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National Resources

• Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education
• American Medical Association
• Electronic Code of Federal Regulations (e-CFR) - Quickly access the most recent CFR sections
• HHS: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
• HHS: CMS:
  • Conditions of Participation
  • Conditions for Coverage
• HHS: Office for Civil Rights: HIPAA
• HHS: Office of Inspector General
• Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
• Joint Commision Resources
• National Practitioner Data Band - Healthcare Integrity and Protection Data Bank
• U.S. Code Search: Office of the Law Revision Counsel

State Resources

• Texas
  • Texas Department of State Health Services
  • Texas State Board of Medical Examiners
  • Board of Nurse Examiners for the State of Texas
  • Texas Statutes
  • Texas Administrative Code
  • Texas Legislature Online

Focused Program

May 17-19, 2006: The 16th Annual National Institute for Health Care Fraud 2006
June 9, 2006: Physician-Legal Issues Conference

• An Open Letter to Health Care Providers
• OIG Advisory Opinion No. 06-03: Advisory opinion regarding a pharmaceutical company patient assistance program that provides free outpatient prescription drugs to financially-needy Medicare Part D enrollees entirely outside of the Part D benefit.
• Testimony of Lewis Morris, Chief Counsel to the Inspector General U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• HHS:OIG Advisory Opinion, 06-02, Concerning Two Proposed Programs To Manage The Delivery Of Durable Medical Equipment And Orthotics To Be Offered To Physicians By A DME And Orthotics Manufacturer And Supplier.
• OIG Excludes Miami Hospital from Participation in Federal Health Care Programs
• HIPAA Administrative Simplification Enforcement Final Rule

• GOA: Government Accountability Office Reports & Testimonies
• HHS: Office for Civil Rights: HIPAA