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		<title>HHS-ONC Names EHR &#8220;Authorized Testing and Certification Bodies”</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(September 1, 2010):  Earlier this week, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), an organization within the Office of the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), has announced named two entities as “Authorized Testing and Certification Bodies.”  They include: The Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT), Chicago, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lilesparker.com/2010/09/01/hhs-onc-names-ehr-authorized-testing-and-certification-bodies%e2%80%9d/</link>
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		<title>As Noted at the Los Angeles DOJ/HHS Health Care Fraud Summit &#8212; Data Mining is Being Used by DOJ to Target Health Care Providers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(August 31, 2010): Introduction: Last week, department heads of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), met in Los Angeles, CA and conducted the second of a planned series of “Regional Health Care Fraud Prevention Summits.”  Following-up on a similar conference held in Miami, DOJ Attorney General Eric [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lilesparker.com/2010/08/31/as-noted-at-the-los-angeles-dojhhs-health-care-fraud-summit-data-mining-is-being-used-by-doj-to-target-health-care-providers/</link>
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		<title>Health Data Insights Begins Medical Necessity Reviews</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(August 30, 2010): Introduction: Health Data Insights (HDI), the Centers for Medicare &#38; Medicaid Services (CMS) Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) responsible for auditing health care providers in Region D, has announced it will immediately begin reviews on previously approved projects which involve the medical necessity of selected inpatient DRG payments.  A complete list of the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lilesparker.com/2010/08/30/health-data-insights-begins-medical-necessity-reviews/</link>
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		<title>Additional Cities will have HEAT Teams in 2011</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(August 27, 2010): Yesterday, Attorney General Eric Holder and U. S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius conducted the second of a planned series of “Regional Health Care Fraud Prevention Summits.”  In addition to these agency heads, participants learned of current and additional planned initiatives from a number of Federal and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lilesparker.com/2010/08/27/additional-cities-will-have-heat-teams-in-2011/</link>
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		<title>Region B RAC CGI Announces that it will Begin Review of Eighteen Projects that Involve Medical Necessity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(August 25, 2010): CGI Technologies and Solutions, Inc., (CGI), has announced it will immediately begin reviews on 18 newly approved projects that involve the medical necessity of selected inpatient DRG payments.  A complete list of the &#8220;issues&#8221; currently being examined by CGI can be found on its website. http://racb.cgi.com/Issues.aspx Recovery Audit Contractors (RACs), such as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lilesparker.com/2010/08/25/region-b-rac-cgi-announces-that-it-will-begin-review-of-eighteen-projects-that-involve-medical-necessity/</link>
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		<title>CMS Issues “Medical Records Retention” Reminder</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(August 17, 2010): Last week, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued MLM Matters SE1022, titled “Medical Record Retention and Media Formats for Medical Records” directed toward physicians, non-physician practitioners, suppliers, and other health care providers submitting claims to Medicare contractors for services provided to Medicare beneficiaries.  As CMS acknowledged, medical record retention [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lilesparker.com/2010/08/17/cms-issues-%e2%80%9cmedical-records-retention%e2%80%9d-reminder/</link>
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		<title>Rebecca Reed Has Been Appointed to the Bench as an Associate Judge</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(August 5, 2010): Liles Parker is pleased to announce that Rebecca Reed, the firm’s San Antonio-based Counsel, has been named as an Assistant Judge in Bexar County, Texas.  Ms. Reed will be serving as Judge on a part-time basis and will be handling cases assigned to the Mental Health Docket, helping to adjudicate these issues involving cases [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lilesparker.com/2010/08/05/rebecca-reed-has-been-appointed-to-the-bench-as-an-associate-judge/</link>
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		<title>ZPICs and PSCs Are Requiring Strict Adherance With CMS Medicare Signature Rules When Conducting Medical Reviews</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(August 4, 2010): Earlier this year, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued updated guidance, Change Request (CR) 6698, to be used by Medicare contractors (including Medicare Administrative Contractors, affiliated contractors, CERT contractors, ZPICs and PSCs) when conducting claims reviews of medical documentation submitted by Medicare providers.   CMS reportedly issued this guidance to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lilesparker.com/2010/08/04/902/</link>
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		<title>President Obama enacts the &#8220;Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(July 22, 2010): Earlier today, President Obams enacted the “Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act,&#8221; thereby further increasing the likelihood that health care providers and others may be subjected to private sector audits of payments made by the government. While the full impact of this legislation is not yet known, its passage is yet another [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lilesparker.com/2010/07/22/president-obama-enacts-the-improper-payments-elimination-and-recovery-act/</link>
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		<title>Liles Parker Supports Arlington Pediatric Center</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(July 22, 2010): Over the years, the individual attorneys at Liles Parker have actively supported the efforts of Arlington Pediatric Center (APC), which provides free or extremely reduced cost medical care to children in Arlington, Virginia.  This year is no different.  Liles Parker is proud to be a corporate supporter of APC’s work and encourages [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.lilesparker.com/2010/07/22/liles-parker-supports-arlington-pediatric-center/</link>
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