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2 Jun 2017, 1:17 pm
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released the 2017 edition of its Compendium of Unimplemented Recommendations (“Compendium”). [read post]
12 May 2017, 4:54 pm
Health care providers, health plans, health insurers, healthcare clearinghouses, their business associates as well as all U.S. businesses and consumers should raise their cyber security defenses and use cyber security best practices to defend their information systems and data against ongoing WannaCry ransomware and other cyber security attacks in the United States and abroad in cyber security alerts issued by the Departments of Homeland Security, Health… [read post]
12 May 2017, 2:39 pm
Health care providers, health plans, health insurers, healthcare clearinghouses, their business associates as well as all U.S. businesses and consumers should raise their cyber security defenses and use cyber security best practices to defend their information systems and data against ongoing WannaCry ransomware and other cyber security attacks in the United States and abroad in cyber security alerts issued by the Departments of Homeland Security, Health… [read post]
10 May 2017, 3:14 pm
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that the largest not-for-profit health system in Southeast Texas, Memorial Hermann Health System (MHHS) is paying to settle charges it violated the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Rule by issuing a press release with the name and other protected health information (PHI) about a patient without the patient’s prior HIPAA-compliant authorization… [read post]
26 Apr 2017, 6:14 pm
OCR announced the first OCR HIPAA settlement involving a wireless health services provider Monday, April 24. [read post]
24 Apr 2017, 5:08 pm
That’s the clear message to covered entities and their business associates in the April 17, 2017 HIPAA Resolution Agreement just announced by the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) Office of Civil Rights (OCR) with the Center for Children’s Digestive Health (CCDH). [read post]
12 Apr 2017, 9:35 pm
Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights (OCR) charges it violated the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Security Rule by failing to implement a security management process to safeguard electronic protected health information (ePHI). [read post]
18 Mar 2017, 7:34 pm
When it’s used, he also says it should be accompanied by support services for inmates. [read post]
18 Mar 2017, 7:34 pm
When it’s used, he also says it should be accompanied by support services for inmates. [read post]
1 Mar 2017, 12:55 pm
Heads up tax-exempt and governmental entities, employer and other qualified employee benefit plan sponsor, fiduciaries, administrators, and recordkeepers and their management, accountants, attorneys, and other service providers and advisors. [read post]
16 Feb 2017, 3:01 pm
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy and Security Rules sends a clear warning message to all health plans, healthcare providers and health care clearinghouses (Covered Entities) and their business associates that simply adopting HIPAA policies alone is insufficient to avoid getting nailed by OCR under HIPAA; Covered… [read post]
2 Feb 2017, 6:04 pm
The Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) Office of Civil Rights (OCR) imposed the $3,217,000.00 Civil Monetary Penalty (CMP) under a January 18, 2017 Final Determination based upon findings that Children’s for years knowingly violated HIPAA by failing to encrypt or otherwise properly secure ePHI on laptops and other mobile devices and failing to comply with many other HIPAA requirements. [read post]
22 Nov 2016, 12:59 pm
Bush signed into law a CRA resolution overturning a controversial Clinton Administration Occupational Safety and Health Administration ergonomics rule in 2001. [read post]
4 Nov 2016, 4:11 pm
They have also agreed to enter a five-year corporate integrity agreement with the Office of Inspector General of the Health and Human Services Department, which will mandate yearly independent review of whether the therapy services Life Care bills Medicare are legitimately needed and appropriate. [read post]
4 Nov 2016, 4:11 pm
They have also agreed to enter a five-year corporate integrity agreement with the Office of Inspector General of the Health and Human Services Department, which will mandate yearly independent review of whether the therapy services Life Care bills Medicare are legitimately needed and appropriate. [read post]
19 Oct 2016, 1:04 pm
ERISA Civil Penalties For Employers, Fiduciaries & Plan Administrators Rose August 1 Employer and other employee benefit plan sponsors, fiduciaries and administrators required by the Department of Labor Employee Benefit Security Administration (EBSA) to pay a civil monetary penalty for a post-November 2, 2015 violation of the employee benefit related obligations of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) should expect to pay more if… [read post]
22 Sep 2016, 12:31 pm
At this rate, it takes an estimated 70 to 90 minutes, or longer, for the human body to eliminate a single d [read post]
7 Sep 2016, 2:06 pm
The transformation will eliminate the need for the Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services and the Department of Aging and Disability Services to operate as separate agencies by 2017. [read post]
15 Aug 2016, 4:31 pm
Before this I was paying medical bills for a health insurance company. [read post]
28 Jul 2016, 2:30 pm
Employers, insurers and other health plan sponsors or issuers (health plans), health care providers, healthcare clearinghouses (covered entities) and their business associates should reevaluate the adequacy of their practices and procedures for the protection of electronic protected health information (ePHI) on or accessible through laptops or other mobile devices in light of the $2.75 million penalty and other schooling the Department of Health… [read post]
