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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? 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. However, healthcare receives federal funding, and thus OFAC is an additional sanction list that you should add to your vendor compliance plan/program. In addition, the suit involved alleged submission of false claims for reimbursement to the Massachusetts Medicaid Agency.

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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

3: Allowing a physician to treat patients before credentialing is completed Courts have held hospitals liable when a physician falsifies credentials, and the hospital fails to do its due diligence in verifying them. Therefore, due diligence requires background checks to identify current and historical adverse actions.

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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

For example, reimbursement under Medicare and Medicaid for certain telemedicine services was significantly increased due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The post Updated Compliance Tool for Developers of Mobile Health Apps appeared first on Law Firm | Health Care Law Firm in the USA | Hall Render.

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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. The company provides web hosting functions and services for its clients, one of which was the Florida Healthy Kids Corporation (FHKC).