The Compliance Insider 

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has recently received reports of the use of insulin pens for more than one patient, with at least one 2011 episode resulting in the need for post-exposure patient... Continue Reading

More than 70 incidents have been added in the last month to the Department of Health and Human Services'wall of shame website listing health data breaches affecting 500 or more individuals far more than in any other... Continue Reading

As of October 16, 2013, the Federal Communications Commission began enforcing the federal Telephone Communication Protection Act (TCPA). The purpose of the TCPA is to protect consumers from the nuisance of receiving... Continue Reading

If you are an eligible professional (EP), the last day you can register and attest to demonstrating meaningful use for the 2013 Medicare EHR Incentive Program is February 28, 2014. You must successfully attest by... Continue Reading

According to a report released this month by the Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Inspector General, The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and many of its contractors need to adopt better... Continue Reading

We had frigid, severe weather last week but our offices were able to remain open, although some employees could not make it to work either because schools were closed (causing childcare problems) or icy roads made... Continue Reading

Another federal investigation of a relatively smallbreachhas resulted in a financial penalty, this time for a physician group practice in Concord, Mass. On Dec. 26, the Department of Health and Human Services'... Continue Reading

Healthcare providers observed blood on their hands after surgery more frequently when they wore a single pair of gloves than when they wore two pairs of gloves and generally had a favorable opinion on double gloving,... Continue Reading

As part of President Obama's continuing efforts to reduce gun violence, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to remove unnecessary legal barriers under the... Continue Reading

Do your employees find it difficult to remember the order in which they should put on and take off PPE? The CDC recommends the order for donning items is not the same as for doffing PPE used for protection from... Continue Reading