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HIPAA Compliance Guide: All Your Questions Answered

Total HIPAA

This post aims to answer all of your HIPAA compliance questions. If you’re just learning about HIPAA compliance, or beginning the process of becoming HIPAA compliant, this article will guide you through the initial steps you must take to adhere to the law. What is HIPAA Compliance? The Privacy Rule (2003).

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What is a HIPAA Violation?

HIPAA Journal

To best answer the question what is a HIPAA violation, it is necessary to explain what HIPAA is, who it applies to, and what constitutes a violation; for although most people believe they know what a HIPAA compliance violation is, evidence suggests otherwise. What is HIPAA and Who Does It Apply To? Other Types of HIPAA Law Violation.

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The Supreme Court Clarifies the Government’s FCA Dismissal Power and Invites Constitutional Challenge to the FCA’s Qui Tam Provision

Health Law RX

The First Circuit placed an onus on the relator to avoid dismissal by showing that the Government’s motion was “transgress[ing] constitutional limitations” or “perpetrating a fraud on the court” ( Borzilleri v. Circuit found the Government’s dismissal authority to be “unfettered” ( Swift v. 3d 250, 252 (D.C. Bayer Healthcare Pharms.,

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Navigating Dual Purpose Communications After SCOTUS (Almost) Weighs in on Attorney-Client Privilege: 5 Practical Tips for Healthcare Attorneys

Healthcare Law Blog

This topic always involves a legal angle, such as Stark Law or Anti-Kickback compliance, or state fraud and abuse law considerations. 2003); Visa U.S.A., For many healthcare attorneys, these types of dual-purpose communications are more common than communications involving only purely “legal” advice. Are bonuses involved?

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How would you like to change HIPAA?

Health Blawg

The regs were finalized in 2003.) The regs were finalized in 2003.) In the 1996 HIPAA statute (which covered a lot of other ground), Congress gave itself one year to legislate standards for health data privacy and security, and decreed that if it were to fail to meet that deadline, HHS would have to create regulations from whole cloth.

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How would you like to change HIPAA?

Health Blawg

The regs were finalized in 2003.) The regs were finalized in 2003.) In the 1996 HIPAA statute (which covered a lot of other ground), Congress gave itself one year to legislate standards for health data privacy and security, and decreed that if it were to fail to meet that deadline, HHS would have to create regulations from whole cloth.

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HHS-OIG Excludes Theranos Founder and CEO from Federal Health Programs for 90 Years

HIPAA Journal

The Theranos Scandal Theranos was a blood testing startup founded by Elizabeth Holmes in 2003. Holmes, along with former company president Ramesh Balwani, were charged with criminal fraud for making false claims about the company’s technology and misleading investors.

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