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		<title>A Window into Hospital Charges &#8211; Medicare Releases Data on Charges and Reimbursements</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 20:38:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elana Zana</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health Reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hospitals]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Wednesday, Medicare released on extensive spreadsheet documenting the average hospital charges and associated Medicare payments for 100 most common Medicare inpatient services.  The release of this data is unprecedented and provides consumers a valuable tool in assessing the cost of treatment.  The data provides insight into the cost for these procedures on both a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stark Law Really Does Have Teeth</title>
		<link>http://omwhealthlaw.com/tuomey/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 17:56:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Montgomery</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Compliance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[False Claims Act]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tuomey Jury Finds Monetary Value of $39 Million for 21,370 Claims Submitted in Violation of False Claims Act On May 8, 2013, the jury in the False Claims Act lawsuit against Tuomey Healthcare Systems, Inc. returned its verdict.  Based on its finding that Tuomey violated the Stark law, the jury found that Tuomey also violated [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Whistleblowers Expected to Receive $2.8 Million in Settlement of Stark Based False Claims Act Lawsuit</title>
		<link>http://omwhealthlaw.com/whistleblower2-8mm/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 17:55:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Montgomery</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Anti-Kickback/Stark]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Compliance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[False Claims Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Overpayment]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Department of Justice recently announced a settlement with Adventist Health System/West under which the Department of Justice and the state of California will collect $14.1 million in settlement of False Claims Act allegations.  The lawsuit was initially filed by private individuals as whistleblowers who will receive a significant portion of the settlement.  There was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tax-Exempt Hospitals:  IRS Issues Proposed Regs Under IRC 501(r) Regarding Community Health Needs Assessments</title>
		<link>http://omwhealthlaw.com/irshospitalproposedrules/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 16:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leslie Pesterfield</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hospitals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tax]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In response to Congressional concerns that there was little to distinguish a for-profit hospital from a tax-exempt nonprofit hospital, Congress enacted IRC 501(r) which mandates that tax-exempt nonprofit hospitals: 1.        Conduct community health needs assessments; 2.        Establish and disclose financial assistance policies; 3.        Limit charges to needy individuals; and 4.        Follow reasonable billing and collection [...]]]></description>
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		<title>False Claims Act Recoveries Top $14.2 Billion</title>
		<link>http://omwhealthlaw.com/montanasettlement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 15:31:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Montgomery</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Anti-Kickback/Stark]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Compliance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[False Claims Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hospitals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Overpayment]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On May 1, 2013, the  Department of Justice announced a settlement with two Montana hospitals that added $3.95 million to its recoveries under the False Claims Act.  According to the announcement, with this additional recovery,  the Department of Justice has used the False Claims Act to recover more than $14.2 billion in federal healthcare payments [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CMS PROPOSES TO INSPIRE MORE WHISTLE BLOWING</title>
		<link>http://omwhealthlaw.com/cmswhistleblowing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:50:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Montgomery</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Compliance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Overpayment]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[whistle blower]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In a recently published proposed rule, CMS and HHS propose to substantially increase financial rewards available to individuals who report information regarding individuals or entities engaging in acts or conduct that are subject to Medicare sanctions.  The existing reward incentive program offers 10% of the amount of overpayment recovered or $1000 whichever is less.  Under [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sequester Payment Reductions to Medicare EHR Incentive Payments</title>
		<link>http://omwhealthlaw.com/sequester/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 17:20:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elana Zana</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hospitals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Incentive Payments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Meaningful Use]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicaid]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[CMS has confirmed that the mandatory reductions in federal spending aka the sequester will affect the Medicare EHR Incentive Program payments made in 2013.  Accordingly, all Medicare EHR Incentive Program payments made to hospitals and eligible professionals will have a 2% reduction.  This reduction applies to any hospital or eligible professional that participates in the program with a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>OIG Issues Updated Self-Disclosure Protocol</title>
		<link>http://omwhealthlaw.com/oigselfdisclosure-2/</link>
		<comments>http://omwhealthlaw.com/oigselfdisclosure-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 18:41:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Montgomery</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Compliance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OIG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SRDP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stark]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://omwhealthlaw.com/?p=948</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The OIG recently issued an update to its self-disclosure protocols to supply providers with additional guidance for self-disclosure.  In touting the benefits of self-disclosure, the OIG update notes that it now rarely requires integrity agreements in conjunction with self-disclosure settlement, it’s damage multiplier may be as low as 1.5, and the self-disclosure may stop the sixty [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2013:  A Critical Year for Medicare Incentive Programs</title>
		<link>http://omwhealthlaw.com/2013incentivemilestones/</link>
		<comments>http://omwhealthlaw.com/2013incentivemilestones/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 21:46:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee W. Kuo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[e-Prescribing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health Information Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HITECH]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Incentive Payments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Amid all the recent attention given to the long-awaited modifications to HIPAA under the HITECH Act published earlier this year, it may be easy for Medicare providers to overlook the fact that 2013 is an important year for three Medicare payment incentive programs:  (1) the Physician Quality Reporting System Program; (2) the Electronic Prescribing Program; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The HITECH Act Final Rule&#8217;s GINA-Related Modifications to HIPAA</title>
		<link>http://omwhealthlaw.com/the-hitech-act-final-rules-gina-related-modifications-to-hipaa/</link>
		<comments>http://omwhealthlaw.com/the-hitech-act-final-rules-gina-related-modifications-to-hipaa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 20:01:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Casey Moriarty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[HIPAA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HITECH]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA) prohibits health insurers and health plans from discriminating against beneficiaries on the basis of genetic information.  The HITECH Act Final Rule makes some important GINA-related changes to HIPAA. In general, the changes related to genetic information are solely of interest to health insurers and health plans.  With [...]]]></description>
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