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Are You Meeting Your Healthcare Compliance Training Requirements?

Healthcare Compliance Training: What to Train On and How Often Healthcare Compliance Pros (HCP) often receives questions regarding compliance training requirements. Typically, the questions we receive ask what...

Keeping Halloween Simple and Safe this Year!

COVID-19 has been scary enough this year; let's keep Halloween as safe as possible this year. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) cautions on the risks of traditional Halloween activities, such as...

It's the Final Countdown!

Great News! You're just one SRA away from 2023! 2022 is almost over, and what a relief that is! While we've learned a great deal this year, we've also had to adapt to the ongoing challenges thrown at...

An Increase of Domestic Violence Throughout the COVID-19 Pandemic

October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and this year the coronavirus pandemic has made everyone vulnerable to the dangers of the virus and to an increased risk of domestic abuse and neglect...

How to be Prepared for this Year's Influenza Season During the Ongoing Coronavirus Pandemic

The leaves are beginning to change and drop, school is in session (virtually, in-person, or a combination of the two), and the temperature outside is starting to cool down. We have officially made it to Autumn, which...

OCR Demonstrates the Seriousness of Adhering to the HIPAA Right of Access Initiative

OCR Settles Eighth Investigation in HIPAA Right of Access Initiative On October 7th, 2020, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that Dignity Health,...

"We are Fine! Hurricane Sally is Not Coming Our Direction."

If 2020 has taught us anything, it is the importance of being prepared for the unexpected. Between the COVID-19 pandemic, the fire season impacting states like Oregon and California, and a busy hurricane...

HHS Announcement: New Phase 3 Provider Relief Funding

On October 1, 2020, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that the Trump administration is providing $20 Billion in New Phase 3 Provider Relief Funding. "HHS has...

HIPAA Business Associate Pays $2.3 Million to Settle Breach Affecting Protected Health Information of Over 6 Million Individuals

CHSPSC LLC, ("CHSPSC") has agreed to pay $2,300,000 to the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and to adopt a corrective action plan to settle potential violations...

Lessons Learned from the OIG After an Audit of Outpatient Outlier Payments

The Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently announced their findings from an audit of outpatient outlier payments. The OIG selected an entity that had an increase of outlier payments from $82,555 in 2015 to $2.6...