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Breaking News: CMS and CDC Announce Provider Reimbursement Available for Counseling Patients to Self-Isolate at Time of COVID-19 Testing

CMS and CDC Announce Provider Reimbursement Available for Counseling Patients to Self-Isolate at Time of COVID-19 Testing On July 30, CMS and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are announcing that...

Provider Relief Fund: Important Information You Need To Know

More financial relief to individuals and businesses affected by the coronavirus pandemic is expected from Congress in the coming days. This funding is referred to as "Phase 4" a follow-up to the financial assistance...

Demonstrating Confidence Through COVID

COVID has created a lot of ongoing chaos this year with debates over misinformation, the severity of the virus, the best preventative measures, and how best to proceed. Even with this uncertainty, one thing is for...

Breaking News! HHS Announces Revised 42 CFR Part 2

Breaking News! HHS announces revised 42 CFR Part 2 The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the Substance and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), has adopted and revised the...

What's Your Social Distancing Strategy for Your Facility?

Social distancing also called "physical distancing," means keeping space between yourself and other people. To practice social or physical distancing we are advised to stay at least 6 feet (about 2 arms'...

USA Leads the Way with the Most Expensive Healthcare Data Breaches

The cost of not adequately protecting healthcare information comes at a high cost to the healthcare industry. According to the most recent annual Cost of a Data Breach Report, the average total cost of a...

Lines of Communication are Essential for Building a Culture of Compliance

Essentials for Establishing a Culture of Compliance In a healthcare organization, a successful compliance program details the organization's commitment to ethical...

Its a New Year: Are Your Systems Up to Date?

Something about Calendar Year 2020 feels futuristic. After all, it is two decades past the year 2000 (Y2K) - the year when significant problems were anticipated due to the computer programming shortcut related to...

OCR Guidance on Preventing, Mitigating, and Responding to Ransomware

OCR Guidance on Preventing, Mitigating, and Responding to Ransomware The HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) released its Fall Cybersecurity Newsletter, "What Happened to My Data? Update of Preventing, Mitigating...

Wrapping Up 2019 with Brand New Training Available!

Healthcare Compliance Pros is wrapping up the end of 2019 with brand new courses available on December 11, 2019! Caring for Patients in the LGBTQ Community - Issues and concerns for LGBTQ patients can often...