What significant changes in Medicare occurred for us in 2014?
HHS withdraws health record breach notification rule from review
Aug 02, 2010
The Department of Health and Human Services has temporarily withdrawn a final rule requiring certain healthcare facilities to notify patients when there is a breach of the privacy of their “unsecured”...
AI is everywhere! Addressing the legal risks through contracting
By
Neville M. Bilimoria
Jul 21, 2023
You can’t look in the news or see social media posts each day without hearing about artificial intelligence in healthcare. In fact, the advancements in AI in healthcare are making leaps and bounds, seemingly...
Protecting privacy in the midst of COVID-19
By
Stephanie Anthony
Randi Seigel
May 19, 2020
The nation’s nursing facilities, assisted-living facilities, inpatient rehabilitation facilities and home care providers — and their long-term care (LTC) workforces — are at the forefront of the...
Also in the news for Nov. 11, 2014 . . .
Nov 11, 2014
Antibiograms improve appropriate nursing home antibiotic prescribing by 40% in study … Providers can share HIPAA-protected info to safeguard public health, feds say … Date falsification charges...
CyberLock has unveiled new access control solutions facilities challenged with ensuring HIPAA/HITECH and JCAHO compliance. The CyberLock System of electronic lock cylinders and programmable keys delivers...
Ask the Legal Expert about … disclosure of resident information
By
John Durso
Aug 06, 2016
I trusted my software vendor but wound up having some resident personal information made available to the public. If a resident pursues a claim against us, can we seek damages from the vendor? What is...
Court shuts down provider’s counterclaim against FCA whistleblower
By
May 12, 2016
A federal court dismissed a healthcare company’s counterclaim against a former employee and False Claims Act whistleblower on Monday. The judge ruled that the whistleblower’s disclosure of...
Providers charging even $1 per page for EHR access could be violating HIPAA, report warns
By
Tim Mullaney
Jan 13, 2015
Long-term care providers that charge people to access their electronic health records might be violating federal law, according to recently released findings from the American Health Information Management...
Provider to pay $2.14 million after patient data made accessible through Google
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Oct 20, 2016
A California-based healthcare provider has agreed to pay $2.14 million to settle allegations that it violated HIPAA when protected health information was made publicly accessible through online search...