The Myriad Decision: A Win-Win?
In a long-awaited decision June 13, 2013, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled in Association for Molecular Pathology et al v. Myriad Genetics, Inc. et al that DNA and genes that are found in...
View ArticleIt’s Never too Late to Give Guidance: OCR Starts Releasing HIPAA Omnibus Rule...
This has been a busy week for the Department of Health and Human Services / Office for Civil Rights (HHS/OCR). It has started releasing guidance on various provisions of the Omnibus HIPAA final rule...
View ArticleNew Privacy Rule Gives Patients Right to Access Lab Test Reports
On February 6, 2014, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (HHS OCR) issued a final rule amending the...
View ArticleNew OIG Special Fraud Alert Aimed at Laboratory Payments to Referring Physicians
On June 25, 2014, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a Special Fraud Alert entitled “Laboratory Payments to Referring Physicians.” While the Alert...
View ArticleCOVID-19 and Possible Silver Bullets: Update on Vaccine Development
As the world continues to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic that has taken the lives of over 250,000 Americans, and worldwide over 1 million people, this year, an effective vaccine has emerged as our...
View ArticleFix Your Weak Links in Your Medicaid Claims
Medicaid providers and suppliers have likely discovered this the hard way. A provider’s or supplier’s enrollment in the Medicaid program may be insufficient to assure that their provision of a covered...
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