effective Rate Review Programs
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EBG Introduces Interactive National Rate Review Scorecard
by Jesse M. Caplan and Lynn Shapiro Snyder
Shortly after the September 1st effective date for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Rate Review Regulations, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services published an Amendment to the Final Rule that revises the definitions of “Individual…
HHS Publishes Health Insurance Premium Rate Review Final Rule Effective September 1st and List of States with Effective Rate Review Programs
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EBG Introduces Interactive National Rate Review Scorecard
by Jesse M. Caplan and Lynn Shapiro Snyder
On May 23, 2011, the Center for Consumer Information & Insurance Oversight (CCIIO), in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) of the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published its Final Rule implementing Section 2794…