Extension of Prior HHS OIG Guidance. The new Guidance follows more than a decade of HHS OIG advice to boards on compliance program oversight. The HHS OIG first issued guidance for health care ...

The Department of Health and Human Services has asked some laid-off staff if they could return to work temporarily, as the department grapples with a backlog of grants that has swelled to more than a ...

On December 21, 2016, the HHS OIG posted a report summarizing its early review of CMS’s management of the implementation of the Quality Payment Program (QPP) and related findings (“Report ...

The HHS to Industry: Let’s Connect on Medical Supply Chain Issues The pandemic showed “the need for critical public health industrial investments at a scale never seen before in the United ...

HHS has issued a final rule implementing ACA section 1557, which prohibits discrimination based on race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability by any health program or activity that ...

In the tenth HIPAA enforcement action in recent weeks, federal regulators have announced a $100,000 settlement in yet another case involving failure to provide a patient with timely access to their ...

In its latest report, HHS’ Office of Inspector General (OIG) has yet again identified EHRs and health IT as one of the 10 biggest management and performance challenges facing HHS in the ensuing ...

HHS’ Immediate Office of the Secretary issued a request for information June 7 seeking public comment on an initiative to spur innovation and investment in the healthcare industry.

The Bush administration yesterday issued the final rules designed to protect the confidentiality of computerized patient records, for the first time giving Americans certain federal rights over ...

Renown Health in Nevada has agreed to pay $75,000 to federal regulators to settle a patient "right of access" dispute. Despite a change in administrations, federal regulators appear to be continuing ...

HHS has strengthened its protections on disability rights during public health emergencies by issuing new guidance for healthcare providers on the civil rights protections. On Feb. 4, the agency ...

Two of the big challenges that the U.S. | Two of the big challenges that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services faces in 2017, according to the Office of Inspector General, are better ...