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HCP Website Tip – Documents in the Forms Section

If you are searching for any forms or documents to help manage your office or support your compliance program, look no further than your HCP compliance website. Our "Forms Section" contains hundreds of compliance and...

Exclusion Lists: A Two Part Series

In the healthcare industry, providers, professionals and organizations are allowed some flexibility standards may be required while others may be addressable. While there technically is not a specific statute or...

Charges against 301 Individuals for Approximately $900 Million in False Billing

Just recently, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) announced the largest health care fraud takedown in history. Specifically, in June 2016, the OIG along with state and...

Oops! Failure to Safeguard PHI Leads to a $650,000 HIPAA Settlement

The Office of Civil Rights (OCR) recently reported that Catholic Health Care Services of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia (CHCS) has agreed to settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and...

In the Trenches, Lessons Learned from Real-life Audit Experiences

In the Trenches, Lessons Learned from Real-life Audit Experiences View the webinarHere Eric Christensen, Director of Client Services and Chad Schiffman, Director of Compliance, invite you to join them for our...

The importance of a Security Risk Analysis and Corrective Action Plan

Conducting and reviewing a security risk analysis (SRA) is perhaps one of the most important HIPAA requirements and Meaningful Use requirements your organization will undertake. An SRA is an ongoing process of...

Employee Loses Job for Playing Pokemon Go

An employee of a company recently posted comments regarding Pokmon Go on Facebook. The employee's comments led to Facebook users finding out the name of the company, slamming the company and leaving messages...

Are You Ready for Nondiscrimination and LEP Posting Requirements?

A few months ago, we published the summary of the final rule the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced to protect individuals from discrimination in health care. As part of the final rule, covered...

What if you receive a Privacy Complaint from a Patient?

Imagine you work for practice and you have a patient call complaining that an employee has been accessing their patient account and giving personal information to a mutual acquaintance. You have started investigating...

August Webinar: Answers to Frequently Asked Compliance Questions

Answers to Frequently Asked Compliance Questions View the webinar Here Augusts' Compliance Webinar will feature a Question and Answer session highlighting issues our clients face every day. This webinar will...