Compliancy Group

DECEMBER 29, 2023

This is where third-party compliance comes into play – a crucial aspect of any organization’s risk management strategy. These entities may include: Contractors Distributors Agents Consultants These and other service providers who have access to protected health information (PHI) , or operate on behalf of the organization, must be compliant.

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YouCompli

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

I recently attended the 2024 Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) Managed Care Conference, and it was great to attend sessions and network with professionals and exhibitors from across the country. I can summarize these in three themes – the ABC’s, if you will, of integrating AI into your compliance strategy.

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Health Law Advisor

AUGUST 15, 2023

Due diligence is a standard phase of any corporate transaction, whether structured as an asset or stock sale or joint venture, and sellers are often surprised, and even overwhelmed, by the comprehensiveness of the diligence investigation.

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Due Diligence Governance Compliance 52

HIPAA Journal

MARCH 30, 2023

The seven elements of a compliance program are integrated processes organizations in all industries can adopt to help them develop a culture of compliance in the workplace. While the seven elements of a compliance program apply to all industries, they originated in the healthcare industry in the 1990s.

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HIPAA Journal

MAY 26, 2023

In the healthcare industry, the term BAA compliance refers to a Business Associate complying with the terms of a Business Associate Agreement entered into with a Covered Entity. While, in theory, BAA compliance should be straightforward, this is not always the case – and sometimes, noncompliance is not the fault of the Business Associate.

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Total HIPAA

MAY 23, 2022

What is Protected Health Information (PHI)? In the early 1990s, it became clear that computers and digital records would play a large role in storing health data and that something should be done to protect sensitive information. Therefore, understanding how to handle PHI is essential for achieving HIPAA compliance.

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Compliancy Group

APRIL 29, 2022

All of these tools are very useful to ensure privacy and security in the use, storage, and transmission of protected health information (PHI). 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!

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Hall Render

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

This Safe Harbor Policy (“Policy”) is aimed at incentivizing acquiring companies to identify and timely disclose misconduct discovered during the due diligence and post-acquisition integration process. Transactions that might have been abandoned or restructured due to the discovery of misconduct can now potentially move forward.

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Due Diligence Compliance Fraud 40

Verisys

JULY 27, 2023

Achieving Transparency: How to Close A Critical Gap in Healthcare Compliance Continuous Data Monitoring is Key to Patient Safety Employing quality providers results in better patient outcomes. We use trusted data to protect your patients, ensure compliance, and speed up provider enrollment.

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Compliance Due Diligence Licensing Fraud 52

Verisys

JULY 5, 2023

Achieving Transparency: How to Close a Critical Gap in Healthcare Compliance Continuous Data Monitoring is Key to Patient Safety Employing quality providers results in better patient outcomes. We use trusted data to protect your patients, ensure compliance, and speed up provider enrollment.

Compliance 52

Compliance Due Diligence Licensing Fraud 52

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.

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Provider Trust

MAY 17, 2022

So what does that mean for your healthcare organization’s compliance program? Is your organization properly vetting and monitoring compliance of your entire vendor network? It handles Protected Health Information and processes and stores such data for a hospital. Which regulations govern vendor compliance?

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Total Medical ComplianceHIPAA

JULY 6, 2023

In a digital era where personal information is vulnerable to cyber threats, privacy protection has become more critical than ever. The guards lacked an employment-related reason for accessing the information. Emphasize the importance of handling sensitive information securely and remind employees of their legal and ethical obligations.

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Due Diligence Hospitals Compliance HIPAA 52

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.

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Compliance Medical Billing HIPAA Due Diligence 52

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.

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Provider Trust

MAY 18, 2022

What the HHS-OIG says about vendor compliance. chief executive officer, chief financial officer, general counsel, director of health information management, director of human resources, physician practice office manager, etc.) at a provider that furnishes items or services payable by Federal health care programs. Case Study: S.

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Compliance Due Diligence Medicaid Medicaid 52

Total HIPAA

AUGUST 17, 2022

Covered Entities, and other organizations that are obligated by law to maintain HIPAA compliance, naturally have been curious as to whether they can use Gmail’s confidential mode to share sensitive data. According to Google , with Gmail confidential mode, users can help protect sensitive information from unauthorized or accidental sharing.

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YouCompli

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Because they pose risks to patient privacy and security, it is important for compliance pros to understand them and, of course, comply with applicable federal laws. However, some people have found ways to use this tracking technology to access those cookies and acquire/share the personal data – including health information – they contain.

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US Department of Health and Human Services HIPAA Compliance Due Diligence 52

American Medical Compliance

DECEMBER 20, 2022

According to the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society survey from 2020, seventy percent of hospitals had suffered from a security incident. Third, due diligence with partners is essential to prevent attacks. American Medical Compliance (AMC) is a leader in the industry for compliance, billing, and HR solutions.

