The updated Work Plan published this month by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) includes a new audit of Medicare claims paid for telehealth services.

Patients are receiving opioids at a rate that is nearly four times what they actually use following surgery. A study published in JAMA Surgery on November 7, 2018 found that surgical patients,

While the Order purports to protect and improve Medicare, the lack of specifics in the Order leaves much to interpretation.

Covered Entities should heed the OCR's warnings and ensure that they complete an appropriate risk assessment.

The U.S. House of Representatives' Energy and Commerce Committee and Committee on Ways and Means released a section-by-section summary of the American Health Care Act (AHCA), as passed by the House on May 4. The bill's fate in the Senate cannot yet be predicted with certainty.

Eric Fader was quoted in a January 30 article, "Trump health care order a 'signal'; Price vague on ACA replacement details in hearings," in DecisionHealth's newsletter Part B News.

Day Pitney's July 2014 White Collar Roundup included the following item relating to the pending whistleblower case against IPC The Hospitalist Company, Inc.

In a recently published report, the congressional watchdog GAO criticized the HHS for failing to effectively promote the electronic exchange of health information and the use of EHR...

On June 5, the Health Resources and Services Administration, part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, published a final rule that further delays the effective date of the January 5, 2017 ...

On October 27, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) Receivership Model Law Working Group (under the direction of the NAIC's Receivership and Insolvency Task Force)...

If you or your organization owns or leases real property in New Jersey, you might be overassessed, especially in light of the sweeping economic downturn that is affecting real property values.

The United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit recently affirmed a judgment for a plaintiff in a retaliation case, but substantially reduced the size of the plaintiff’s emotional distress damages.

On March 21, 2013, the New Jersey General Assembly voted on legislation that prohibits employers from requiring or requesting that employees or applicants disclose user names and passwords for their social networking accounts.

The New York City Council legislatively overrode the veto of Mayor Michael Bloomberg to enact the Earned Sick Time Act.

On August 28, 2012, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited La Conti Concrete & Masonry Inc. for nine violations of the Occupational Safety and Health Act.

On January 25, 2013, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit held that three of President Obama’s "recess appointments" to the National Labor Relations Board ("NLRB") were unconstitutional in its Opinion in Noel Canning v. National Labor Relations Board.

Comments on the proposed rule changes are due 60 days after their publication in the Federal Register.

Under current commercially available solar cell technology, less than 20% of the energy found in sunlight is ultimately converted into electrical energy.

A preclinical study performed by scientists at the University of North Carolina and Duke University has demonstrated the potential for the treatment of ovarian cancer using nanotechnology.

This is good news, which removes a concern some had raised about making larger gifts now.