Nursing home administrators should be especially careful in limiting the use of personal devices among employees; HIPAA rules require adherence to specific policies and procedures
On March 21, the federal Office for Civil rights (OCR) announced the start of the next phase of audits under the Health Insurance Portability and
2016 CMS Quality Reporting Document Architecture (QRDA) Implementation Guide (IG) for Eligible Professional (EP) Programs and Hospital Quality Reporting (HQR) Appendix: View PDF
In a recent survey, co-sponsored by the Health Care Compliance Association, “social media” emerged as the No. 1 risk concern among respondents in healthcare. In
Downloads available for MyHIPAAGuide subscribers include: 2017 Medicare EHR Incentive Program Payment Adjustment Hardship Exception Application. Reference Section 2.3 of the application for the newly
The American Medical Society is urging all physicians subject to the 2015 Medicare MU program to apply for a hardship exception. Read the AMA’s post
This year, the federal government plans to begin audits to ensure compliance with privacy and security provisions under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
Top Five Issues in HIPAA Investigated Cases Closed with Corrective Action, by Calendar Year Parkview Hospital settles in medical records dumping case under HIPAA Lahey
Updated applications for hardship reporting: Medicare EHR Hardship Exception Instructions Medicare EHR Hardship Exception Application for Critical Access Hospitals Medicare EHR Hardship Exception Application Post
The special healthcare edition of Crain’s Cleveland discusses the help available to doctors through MyHIPAAGuide.com. The recently launched news & information service covers compliance, including
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