Are You Unknowingly Violating HIPAA In Your Office Practice?
Posted by Donna Craig in Jan, 2015
Using electronic media to communicate with others is a fact of life. But when health care providers send emails to patients, they may be in violation of HIPAA. To protect patients’ protected health information and avoid being the subject of HIPAA complaints consider the following: Does your Notice of Privacy Practices allow for protected health […]
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Post Tagged with Advance Practice Registered Nurse, Donna Craig, Donna J. Craig, Health Professionals, HIPAA, Hospital, Physician, The Health Law Center January 1, 2015 – Large Employers With More Than 100 FTEs Must Meet Mandated Regulations Or Pay Penalties
Posted by Donna Craig in Jan, 2015
As of January 1, 2015, large employers with more than 100 full-time equivalent (FTE) employees must provide affordable health insurance to at least 70 percent of their full time employees or pay penalty fines, which are not deductible as business expenses. Full time employees are those employees working an equivalent of 30 hours per week. […]
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Post Tagged with Affordable Care Act, Donna Craig, Donna J. Craig, Employers, Health Care Reform, The Health Law Center Supreme Court’s Review Sought Regarding Non-Profit Religious Organizations’ Rights To Deny Contraceptive Insurance Coverage
Posted by Donna Craig in Jan, 2015
In 2014 the United States Supreme Court ruled in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby (U.S., June 30, 2104), that the Affordable Care Act’s contraceptive mandate violated the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (“RFRA”), meaning that religious for-profit organizations are not required to provide insurance coverage for contraceptives. The Supreme Court clearly ruled that the exercise of religion […]
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Post Tagged with Affordable Care Act, Donna Craig, Donna J. Craig, Health Care Reform, The Health Law Center Electronic Health Record Incentive Program – Are You Feeling More Breathing Room?
Posted by Donna Craig in Oct, 2014
On September 4, 2014 the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (“CMS”) published a final rule to give eligible healthcare providers more leeway in complying with the Electronic Health Record Incentive Program. With the publication of the final rule eligible healthcare providers may, in 2014, use either the 2011 edition of the certified EHR technology (“CEHRT”) […]
Watch What You Post On Social Media If You Work In A Health Care Facility!
Posted by Donna Craig in Aug, 2014
Spectrum Health System, in Grand Rapids, and an emergency department physician who was terminated by Spectrum are headed to mediation to resolve their differences. The Hospital believes the emergency department physician violated HIPAA. The dispute began when an emergency department nurse posted a photo of a woman’s backside. Believing the woman in the photo was […]
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Post Tagged with ADR, Dispute Resolution, Donna Craig, HIPAA, Hospital, Mediation, The Health Law Center Large Employers and the Affordable Care Act — Pay or Play?
Posted by Donna Craig in Jul, 2014
The Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act (“PPACA”) requires large employers to offer their full-time employees and their dependents up to age 26 affordable health insurance that meets minimum value requirements. Failure to comply with these provisions of PPACA exposes employers to financial penalties. In February 2014, the Internal Revenue Service issued regulations implementing the […]
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Post Tagged with Affordable Care Act, Donna Craig, Employers, Health Care Reform, The Health Law Center The Affordable Care Act – On the Way Back to the Supreme Court?
Posted by Donna Craig in Jul, 2014
On July 22, 2014, two U.S. Court of Appeals reached opposite conclusions involving federal tax credits available to the individuals under the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”). The ACA allows for federal tax credits to low and middle-income Americans to offset their costs of purchasing insurance policies through Insurance Exchanges. In the Halbig v Burwell case […]
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Post Tagged with Affordable Care Act, Donna Craig, Health Care Reform, Insurance Exchange, The Health Law Center Is Your Current Physician-Clinical Laboratory Arrangement Against The Law?
Posted by Donna Craig in Jul, 2014
On June 25, 2014, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services issued a Special Fraud Alert citing the Office of Inspector General’s (“OIG”) concerns that certain laboratory practices with physicians may violate the federal Anti-Kickback Statute. OIG is particularly suspicious of certain arrangements in which a clinical laboratory contracts with a physician to collect, […]
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The Supreme Court Rules – Christian Owners Of Closely-Held Corporations Are Exempt From Providing Contraceptive Coverage To Employees
Posted by Donna Craig in Jun, 2014
On June 30, 2014 the United States Supreme Court issued a 5-4 ruling in the Burwell v. Hobby Lobby case, holding that a closely-held corporation cannot be required to provide contraceptive coverage to its employees. The issue in the case was whether the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) allows a for-profit corporation to deny its […]
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Beware — On July 1st, Your Professional License Will Be At Greater Risk!
Posted by Donna Craig in May, 2014
On July 1, 2014 four new laws will go into effect in Michigan that will significantly impact how more than 30 categories of licensed and registered professionals (physicians, acupuncturists, massage therapists, dentists, nurses, social workers, etc.) will be investigated and disciplined under the public health code. Most concerning is that these new provisions may not […]
