How to avoid the devastating consequences of HIPAA noncompliance
The potential costs of being found noncompliant with HIPAA are too great for a healthcare provider organization not to have in place a compliance program designed to help safeguard patients’ protected health information.
An effective healthcare real estate compliance program: critical to health system success
Physician real estate agreements are an important focus of a compliance strategy.
Revenue integrity: an evolving function for hospitals and health systems
Hospitals and health systems require a revenue integrity function to best manage revenue cycle processes in today’s healthcare environment.
5 steps to becoming HIPAA compliant
Healthcare organizations that qualify as HIPAA covered entities should take five steps when developing a compliance program designed to meet their obligation under HIPAA to safeguard patients’ protected health information.
Signs and symptoms to watch for in evolving compliance areas
Five evolving areas for compliance require attention from a hospital’s or health system’s compliance program: quality of care, patient abuse, quality reporting, emergency preparedness and case management.
6 Steps to Effective Document Retention and Destruction
Implementing a document retention/destruction process avoids unnecessary storage fees and potential legal issues.
Analysis: What factors will come into play as stakeholders respond to a recent decision on Medicaid work rules
Key things to look for from all stakeholders even though the latest work requirement ruling only applies to the Kentucky and Arkansas cases.
Ask the Experts: HIPAA compliance
What are the HIPAA implications of accessing existing subscriber information in our records for patients who don’t have their insurance information?
$25 million in penalties demonstrates OCR focus on data security
OCR announced 10 important enforcement actions in 2018.
Trump Administration’s ACA Replacement Bill Pushed to Post-Election
The Trump Administration has shifted its stance on the Texas court case challenging the Affordable Care Act (ACA) now before the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.