The Compliance Insider 

Keeping risk assessment documentation and other compliance evidence in a centralized repository is a good way to prepare for any HIPAA audit or investigation. Office for Civil Rights (OCR) officials have said... Continue Reading

Eligible professionals (EPs) participating in the Medicare EHR Incentive Program may be subject to payment adjustments beginning on January 1, 2015. CMS will determine the payment adjustment based on meaningful use... Continue Reading

Veteran's Administration (VA) employees or contractors are responsible for 14,215 HIPAA privacy violations at 167 facilities from 2010 to May 31, 2013.The violations affected at least 101,018 veterans and 551 VA... Continue Reading

The following is a brief overview of the Sunshine Act and how it affects covered entities: As part of the Affordable Care Act of 2010, the Sunshine Act was implemented in order to provide important ownership... Continue Reading

The fall flu season in the U.S. is unfolding largely unobserved. TheCDC's labs and surveillance programs are idle, thanks to the government shutdown, and outside experts are worried that essential data is being lost.... Continue Reading

At an online hearing Sept. 30, federal advisers heard concerns from healthcare providers, electronic health records system vendors and others about the cost and impracticality of a proposal to require giving patients... Continue Reading

The recent shutdown of the federal government due to legislative battles in the U.S. Congress has led many to wonder about how various agencies will be affected. As a division of the Department of Labor, the... Continue Reading

At the heart of the federal budget stalemate in Washington is the effort to pull the plug on Obamacare. The resulting partial government shutdown is derailing other important healthcare efforts that not only impact... Continue Reading

A recent study from researchers at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston found that the five most common healthcare related infections costs the U.S. healthcare system almost $10 billion... Continue Reading

Federal regulators are planning for a permanentHIPAAaudit program that will begin next year. But the audits will be narrower in scope than the 115 in the pilot program during 2012, helping pave the way for a higher... Continue Reading