Jessica Belle

Jessica Belle is an associate in the healthcare law group at Garvey Schubert Barer. She earned her law degree from University of Washington School of Law, and a Master of Science in Bioethics from Union Graduate College and Mount Sinai School of Medicine.

Articles by Jessica Belle

• OIG issues fraud alert for physician-lab relationships

  Friday, June 27, 2014

  The Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General has issued a special fraud alert singling out the laboratory-referring physician relationship for its focused attention. Physicians and laboratories should review any compensation arrangements that they may have as the OIG will be paying particular attention to such relationships.

• Federal government amends patient access to laboratory test results

  Monday, February 17, 2014

  ​Soon patients and patients' personal representatives will be able to obtain copies of completed laboratory test reports directly from laboratories. The Department of Health and Human Services released new rules amending the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996.

• MHPAEA: What is new under the final rules?

  Thursday, February 06, 2014

  The Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 requires that certain private and public healthcare insurance plans that offer mental health or substance use disorder benefits apply the same type of financial requirements and treatment limitations that the plan applies to medical and surgical benefits.

• Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act: The basics for providers

  Friday, December 06, 2013

  On Nov. 13, the departments of Treasury, Labor, and Health and Human Services issued the final rules implementing the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (MHPAEA). This Act requires that group health plans that offer mental health or substance use disorder benefits apply the same type of financial requirements (deductibles, co-insurance) and treatment limitations (number of visits, scope of treatment) that the plan applies to medical and surgical benefits.