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OCR Announces 11 Further Financial Penalties for HIPAA Right of Access Failures

HIPAA Journal

The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights has sent a warning to healthcare providers about the importance of compliance with the HIPAA Right of Access with the announcement that a further 11 financial penalties for HIPAA-covered entities that have failed to provide patients with timely access to their medical records.

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What Are The Current Regulatory Changes And Compliance Requirements That ASCs Need To Be Aware Of In Their Billing Practices?

Healthcare IT Today

Medicare Payment Resources CMS implemented an Ambulatory Payment Classification-based payment methodology in 2008. Compliance is the foundation of ethical and responsible ASC billing. HIPAA, CMS, and state agencies regulate ASCs. ASC billing requirements include coding, documentation, privacy, and security.

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DOCTORS AND THE SURROGATE MOTHER

Matt Kinley

However, they can help the parties understand the medical issues such contracts create. According to the recommendations of a 2008 American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) committee opinion, a medical professional’s obligation is to care from the pregnant woman and the fetus. HIPAA Waiver.

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When Household Economics Blur with Health, Technology and Trust – Health Populi’s 2023 TrendCast

Jane Sarashon

As we observed in the wake of the Great Recession of 2008, more DIY care came to people’s self-care at home. COVID-19 and working from/learning from/exercising from/praying from/cooking from home accelerated, our homes have been morphing into our personal “HealthQuarters,” I recently discussed here in Health Populi.