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Understanding Compliance for Healthcare Vendors

Provider Trust

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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How HHS-OIG, Regulators Enforce Vendor Compliance

Provider Trust

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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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

In 2013, Jelly Bean contracted with the Florida Health Kids Corporation (“ FHKC ”)—a state-created entity that offers health and dental insurance for Florida children—to create, host, and maintain HealthyKids.org, where, in part, parents and others could apply for state Medicaid insurance coverage for eligible children.

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8 Common Provider Credentialing Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

Verisys

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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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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Updated Compliance Tool for Developers of Mobile Health Apps

Hall Render

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

HIPAA Journal

FHKC receives Medicaid funds and state funds for providing health insurance programs for children in Florida. 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.