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HIPAA Journal

DECEMBER 31, 2022

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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HIPAA Due Diligence Compliance Fraud 133

Verisys

JULY 20, 2023

This can result in lost revenue due to a delay in credentialing as well as stressed, overworked staff who are more likely to make mistakes. 2: Having incomplete enrollment applications The average provider enrollment application requires an overwhelming amount of information and data. Mistake No. Mistake No. Mistake No. Mistake No.

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Due Diligence Malpractice Licensing Hospitals 52

Compliancy Group

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Your first step to SOC 2 compliance is completing a SOC 2 readiness assessment. Information Security Policies Review and update your information security policies to ensure they align with SOC 2 requirements. It also ensures that you uphold any data privacy requirements mandated as part of regulatory compliance.

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Compliance Due Diligence Compliance Framework Regulatory Compliance 52

HIPAA Journal

DECEMBER 31, 2022

Whether there was knowledge that HIPAA Rules were being violated, or by exercising due diligence, it should have been clear that HIPAA Rules were being violated. These penalties are applied when the individual was aware that HIPAA Rules were being violated or should have been aware had due diligence been exercised.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Data about patients and staff, including names, birthdates, financial information, social security, treatment and diagnosis records, and other sensitive information was exposed. . Yet experts warn that nearly three-quarters of organizations still aren’t demanding their vendors implement proper information security practices.

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Due Diligence HIPAA Compliance Governance 52

Hall Render

JANUARY 11, 2023

The Tool is a result of collaborative efforts between the FTC, HHS Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”), HHS Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (“ONC”) and the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”).

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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.”

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

A lack of regulatory compliance, network and technical vulnerabilities, unencrypted information, unsecured mobile devices, and weak credentials all play a part in putting a healthcare organization at risk for a data breach. Today, the cost of a data breach comes with a hefty price tag – an average of $9.44 million in the U.S.

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HIPAA Journal

MAY 29, 2023

It has been 27 years since President Clinton signed the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) into law, but compliance is still proving a challenge for many HIPAA-regulated entities. The 2016-2017 HIPAA audit program identified many areas of noncompliance.

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HIPAA Compliance Due Diligence COVID-19 95

HIPAA Journal

JANUARY 21, 2024

A HIPAA Security Rule checklist helps covered entities, business associates, and other organizations subject to HIPAA compliance to fulfil the requirements of the Security Standards for the Protection of Electronic Protected Health Information (better known as the HIPAA Security Rule).

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HIPAA Compliance Due Diligence Medicare 55

HIPAA Journal

JUNE 5, 2023

This is because, although most Microsoft business plans include the capabilities to support HIPAA compliance when using Teams, how the platform is used is what determines compliance. With Microsoft Teams, HIPAA compliance can also be reliant on which business plan an organization subscribes to.

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HIPAA Due Diligence Compliance Licensing 64

HIPAA Journal

MARCH 15, 2023

Further, the website did not maintain audit logs showing who had accessed the personal information of applicants. Companies have a fundamental responsibility to protect the personal information of their website users. The application portal was shut down by FHKC in December 2020 in response to the cybersecurity failures.

Health Insurance 73

Health Insurance HIPAA Due Diligence Fraud 73

Compliancy Group

JANUARY 24, 2022

Passed in 1996 , the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) governs how healthcare organizations (covered entities – CE) and their employees should properly collect, use and manage the protected health information (PHI) of their patients. . appeared first on Compliancy Group.

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HIPAA Due Diligence Compliance Health Insurance 52

HIPAA Journal

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Most sources of information answering the question when can PHI be disclosed refer to the standards of the HIPAA Privacy Rule that specify the required and permissible uses and discloses of PHI, and those that require the consent or authorization of the individual (§164.502 – §164.514). The Opportunity to Agree or Object.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 8, 2024

It is key for pharmaceutical companies to recognize that efficiency does not override compliance, patient safety or regulatory standards. This year we saw the maturation of Claims and Health Information Exchanges, which enable a cost-effective and straightforward process for researchers to gain access to identified patients’ data.

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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.

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HIPAA Journal

JANUARY 31, 2024

When that deadline is near and breached organizations have not yet completed their document reviews to find out how many individuals have had their protected health information (PHI) exposed, breaches are reported to OCR using a placeholder of 500 or 501 records. reduction from the previous year.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

This can result in thousands of dollars in compliance fees and extended downtime. This vast array of confidential information, such as patient files and care plans, can be complex as the many different files must be shared and exported between systems. Finding the Right Solution to Manage Healthcare Data.

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