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26 Jun 2017, 6:56 pm by Amy Howe
The Federal Circuit applies a presumption that the medical professionals whom the Department of Veterans Affairs uses to evaluate these disabled veterans are competent to provide their opinions on any medical issues, which – veterans argue – then imposes a difficult burden on disabled veterans to show that the examiners are not in fact competent. [read post]
16 Feb 2017, 3:01 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
In response to the MHS settlement, health plans, their sponsors, fiduciaries and business associates should take documented action to audit and correct as needed both their written policies, procedures and notices as well as their operational compliance with HIPAA to mitigate theirexposure to similar enforcement action for HIPAA violations. [read post]
2 Feb 2017, 6:04 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Children’s IT asset policies did not apply to devices that accessed or stored ePHI that were managed by the Biomedical Department. [read post]
27 Oct 2016, 8:48 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Joseph Health Resolution Agreement and Corrective Action Plan (SJH Settlement) and the Oregon Health & Science University Resolution Agreement and Corrective Action Plan (OHSU Settlement) announced by the Department of Health & Human Services Office of Civil Rights (OCR)  in the past 30 days. [read post]
3 Aug 2016, 8:35 am by Madeline Gitomer
Safeguarding ePHI on Shared Networks Shortly thereafter, OCR announced on July 21 a $2.75 million settlement and a three-year corrective action plan with the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) after a stolen laptop was reported to OCR as a breach. [read post]
28 Jul 2016, 2:30 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
UMMC Report of Missing Laptop Leads To Multiple Charges & Resolution Agreement Mississippi’s sole public academic health science center, UMMC provides patient care in four specialized hospitals on the Jackson campus and at clinics throughout Jackson and the State as well as conducts medical education and research functions. [read post]
27 Jul 2016, 5:08 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Health care providers, health plans, 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 and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) just gave the University of Mississippi (UM)… [read post]
2 May 2016, 9:01 pm by Joanna L. Grossman
Mississippi, a state that claims tourism as one of its biggest industries, apparently did not account for the cost of backlash before it adopted a similar law a few weeks later.The Sanctity of BathroomsBathrooms re-emerged this week as a center point of two stories, with oddly juxtaposed visions their significance in society.The U.S. [read post]
5 Nov 2015, 6:01 am by Administrator
The Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) now accepts that long periods in segregation are not conducive to prisoner health or correctional goals—these facts are not in dispute. [read post]
21 Jan 2015, 7:57 am by Michael Markarian
And the Senate committee reports accompanying the appropriations bills for the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security included language sought by Sen. [read post]
6 Jan 2015, 4:34 pm by Michael Markarian
And the Senate committee reports accompanying the appropriations bills for the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security included language sought by Sen. [read post]
23 Dec 2014, 1:16 pm by Michael Markarian
And the Senate committee reports accompanying the appropriations bills for the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security spoke of the seriousness of this problem and directed those agencies to report back on their actions to address it. [read post]
23 Dec 2014, 1:16 pm by Michael Markarian
And the Senate committee reports accompanying the appropriations bills for the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security spoke of the seriousness of this problem and directed those agencies to report back on their actions to address it. [read post]
28 Jul 2013, 11:41 pm by Bill Marler
Patricia Quinlisk, medical director for the Iowa Department of Public Health and Dr. [read post]
28 Jul 2013, 5:11 pm by Bill Marler
Patricia Quinlisk, medical director for the Iowa Department of Public Health and Dr. [read post]
24 Jun 2013, 8:53 am by Rahul Bhagnari, ACLU
We filed the lawsuit after a lengthy investigation, assessments by two correctional health care experts, and attempts to work with Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) to improve conditions without the need for litigation. [read post]
20 Jun 2013, 9:19 am by Rahul Bhagnari, ACLU
The same week, CCA announced that the Mississippi Department of Corrections decided not to renew CCA's contract to run the state's Wilkinson County Correctional Facility. [read post]