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Weekly Tip " Notice of Privacy Practices

What if a patient refuses to sign the Notice of Privacy Practices? If a patient refuses to sign the Notice of Privacy Practices acknowledgment, the provider must document they failed to get the acknowledgement...

Tip of the Week: Healthcare Compliance Training Frequency

What would your answer be to the following question: How many times can we take the Healthcare Compliance Pros training this year? A) Once B) Take the training once, review the content multiple times C) Take the...

EEOC Raised Noncompliance Fines for Failing to Post Federal Notices

Are you in compliance with your required postings in your office? Are all required notices posted in prominent and accessible places for employees, applicants, and staff members? The Equal Employment Opportunity...

Medical Professionals Charged with Health Care Fraud

It was reported last week that the Medicare Fraud Strike Force charged 90 individuals for approximately $260 million in false billing. The defendants who were charged are accused of various health care fraud-related...

A HIPAA Question: "Addressable" vs. "Required" Implementation Standards

We are finding that many of our subscribers including both covered entities and business associates have questions regarding the difference between "Required" and "Addressable" HIPAA Security Final Rule Standards....

Another Costly Breach Results in $4.8 Million HIPAA Settlements

Imagine you are surfing the internet when you stumble across your protected health information, or the protected health information of a loved one. You wonder, shouldn't health information be protected? How could the...

Model Notices to include Health Insurance Marketplace Coverage Option

On May 2, 2014 it was announced by the Obama administration that model notices have been updated to inform workers of their eligibility for continuation of health-care coverage through COBRA. The updates make it...

New ICD-10 Implementation Date Announced

On May 1st, 2014 the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the new ICD-10 implementation date. The ICD-10 implementation date will be October 1st, 2015. According to the announcement, CMS will...

Adding and Removing Employees from your Compliance Training

Adding/Removing Employees Removing an employee that has not trained in the past 12 months will free up that training position. You can create a new employee at no additional charge. If however, the terminatedemployee...

HIPAA Settlements Due to Stolen Unencrypted Laptops

Imagine you have left your laptop unattended in your car while you quickly run into the grocery store. As you come back out with groceries, you notice your window is smashed, and the laptop has been stolen. Is the...