Category: Compliance, Legislation, Public Policy

Feds’ final rules address equitable access to mental health benefits

In a push to shore up access to mental health and substance use disorder care, the departments of Labor, Health and Human Services and the Treasury have issued final rules meant to clarify protections and expand equitable access to those benefits.

CMS blocks private sector enrollment sites from ACA marketplace

Federal regulators have blocked two private sector enrollment websites from accessing consumer information through the federal Affordable Care Act marketplace, with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services citing “anomalous activity.”
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Radiology group paying $8.8M over False Claims Act violations

National Interventional Radiology Partners, based out of Houston, and its founder and CEO have agreed to pay $8.8 million to resolve Federal False Claims Act (FCA) and Anti-Kickback Statute violation allegations, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office…