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hofstra and oig fraud harbors safe hhs special abuse alerts | Health Law | Friday December 30, 2011 | By Patricia S. Hofstra
Once a year, as required by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General (“OIG”) solicits proposals to develop new or revised anti-kickback, fraud and abuse safe...
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reimbursement payment medicare hofstra rac | Health Law | Wednesday November 16, 2011 | By Patricia S. Hofstra
Medicare Recovery Audit Contractors (RACs) mine data using automated systems to detect and recover improper Medicare payments. RAC audits pick up billing and coding errors and deny claims based on those errors. In many instances, the service...
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ppaca exemption real tax hofstra rac estate zpic | Health Law | Monday October 24, 2011 | By Patricia S. Hofstra
2010 brought significant changes in the law for the healthcare industry with the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“PPACA”), the Provena decision regarding real estate tax exemption, and the Lebron case invalidating Illinois’ cap...
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emergency physicians hofstra hospitals on_call department | Health Law | Tuesday September 13, 2011 | By Patricia S. Hofstra
I have been asked to speak at the Orthopaedic Trauma Association’s 2011 meeting in San Antonio on October 15. The Association recently polled its members asking them to identify a topic for the plenary session and orthopaedic on-call...
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physician employment corporate hofstra bookkeeping | Health Law | Monday August 15, 2011 | By Patricia S. Hofstra
More thoughts on physician employment by hospitals One of my clients, who was approached by a hospital for possible employment, proposed a trial period of 12 months. During that 12 months, she would be employed by the hospital and at...
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healthcare hofstra hipaa | Health Law | Monday July 11, 2011 | By Patricia S. Hofstra
A few thoughts on HIPAA Real case scenario. A health care provider’s car gets broken into and private health information (“PHI”) is stolen, along with other items. Next...
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