The Colorado Health Law Blog is a forum for two Denver-based Gordon & Rees health law attorneys to discuss interesting developments in the fields of health and health care law. The blog provides unique and insightful analysis and commentary on those developments, especially on how they may affect the health care industry. The focus will be on Colorado and the Mountain West Region, though the authors address national issues as well – especially those expected to impact Colorado in some way.
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OCR Provides Further Clarification on Charging Flat Rate for Copies of PHI
USA - June 21 2016 The Office of Civil Rights (OCR) at the Department of Health and Human Services recently provided further clarification about the amount that an…
CMS Releases Nursing Home Enforcement Information
USA - June 15 2016 On June 3, 2016, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) posted information about nursing home provider enforcement from 2006 to 2014 as…
HIPAA - Are you ready for an audit?
USA - June 10 2016 HIPAA (the Health Information Portability and Accountability Act) is well known to all health care providers, as it governs the privacy of patient…
The Yates Memo: It May Be the Second Coming for Individual Executives
USA - June 8 2016 The Yates memo is a memorandum written by Sally Quillian Yates, Deputy Attorney General for the U.S. Dept. Of Justice, dated September 9, 2015. It…
OIG expresses concerns about Medicare skilled nursing therapy billing
USA - October 20 2015 Calling for a reevaluation of the Medicare payment system for skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS)…
OIG’s Advisory Opinion concludes that free introductory visits by home health provider are not prohibited remuneration
USA - September 4 2015 A home health care provider's policy of offering free introductory visits to patients who had already selected it as their home health care provider…
New York Federal Court issues first interpretation of “identified” under the Affordable Care Act’s 60-day rule
USA - August 26 2015 In Kane v. Healthfirst, Inc. et al., a New York federal court became the first court to interpret when the clock starts running on the 60 days…
OIG issue fraud alert on physician compensation arrangements
USA - June 26 2015 The Office of Inspector General (OIG) at the Department of Health and Humans Services (HHS) recently issued a fraud alert for physicians who enter…
Well, this changes things: King v. Burwell and the new(?) Chevron doctrine
USA - June 26 2015 I first flagged this all the way back in 2013. As everyone reading this probably knows, the Supreme Court had its final say on the matter earlier…
U.S. Supreme Court issues False Claims Act ruling of interest to health care providers
USA - June 19 2015 The United States Supreme Court recently issued a ruling in a False Claims Act case with mixed implications for the health care industry. Kellogg…
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