New HIPAA audits are focusing on healthcare providers as well as their business associates, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights.
Overcoming your top 3 financial tech challenges
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Brian Bogie
Apr 08, 2020
Healthcare is changing at a rate faster than ever before. Long-term care facilities face increasing consumer expectations, declining reimbursement rates, changing regulations and a shift in payment for...
Allscripts agrees to $145M HIPAA, kickback settlement
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Kimberly Marselas
Aug 11, 2019
Electronic health record provider Allscripts has reached a tentative $145 million deal with federal investigators related to HIPAA and kickback allegations against another provider it acquired last year.
‘Spear-phishing’ led to medical records HIPAA hack; insurer to pay $10M
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Elizabeth Newman
Jul 14, 2019
Premera Blue Cross, the largest health insurer in the Pacific Northwest, will pay $10.4 million to 30 states to resolve HIPAA violations.
Report: Feds still haven’t fined anyone for HIPAA violations
Aug 27, 2008
Federal regulatory officials still have not issued any fines for violations of new medical privacy rules first issued five years ago. This despite 38,000 individuals having filed complaints with the Department...
New round of HIPAA audits begin, with focus on providers’ business associates
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Mar 23, 2016
The second phase of HIPAA audits will focus on healthcare providers as well as their business associates, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights announced this week.
Long-term care providers can share resident info for safety reasons without breaching HIPAA
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McKnight's Staff
Jan 22, 2013
Healthcare providers do not violate the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act privacy regulations if they share patient information in the interest of public safety, according to a letter...
Technology partnership announced
Jul 12, 2017
Silversphere, known for the ATMOS Emergency Call System, has selected CareServ Technologies to provide mobile devices to clients.
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John Durso
Aug 01, 2019
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Weak IT system brings first HIPAA provider settlement
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Amy Novotney
Feb 01, 2015
A first-of-its-kind HIPAA settlement demonstrates that long-term care needs to be vigilant about updating software and other basic security tasks, officials say.