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The HIPAA Security Rule requires covered entities and business associates to implement reasonable and appropriate safeguards for the protection of electronic protected health information (ePHI). The Workforce... Read More

CMS Final Rule Removes Certain Training Requirements in CY 2019 It's that time of year again, the holiday season is dwindling down with New Year's Day approaching. In the compliance world, it is the time of year... Read More

Common Healthcare Compliance Abbreviations ACO Accountable Care Organizations are groups of doctors, hospitals, and other health care providers, who come together voluntarily to give coordinated high-quality... Read More

Breaking News! HHS seeks public input on improving care coordination and reducing the regulatory burdens of the HIPAA Rules! Many of our clients have heard us talk and discuss possible HIPAA Rule changes in the works... Read More

HHS Reports $125,000 Settlement with Allergy Practice for Impermissible Disclosure The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a settlement with an allergy... Read More

7 Tips for Dealing with Gossip in the Workplace "psss Hey did you hear about the latest gossip? " "No, what?!" "You haven't?" "I'm going to tell you all about it.. just don't tell anyone you heard it... Read More

On November 1, 2018, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the 2019 Quality Payment Program (QPP), Final Rule. As of January 1, 2019, the changes will go into effect. According to CMS, the... Read More

Evaluation and Management Coding Changes Expected in 2019 and 2020 On July 12th, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), released theProposed Ruleand made it available for comment. There was a lot of... Read More

$5.25 Million Dollar Settlement for Lincare Inc. Announcedby the DOJ Recently, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that Lincare, Inc., has paid a $5.25 million dollar settlement to resolve allegations that... Read More

Being Prepared with a Disaster Recovery Plan When we talk about Disaster Recovery and Emergency Preparedness, hurricanes often come to mind first. This year was intense with the incomprehensible destruction due to... Read More