Compliance, Due Diligence, Governance and HIPAA

Building a Culture of Compliance

Total HIPAA

OCTOBER 3, 2023

When a company effectively communicates the significance of cybersecurity, ensures that team members know how to report suspicious incidents, and implements accurate risk assessments along with clear policies and procedures, we refer to this as a “culture of compliance”. This approach significantly enhances your security measures.

Compliance

Compliance Due Diligence HIPAA Compliance Officers

HIPAA Compliant Environment or a Culture of Compliance?

Compliancy Group

APRIL 29, 2022

One of the trendy marketing terms being used by equipment and service providers in the security space is “HIPAA Compliant Environment.” But security and compliance are not the same things. HIPAA Compliant Environment or a Culture of Compliance – Super Security Kryptonite. Compliancy Group can help! Learn More! ×

HIPAA

HIPAA Compliance Due Diligence Ransomware

Guide to HIPAA Safeguards

HIPAA Journal

MARCH 9, 2022

Requirements to implement HIPAA safeguards appear more often in the text of the Healthcare Insurance Portability and Accountability Act than is often acknowledged. There is also a section relating to the Organization Requirements of the Privacy and Security Rules – both of which include further HIPAA safeguards.

HIPAA

HIPAA Due Diligence Ransomware Compliance

Is Your Data Supply Chain Ethical? Don’t Restrict Due Diligence to Physical Operations.

C&M Health Law

JUNE 15, 2021

This article was originally published in Corporate Compliance Insights. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) can present several areas of exposure. Significant due diligence processes were established for third parties to prevent bribery and other ethical violations.

Due Diligence

Due Diligence Licensing Informed Consent HIPAA

What’s the Civil Penalty for Unknowingly Violating HIPAA?

Compliancy Group

JANUARY 24, 2022

When a covered entity or business associate makes the HIPAA Wall of Shame for a significant breach or violation, it often results in huge fines. In some cases, the breaches and resulting fines resulted from organizations knowingly violating HIPAA regulations and just hoping they wouldn’t get caught.

HIPAA

HIPAA Due Diligence Compliance Health Insurance

Part 1: Basics of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Healthcare Compliance

AIHC

JUNE 6, 2023

AI Use in Healthcare Research & Quality As posted in the American Institute of Healthcare Compliance (AIHC) June monthly newsletter, the Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ) grantee is testing AI for use to improve breast cancer screening accuracy and efficiency. Beware of new companies offering such services.

Compliance

Compliance Medical Billing HIPAA Due Diligence

Part 1: Basics of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Healthcare Compliance

AIHC

JUNE 6, 2023

AI Use in Healthcare Research & Quality As posted in the American Institute of Healthcare Compliance (AIHC) June monthly newsletter, the Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ) grantee is testing AI for use to improve breast cancer screening accuracy and efficiency. Beware of new companies offering such services.

Compliance

Compliance Medical Billing HIPAA Due Diligence

Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders Deploys Celo Health Secure Messaging Solution to Support its Humanitarian Efforts in 87 Countries

HIPAA Journal

JUNE 20, 2023

Securely sharing patient information is vital in the United States where healthcare organizations and their business associates are required to comply with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and state laws governing health information privacy.

Doctors

Doctors Due Diligence Telemedicine HIPAA

Settlement Agreed with Florida Children’s Health Insurance Website Contractor to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations

HIPAA Journal

MARCH 15, 2023

The United States Department of Justice has agreed to settle alleged False Claims Act violations with Jelly Bean Communications Design LLC and manager Jeremy Spinks related to the failure to protect HIPAA-covered data. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida, with assistance provided by HHS-OIG.

Health Insurance

Health Insurance HIPAA Due Diligence Fraud

Another Resolution by DOJ Pursuant to its Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative Highlights Continued Efforts to Hold Companies Accountable for Ensuring Data are Secured

Health Care Law Brief

JUNE 5, 2023

Despite not providing the foregoing, Jelly Bean represented compliance with its contract with FHKC. Government contractors, such as Jelly Bean, are expected “to do the due diligence to keep software applications updated and secure” to ensure the “safeguarding [of] patients’ medical and other personal information.”

Fraud

Fraud Due Diligence Medicaid Medicaid

Mitigating Healthcare Cyber Risk Through Vendor Management

HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is exercising its enforcement discretion to not impose penalties for noncompliance with HIPAA and the HITECH Act as it relates to “good faith” implementations of remote technologies used to provide telehealth. While the U.S. – Ongoing risk-based monitoring.

Due Diligence

Due Diligence HIPAA Compliance Governance

Why Is Credentialing Management Software Important?

MedTrainer

AUGUST 2, 2023

Good credentialing management opens the door to a wide range of benefits at both the facility and organization levels: Compliance With Regulatory Standards. Credentialing management helps organizations maintain compliance with regulatory standards set by accrediting bodies, government agencies, and industry regulators.

Malpractice

Malpractice Compliance Licensing Due Diligence

What Is Provider Credentialing?

MedTrainer

AUGUST 2, 2023

After that, the credentialing process is periodically reviewed and renewed to ensure ongoing compliance with standards and regulations. However, it’s important to remember how critical this process is for mitigating risk, improving compliance, and earning trust. Why Is Provider Credentialing Important?

Malpractice

Malpractice Due Diligence Compliance Licensing

The Value of an Enterprise Active Data Archive Begins with Patient Safety

HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 26, 2021

Government mandates were an impetus for change, starting with the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, enacted as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 to “promote the adoption and meaningful use of health information technology” (Office of Civil Rights (OCR), 2017).

Due Diligence

Due Diligence Compliance HIPAA Nurses

Health Care Compliance Brief

Building a Culture of Compliance

HIPAA Compliant Environment or a Culture of Compliance?

Trending Sources

Guide to HIPAA Safeguards

Is Your Data Supply Chain Ethical? Don’t Restrict Due Diligence to Physical Operations.

What’s the Civil Penalty for Unknowingly Violating HIPAA?

Part 1: Basics of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Healthcare Compliance

Part 1: Basics of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Healthcare Compliance

Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders Deploys Celo Health Secure Messaging Solution to Support its Humanitarian Efforts in 87 Countries

Settlement Agreed with Florida Children’s Health Insurance Website Contractor to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations

Another Resolution by DOJ Pursuant to its Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative Highlights Continued Efforts to Hold Companies Accountable for Ensuring Data are Secured

Mitigating Healthcare Cyber Risk Through Vendor Management

Why Is Credentialing Management Software Important?

What Is Provider Credentialing?

The Value of an Enterprise Active Data Archive Begins with Patient Safety

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