HIPAA Enforcement
This topic includes reports and details of HIPAA Privacy and Security Rule enforcement. We discuss the actions that the HHS Office of Civil Rights (OCR), the Department of Justice, as well as the State Attorneys General take.
Eagle works with clients in healthcare and healthcare business associates. In addition, we work with other HIPAA covered entities to ensure HIPAA Security compliance.
HIPAA covered entities are essential. It’s important to note that there is a HIPAA privacy and security rule to follow. And, we work with healthcare businesses to make certain they have protected health information. Hospitals and businesses are responsible for enforcing HIPAA security and we can assist.
We provide a set of policy templates for a variety of business associate types. Our templates include Cloud Vendors, Third Party Administrators, Healthcare, and Information Technology companies.
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 | Feb 17, 2012 | HIPAA
Adam Greene, JD, MPH, a former regulator in HHS, recently shared details about the random audit program begun by the HHS Office of Civil Rights (OCR). The audit targets are selected using stratified random samples based on a database of covered entities created by OCR... 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 | Nov 9, 2011 | HIPAA
The random HIPAA compliance audits mandated under the HITECH Act will begin this month. Yesterday, the HHS Office of Civil Rights (OCR) announced that every covered entity and business associate is eligible for an audit. To guide future audit efforts, a wide range of... Read More
