by Gary Pritts | Jun 27, 2012 | HIPAA
Yesterday, the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS), the state Medicaid agency, agreed to pay the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) $1,700,000 to settle possible violations of the HIPAA Security rule. DHSS further agreed to a... Read More
by Gary Pritts | Apr 19, 2012 | HIPAA
Phoenix Cardiac Surgery, PC, a small physician practice, settled a HIPAA privacy and security complaint for $100,000 and agreed to a Corrective Action Plan. The settlement agreement (in which the practice does not admit liability) is the culmination of an... Read More
by Gary Pritts | Feb 23, 2012 | HIPAA, HIPAA Policy Templates
Last month Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson filed suit against Accretive Health, Inc., a company which provides revenue cycle management services for two Minnesota Health Systems – Fairview Health Services and North Memorial Health Care. According to the... Read More
by Gary Pritts | Nov 18, 2011 | HIPAA
The Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General, the agency’s watchdog, has released its annual work plan. It is 117 pages specify hundreds of work items reviewing every nook and cranny of the health system. Medicare and Medicaid... Read More
by Gary Pritts | Jul 20, 2011 | HIPAA
In May 2011 The HHS Office of the Inspector General (OIG) published their findings regarding CMS’s oversight and enforcement of the HIPAA Security Rule. The findings state that the oversight and enforcement actions “were not sufficient” to insure... Read More
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