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CMS Will Be Stepping Up Their Audit Efforts In a recent report by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), it was revealed that even the Centers of Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is held... Read More

Accepting Federal Program Dollars? Exclusion List Screening is a Must! It could be a costly mistake for your organization to not screen against exclusions lists, especially if you're receiving federal dollars! Not... Read More

Protected Health Information: The Basics You Need to Know Protected health information (PHI) is a term often heard in the healthcare industry in relation to HIPAA laws, but what does it mean exactly? PHI... Read More

Are you among the lucky healthcare providers who have never experienced a breach of Protected Health Information (PHI)? Having gone without a breach could provide a great sense of confidence that you are running... Read More

The deadline for submitting a notice of a breach affecting fewer than 500 individuals is just around the corner. If a breach of unsecured PHI (protected health information) affects fewer than 500 individuals, a... Read More

2018 ended up being a record year for HIPAA enforcement actions! According to the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) 10 cases were settled and one case granted summary judgment in a case before an Administrative Law Judge... Read More

In December 2018, OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration), issued a statement regarding a decline in workplace fatalities for 2017. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics' National Census of Fatal... Read More

The last few weeks we have been educating you with our recent articles about spoofing and phishing that threaten your cyber-security! Healthcare organizations are always going to be a target from malicious characters... Read More

Wear RED with Healthcare Compliance Pros as we support National Wear Red Day. The first Friday of February is designated as American Heart Month where businesses and individuals all across the country join in support... Read More

What is Phishing and How Common is it? Phishing is an attempt to acquire personal information such as usernames, passwords or financial information via impersonation or by spoofing. Despite how simple they are,... Read More