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TAHCH Webinar Overview of HIPAA Privacy and Security Risks Faced by Your Agency in 2025 Wednesday, January 8, 2025 1 p.m. EST / Noon CST / 10:00 a.m. PST Duration: 60 Minutes Heidi Kocher JD, MBA, BS, CHC Mathew Catoe JD, CPC, CMRS What’s up with HIPAA and OCR? There has been significant enforcement action […]
(November 5, 2024): It’s been a frustrating year for many Medicare hospice providers around the country. Throughout 2024, hospice agencies have been under the focused scrutiny of both program integrity[1] and administrative claims processing[2] contractors working for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Unfortunately, the government’s
(October 24, 2024): Semaglutide, tirzepatide and a slate of other GLP-1 receptor agonist medications have dominated weight loss headlines in recent years. Not surprisingly, many weight loss providers and clinics have refocused their approaches, incorporating these drugs into patient treatment regimens. Unfortunately, the popularity of these drugs has led to a variety of bad practices,
(October 10, 2024): Ketamine has been in the news again lately. . . for all the wrong reasons. In August 2024, Federal prosecutors out of the Central District of California announced the indictment of five individuals, including two physicians, who allegedly played a role in the fatal ketamine overdose of Matthew Perry in October 2023.
TAHCH Webinar Data Privacy Issues and Regulations – HIPAA and Beyond Wednesday, January 3, 2024 1 p.m. EST / Noon CST / 10:00 a.m. PST Duration: 60 Minutes Heidi Kocher JD, CHC, MBA, BS Information Blocking Rule and OCR’s right of access initiative are two of the issues to be discussed in this session. Join
Liles Parker PLLC is pleased to announce its upcoming Webinar Wednesday series in partnership with the Texas Association for Home Care & Hospice (TAHCH). Starting January 2016, Liles Parker attorneys will provide a monthly hour-long webinar on pertinent compliance issues facing home health, hospice, and personal care agencies. Topics address wide array of matters including:
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(December 20, 2023): Most health care providers and suppliers are familiar with the fact that as a participating provider in the Medicare and / or Medicaid programs, certain criminal convictions, adverse licensure actions, and various types of prohibited conduct may subject the provider to exclusion from participation in Federal health care programs[1] by the Department
(November 20, 2023): Medicare, Medicaid, and most private insurance plans cover hospice care and related services. To be eligible for hospice care,[1] a patient must be certified as terminally ill and have a life expectancy of six months or less. In recent years, the hospice industry has exponentially grown, and the number of Federal, State
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(June 15, 2023): The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is enormous, employing more than 80,000 individuals[1] who work in a dozen operating divisions and an even greater number of independent offices that report directly to the Office of the Secretary.[2] One of these independent offices is the HHS Departmental Appeals Board (DAB or
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(May 8, 2023): One of the most severe administrative sanctions available under the Social Security Act stems from the authority of the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)[1] to “exclude” individuals and entities from participating in Federal health care programs.[2] While the Centers for Medicare and
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