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Foulston Siefkin LLP | USA | 23 Apr 2016
HHS Announces Opening of Phase 2 HIPAA Audit Program
The HHS Office of Civil Rights (OCR) has announced the opening of its "Phase 2" HIPAA audit program. We have been anticipating this program for some…
Foulston Siefkin LLP | USA | 28 Mar 2016
Selected Kansas legislative activity, March 21-24
The legislative leadership proved last week that the legislative process can move with alacrity when necessary. During the last month and a half of…
Foulston Siefkin LLP | USA | 23 Mar 2016
New HIPAA Guidance Removes Roadblocks to Patient Access: But at What Cost to Providers?
Year after year, the individual right of access to protected health information (PHI) continues to be in the top five complaints investigated by the…
Foulston Siefkin LLP | USA | 24 Feb 2016
CMS Issues Final 60-Day Overpayments Rule: It’s All About A Provider’s Risk Tolerance
On February 12, 2016, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published the long-awaited Final Rule regarding the reporting and returning…
Foulston Siefkin LLP | USA | 17 Nov 2015
CMS clarifies “incident-to” billing rules: billing physician must supervise incident-to services
Earlier this year, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) included proposed revisions to the ever-confusing "incident-to" billing rules in its…
Foulston Siefkin LLP | USA | 2 Nov 2015
EEOC proposes GINA guidance on wellness plan incentives for spouses
The EEOC has released a proposed rule, a fact sheet, and a set of FAQs regarding the Genetic Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) and wellness plan…
Foulston Siefkin LLP | USA | 25 Jun 2015
Supreme Court upholds ACA tax credits in federal exchanges
In its much-anticipated decision in King v. Burwell, the Supreme Court has upheld the availability of the ACA's premium assistance tax credits for…
Foulston Siefkin LLP | USA | 29 May 2015
New IRS Q&As clarify ACA reporting issues
The IRS has updated two sets of Q&As on its website to clarify a variety of issues related to ACA reporting on Forms 1094-C and 1095-C. Here are some…
Foulston Siefkin LLP | USA | 15 May 2015
New ACA FAQs clarify the preventive care mandate
A new set of tri-agency FAQs has clarified several issues related to the preventive care mandate. Among the highlights: BRCA Testing. A plan subject…
Foulston Siefkin LLP | USA | 8 May 2015
2016 inflation adjusted amounts for HSAs and HDHPs
The IRS has released the 2016 inflation-adjusted amounts for health savings accounts (HSAs) and high-deductible health plans (HDHPs). HDHP Minimums…
