According to the Health and Human Services (HHS), HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Attorney General Eric Holder announced the launch of a ground-breaking partnership among the federal government, State officials, several leading private health insurance organizations and other healthcare anti-fraud groups to prevent healthcare fraud. This ...

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has announced a proposed rule that would establish a unique health plan identifier under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). The proposed rule would implement several administrative simplification provisions of the Affordable Care ...

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen G. Sebelius announced yesterday that as part of President Obama’s commitment to reducing regulatory burden, HHS will initiate a process to postpone the date by which certain healthcare entities have to comply with International Classification of Diseases, 10th Edition diagnosis and procedure codes ...

The HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) has issued the seventh of 11 free videos and audio podcasts, titled ''Compliance Program Basics.'' These 11 videos cover major healthcare fraud and abuse laws, the basics of healthcare compliance programs and what to do when a compliance issue arises. The video installments are the latest from OIG's ...