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Kerr Russell

Consider These Five Compliance Questions In Your Medical Practice

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There are several risks which physicians may encounter if they fail to comply with applicable laws and regulations, including disciplinary action against their medical license, post-payment audit and recoupment,...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

New York State Prepares to Regulate Hospital Cybersecurity Programs

On November 13, 2023, Governor Kathy Hochul announced plans to regulate cybersecurity for New York general hospitals regulated under Article 28 of the Public Health Law. As proposed, the regulations will provide an additional...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Research Compliance Volume 18, Number 10. In This Month’s E-News: October 2021

Report on Research Compliance 18, no. 10 (October, 2021) - An audit by the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the National Human Genome Research Institute’s (NHGRI) pre-award risk assessment process concluded that...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

Time For CEs, BAs To Take Right Of Access Seriously

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A March 11 article in the Health Care Compliance Association’s Report on Patient Privacy, “In Wake of 16th OCR Settlement, Time For CEs, BAs to Take Right of Access Seriously,” discussed the Right of Access Initiative that...more

Baker Donelson

HHS Releases Update to Security Risk Assessment Tool

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On Tuesday, September 15, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the National Coordinator (ONC), in partnership with the Office for Civil Rights (OCR), released an update to the previously published...more

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4 Ways to Protect ePHI Beyond HIPAA Compliance

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Given the choice between credit card data and digital health records, cybercriminals prefer the latter. A stolen credit card can be canceled. Electronic protected health information (ePHI) with its treasure-trove of...more

Dechert LLP

Nursing Homes and Other Senior Living Facilities Can Take Practical Steps to Reduce Litigation Risks

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The COVID-19 pandemic finds nursing homes and other senior living facilities confronting unprecedented operational challenges and risks. The highly vulnerable population served, combined with the near impossibility of both...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Compliance: Top Takeaways from Foley and PYA’s Annual “Let’s Talk Compliance” Event

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For the second year in a row, Foley & Lardner LLP and PYA hosted a compliance master class on various health-related compliance issues. “Let’s Talk Compliance” is an annual one-day event featuring a panel of presenters that...more

Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics...

[Event] Regional Compliance & Ethics Conference - February 27th - 28th, Anchorage, AK

This two-day Regional Compliance and Ethics Conferences provide attendees with a forum to interact with local compliance professionals, share information about your compliance successes and challenges, and create educational...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Event] Regional Compliance & Ethics Conference - February 27th - 28th, Anchorage, AK

Our Regional Compliance Conferences provide attendees with a forum to interact with local compliance professionals, share information about your compliance successes and challenges, and create educational opportunities for...more

Burr & Forman

What Have You Done For Me Lately?

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What have you done for me lately? Now that the tune is stuck in your head, specifically, have you recently conducted a thorough and up to date risk assessment in accordance with the requirements of the Health Insurance...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Business Associate Failed to Safeguard 3.5 Million Patients’ Medical Records

Medical Informatics Engineering, Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiaries (MIE) and the Office for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS-OCR) entered into a $100,000 settlement and two-year...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Time for a HIPAA Security Check-Up!

The 2015 HIPAA Security conference held by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (“NIST”) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) kicked off last week with OCR’s...more

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Technology in Healthcare

From the 2015 PLUS Medical PL Symposium session “Technology in Healthcare: EHRs & PHI,” moderator Patricia Marzella-Graubert (Swiss Re American Holdings Corporation) and panelist Alexander Grijalva (New York Presbyterian...more

Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C.

Recent HIPAA Settlement Highlights Danger of Failure to Perform Security Risk Assessments, Implement HIPAA Policies and Train...

A recent Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act ("HIPAA") settlement, which is notable as the first HIPAA settlement with a covered entity for failure to have policies and procedures in place to comply with...more

Dentons

Health Law: Hospice pays $50,000 for Failing to Conduct HIPAA Security Risk Assessment; Inadequate Security Policies

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A small non-profit hospice in Idaho agreed to pay $50,000 to settle allegations that it violated the HIPAA security regulations. The allegations stemmed from a report made to HHS by the hospice after a laptop containing...more

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