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What is HIPAA?

HIPAA Journal

Title II: Preventing health care fraud and abuse; administration simplification; medical liability reform. Title III: Tax-related health provisions governing medical savings accounts. Title V: Revenue offsets governing tax deductions for employers. Title IV: Application and enforcement of group health plan requirements.

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Beneficiary inducements…don’t cross that line

YouCompli

The government contended the inducements were in the form of free blood glucose testing supplies and waiver of co-payments and deductibles for insulin. The whistleblower who brought this to the attention of the government worked in the business office and was privy to the waiving of copayments. million dollars.

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OIG Approves Cash Equivalents Paid to Patients Participating in Contingency Management Program Offered Through Digital Health Technology

Health Care Law Brief

As early as 2002 and as highlighted in recent guidance , OIG has explained its longstanding concerns relating to the offering of incentives intended to induce beneficiaries to obtain federally reimbursable items and services when those incentives have been cash or cash equivalents. The OIG highlighted four specific reasons. Key Takeaways.

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What Are THE 3 Major Things Addressed in the HIPAA Law?

HIPAA Journal

Had the level of abuse and fraud in the healthcare industry been allowed to continue, tens of billions of dollars would have been lost to unscrupulous actors. However, when HIPAA was passed, the standards governing health care data, patients´ rights, and the flow of information were still several years away. In March 1996, Rep.

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California Appellate Court Reaffirms Federal Preemption, Learned Intermediary Doctrine in Amiodarone Cases

Drug & Device Law

3, 2002) (to be published), the California Court of Appeal held that federal law preempts state law failure-to-warn claims alleging that branded and generic drug manufacturers did not ensure that patients received FDA-approved Medication Guides for amiodarone, a heart medicine. In Amiodarone Cases , No. A161023, 2022 WL 16646728 (Cal.

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Logical Contradiction Doctrine:  Buckman for Textualists

Drug & Device Law

470 (1996), was decided – removing express preemption as a defense for manufacturers of §510(k) products So defendants moved on fraud on the FDA under an implied preemption theory and won. Mensing , 564 U.S. Mensing , 564 U.S. Lohr , 518 U.S. Davidowitz , 312 U.S. Davidowitz , 312 U.S.

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