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		<title>Exclusion From Federal Health Care Programs: New Guidance From The United States HHS OIG</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 19:05:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The United States Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General (OIG) has issued a Special Advisory Bulletin on the Effect of Exclusion from Participation in Federal Health Care Programs (“the Bulletin”).  The Bulletin replaces the previous &#8230; <a href="http://healthlawsidebar.com/?p=1096">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Proposed Rule to Extend and Amend the Exception to Donate Electronic Health Records Items and Services</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 19:48:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles Dunham</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Office of Inspector General for the Department of Health and Human Services (OIG) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published on April 10, 2013 proposed rules to extend and amend the Electronic Health Records (EHR) donation &#8230; <a href="http://healthlawsidebar.com/?p=1088">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>OIG: PODs &#8220;Inherently Suspect&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://healthlawsidebar.com/?p=1077</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Mar 2013 17:11:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caitlin Monjeau</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday, the federal Office of the Inspector General (“OIG”) issued a Special Fraud Alert (“Fraud Alert”) detailing the OIG’s concerns with Physician-Owned Entities.  Specifically, the alert dealt with physician-owned distributorships, or PODs.  PODs are typically entities that make money &#8230; <a href="http://healthlawsidebar.com/?p=1077">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Brooklyn DA Creates New Healthcare Fraud Division</title>
		<link>http://healthlawsidebar.com/?p=1070</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2013 06:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Nardolillo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Monday, Kings County District Attorney Charles J. Hynes announced the creation of a new Healthcare Fraud division within his office.  The 30-person team, headed by ADA Lauren Mack, will collaborate with federal authorities, including the United States Department of Health &#8230; <a href="http://healthlawsidebar.com/?p=1070">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Auditing the Auditors, Part II: New York State Senate Republicans Request Independent Audit of the OMIG</title>
		<link>http://healthlawsidebar.com/?p=1064</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2013 20:58:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a result of a recent Congressional report on New York State’s Medicaid program, the Legislative Gazette has reported that Senate Republican leader Dean Skelos and New York State Senate’s Republican Conference have called for an independent audit of the &#8230; <a href="http://healthlawsidebar.com/?p=1064">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Your Tax Dollar At Work: Fighting Medicaid Fraud, Waste, and Abuse in NYC</title>
		<link>http://healthlawsidebar.com/?p=1058</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2013 03:58:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The New York Post has reported that the New York City Human Resources Administration (“HRA”) spent $15.6 million on Medicaid audits of providers since 2006 and has managed to recover only $11 million in misspent Medicaid funds.  The paper also &#8230; <a href="http://healthlawsidebar.com/?p=1058">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Auditing the Auditors? Congressional Panel Requests Federal Audit of New York’s Medicaid Program</title>
		<link>http://healthlawsidebar.com/?p=1049</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2013 20:26:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a result of a recent Congressional report on New York State’s Medicaid program, a Congressional panel has requested that federal auditors review New York State&#8217;s $54 billion Medicaid spending and fraud, waste and abuse oversight programs. The report of &#8230; <a href="http://healthlawsidebar.com/?p=1049">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Medicaid Provider Gets His Second Day In Court, Wins $7.7 Million Verdict Against His Accusers</title>
		<link>http://healthlawsidebar.com/?p=1045</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2013 20:20:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Brooklyn dentist who alleged that his career was ruined by a New York State Attorney General’s Office Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU) investigation has won a $7.7 million verdict against two of then-Attorney General Eliot Spitzer’s staff members. According &#8230; <a href="http://healthlawsidebar.com/?p=1045">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Major Victory for Saratoga County Maplewood Manor in Appeal of OMIG Audit</title>
		<link>http://healthlawsidebar.com/?p=1029</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jan 2013 22:25:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Nardolillo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, Maplewood Manor, a nursing home owned and operated by Saratoga County and represented by Jeffrey J. Sherrin of O’Connell &#38; Aronowitz, earned a major victory in its appeal of an audit conducted by the New York State Office &#8230; <a href="http://healthlawsidebar.com/?p=1029">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>HIPAA Final Rule Posted</title>
		<link>http://healthlawsidebar.com/?p=1026</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2013 23:14:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Nardolillo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health Care Reform]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This afternoon, the Department of Health and Human Services posted a long-awaited, 563-page omnibus final rule under HIPAA, which will be published in the Federal Register on January 25, 2013, and which makes a variety of modifications to HIPAA&#8217;s Privacy, Security, Breach &#8230; <a href="http://healthlawsidebar.com/?p=1026">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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