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  <title>Open Congress : Blog Articles for H.R.3556 To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a self-referral disclosure protocol under the Medicare Program to enable health care providers of services and suppliers to disclose violations of section 1877 of the Social Security Act.</title>
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  <updated>2009-11-25T19:00:00Z</updated>
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    <title>Legislation Introduced to Allow Healthcare Providers to Report ...</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-11-25:/commentary/6802879</id>
    <updated>2009-11-25T19:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>Cataract Outsourcing </name>
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introduced HR 3556, which would provide a mechanism for healthcare providers and suppliers to disclose actual and potential violations of the physician self-referral law, according to a release form Rep. McDermott&amp;#39;s office. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cataractoutsourcing.com/healthcare-industry-updates/legislation-introduced-healthcare/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Fraud and Abuse Provisions in America&amp;#39;s Healthy Future Act of 2009</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-10-06:/commentary/6344525</id>
    <updated>2009-10-06T20:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>Health Care Law Reform </name>
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Steps to Consider. Providers that are subject to the Stark Law should closely monitor the proposals for a self-disclosure protocol in the health reform package and in a stand-alone bill introduced by Rep. McDermott (HR 3556).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.healthcarelawreform.com/2009/10/articles/reimbursementfraud-abuse/fraud-and-abuse-provisions-in-americas-healthy-future-act-of-2009/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>digilaw - Legislation to Allow Health Care Providers To Report ...</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-09-22:/commentary/6194601</id>
    <updated>2009-09-22T20:00:00Z</updated>
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On September 14,2009, Representative Jim McDermott introduced HR 3556. If passed, this legislation would create mechanisms for health care providers and suppliers to disclose actual and potential violations of the physician Federal ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://digilaw.livejournal.com/22648.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Aging and Disability in America: H.R. 3556: To require the ...</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-09-22:/commentary/6194600</id>
    <updated>2009-09-22T20:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>Aging and Disability in America </name>
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H.R. 3556: To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a self-referral disclosure... (GovTrack.us) &amp;middot; {{w|Jim McDermott}}, member of the United Stat.. Image via Wikipedia. To require the Secretary of Health and ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://agenamerica.blogspot.com/2009/09/hr-3556-to-require-secretary-of-health.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Legislation would allow hospitals to report Stark overpayments</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-09-20:/commentary/6215848</id>
    <updated>2009-09-20T20:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>MHA&amp;#39;s Executive Briefing </name>
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The bill (HR 3556) would enable the Centers for Medicare &amp;amp; Medicaid Services to accept and settle disclosures of overpayments that do not involve fraud. McDermott hopes to attach the legislation to the House&amp;#39;s health care reform bill ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://mhanewsnow.typepad.com/executive/2009/09/legislation-would-allow-hospitals-to-report-stark-overpayments-.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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