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$2 Million Fine for Data Breach Affecting Nearly 55,000 Patient Records

The California Attorney General recently announced a $2 million settlement with Cottage Health System and its affiliated hospitals in California resolving allegations they failed to implement basic, reasonable...

Charge Statistics for Discrimination and Harassment Show Unsettling Trend

It feels like not a day goes by when a new high-profile story of discrimination is published in the news. For example, it was recently reported that ESPN is being hit with a lawsuit for discrimination and sexual...

$3.5 Million Settlement for Failure to Follow HIPAA Requirements

Failure to perform a Security Risk Analysis and adopt a comprehensive corrective action plan resulted in a covered entity agreeing to pay $3.5 million to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office...

HHS Focusing on Battling the Opioid Crisis

President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence recently swore in Alex Azar as the new HHS Secretary. One of his major goals and responsibilities will be to fight the opioid crisis, while also focusing on...

A burger, some fries, a milkshake and a side of fentanyl?

It was recently reported that in St. Lucie County, not only could you get a burger, some fries and a milkshake at the Steak 'n Shake, you could also get fentanyl, carfentanil or heroin. In what was called Operation...

What can Healthcare Facilities learn from the Florida Shooting?

Schools nationwide have been having drills intended to prepare for active shooter situations, but are the drills enough? That is a question on a lot of minds following the tragic Parkland, Florida School shooting....

Documentation is more important than ever before

Anyone who enters anything into a patient encounter must make sure the documentation is detailed, accurate and thorough. Now more than ever before "if you didn't document it, it's the same as if you didn't do it."...

Physician Integrity: More than Just a Piece of the Healthcare Compliance Puzzle

There are many ways integrity is defined. Most of us have heard integrity defined as what you do when nobody else is around, or what you do and how you do it on a daily basis. Integrity is a concept that includes...

Should Office Romances Be Allowed In The Workplace?

Healthcare organizations are not exempt when it comes to office romances. Some organizations may choose to ignore office romances; some organizations may ban them altogether; while others may have policies and...

A Breach Can Be Good Medicine

Reality Check Questions Are you among the lucky healthcare providers who have never experienced a "Breach" of Protected Health Information (PHI)? You have run such a tight ship that a "Breach" has never...