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What’s the Civil Penalty for Unknowingly Violating HIPAA?

Compliancy Group

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.

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Breach Prevention: 5 Best Practices to Protect Your Data

MRO Compliance

In addition to these responsibilities, a patient data protection committee should perform mock HIPAA audits using Phase 2 protocols from the OCR. With proper due diligence and periodic vendor assessments, healthcare providers can safeguard their organizations against breach by way of their BAs.

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What Is Provider Credentialing?

MedTrainer

Listen to a candid discussion on lessons learned from the 2023 federal investigation that uncovered fraudulent medical practice nationwide in this on-demand webinar: Moving Forward From the Nursing Fraud Scheme. Ubiquitous accessibility — combined with cloud security that’s HIPAA compliant — sets the stage for faster credentialing.