MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'dhhs'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:58:40 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3159826&cid=t_127291_114_f&fid=34646&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ca11.uscourts.gov%2Fopinions%2Fops%2F200816914.pdf Guest post by Michele Grinberg, my colleague in the Health Care Practice Group at Flaherty, Sensabaugh Bonasso PLLC. Through indirection find direction out? With apologies to William Shakespeare, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the11th Circuit and D.C. circuit say: NO, not this time.In Jennifer D. Alley, Real Time Medical Data, LLC v. U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, issued Dec. 18, 2009, the Court held that plaintiffs Alley & Real Time Data cannot obtain certain Medicare data for procedures performed in Florida, Georgia, Mississippi and Tennessee by AMA physicians and for all Florida physicians (the certified class). Specifically, Medicare Part B raw claims data that could easily be matched to a particular physician and then aggregated to calculate the total annual Medicare paym... Health Care Law Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3159826 Mon, 11 Jan 2010 14:45:21 +0100 3159826 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2688765&cid=t_127291_114_f&fid=34646&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.oig.hhs.gov%2Fpublications%2Fdocs%2Fmfcu%2Fmfcu_2008.pdf The DHHS Office of Inspector General has issued the Fiscal Year 2008 State Medicaid Fraud Control Units Annual Report. The report covers FY 2008 (October 1, 2007 - September 30, 2008.The summary of the report provides background on the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU) grant program, the number of states participating, the amounts recovered and number of convictions obtained in FY 2008:During this reporting period, 49 States and the District of Columbia participated in the Medicaid fraud control grant program through their established MFCUs. The mission of the MFCUs is to investigate and prosecute Medicaid provider fraud and patient abuse and neglect. MFCUs’ authority to investigate and prosecute cases varies from State to State.Forty-three of the MFCUs are located within Offices of Sta... Health Care Law Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2688765 Mon, 10 Aug 2009 22:34:34 +0100 2688765 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2035604&cid=t_127291_135_f&fid=35262&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsurvivinghiv.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F12%2Fhappy-about-my-membership-in-dhhs-hiv.html (Source: Nelson Vergel's HIV Blog) Nelson Vergel's HIV Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2035604 Sun, 14 Dec 2008 02:49:00 +0100 2035604 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=694195&cid=t_127291_87_f&fid=34866&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thecardioblog.com%2F2007%2F06%2F25%2Fu-s-rates-hospitals-heart-care-online%2F Filed under: Heart Centers Online, Services, Women Heart Health, Men Heart Health, Aging Heart HealthAs consumers, we compare the prices, efficiency, and reliability of many products before buying. Now it's possible to compare the quality of the hospital you use for your heart care needs. The U.S. government recently finished ranking U.S. hospitals based on their treatment of heart failure and heart attacks. The good news is that most of the 4,700 health centers met the national average for patient care, and you can now go online to see how hospitals in your area ranked. The new website lists mortality rates for each hospital and how they compare to the national average. Besides ranking hospitals, U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services -- the organization behind the project -- a... The Cardio Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=694195 Mon, 25 Jun 2007 04:00:00 +0100 694195