OIG issues Special Fraud Alert on business arrangements with physician-owned entities *

USA - April 12 2013
On March 26, the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a Special Fraud Alert (Fraud Alert) reiterating its long-standing concern that the…

Co-authors: Elizabeth M. Mills, Richard J Zall, Edward S Kornreich, Malcolm J Harkins, III, Herschel Goldfield.

HHS issues HIPAA/HITECH Omnibus Final Rule ushering in significant changes to existing regulations *

USA - January 29 2013
"Sweeping changes" is how Leon Rodriquez, of the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights (OCR), characterized the effect of…

Co-authors: Richard J Zall, Kristen J Mathews, Ryan P Blaney, Edward S Kornreich, Herschel Goldfield.

New York finally passes its version of UPMIFA *

USA - October 7 2010
On September 17, 2010, New York State modified its laws governing the management and investment of charitable gifts by New York nonprofit institutions.

CMS proposes to treat drug vial “overfills” as suspect free goods *

USA - July 26 2010
CMS's annual summer tome, the proposed Physician Fee Schedule published this year on July 13, 2010, contains a significant new proposal that if adopted would affect the physicians, hospitals outpatient departments and others that bill for drugs and biologics under Medicare Part B.

Co-authors: Edward S Kornreich.