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Answers to the Most Common Compliance FAQs

MedTrainer

Adhering to regulatory guidelines and ethical standards is of the utmost importance in every healthcare setting. Yet, navigating the intricacies of healthcare compliance can be daunting. It’s why we’ve compiled a series of the most common healthcare compliance FAQs and their answers. Any healthcare professional curious about compliance practices will find these answers helpful, insightful, and empowering.

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Artificial Intelligence in HIPAA Compliance

Total HIPAA

What is AI? Artificial intelligence is the science of making machines that can learn, similar to the ways humans do. AI technology can process large amounts of data in ways that humans can’t. Machines and programs that incorporate AI in their design are able to recognize patterns and make decisions based on their experience of a dataset and therefore their ability to predict what would come next in a pattern.

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Exploring Compliance Dynamics in Academic Medical Centers

Healthicity

Academic medical centers often have unique risks associated with their services. As a result, their compliance programs need to be designed to account for these risks.

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Meet John Doe: Court Allows Meta Pixel Privacy Lawsuit to Proceed

Compliancy Group

A class action lawsuit against Meta Pixel, John Doe v. Meta Platforms Inc. , was filed in the U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, in June of 2022. In the lawsuit, Plaintiffs allege that Meta knew, or should have known, that its Pixel tracking tool was being improperly used on the websites of at least 600 hospital systems. Meta Pixel Privacy Lawsuit: Targeting Meta Plaintiffs claim that the hospital systems were sending protected health information to Facebook through the Pixel

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Download Your FREE HIPAA Checklist Now!

Confirm your healthcare compliance with our easy-to-use HIPAA checklist. Safeguard data, avoid penalties, and streamline security best practices effortlessly. As you know, HIPAA has many requirements, and just missing one could lead to devastating consequences for your organization. Don't miss out— get your free and instant download now!

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Judge Questions Whether Website Metadata is Regulated by HIPAA

HIPAA Journal

The HHS’ Office for Civil Rights released guidance in 2022 on HIPAA and website tracking technologies and confirmed disclosures of protected health information to third parties via website tracking technologies is a HIPAA violation unless authorization has been received from patients or if there is a valid business associate agreement in place. OCR and the Federal Trade Commission also wrote to 130 healthcare and telehealth providers to warn them about tracking technologies on their websites and

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Recent Telehealth Enforcement and How to Prepare ? 

YouCompli

Fraud, waste, and abuse (FWA) associated with telehealth services existed before COVID-19, but it significantly increased during the pandemic. An audit by the U.S. Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) found that Medicare beneficiaries used 88 times more telehealth services during the first year of the pandemic than they did the previous year.

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Marketing, Telemarketing, Compliance & Healthcare

AIHC

Written by: Nancie Lee Cummins, CFE, CHA, CIFHA, OHCC, CHCM, CHCO, CORCM Due to the high volume of fraud schemes involving telemarketing revealed by the Department of Justice (DOJ) over recent years, it is important that providers heed “buyer beware” when engaging with a telemarketing firm. “If it is too good to be true it probably isn't.” This article is educational only, and does not provide consulting or legal advice.

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Meet Regulatory Requirements With Healthcare Compliance Software

MedTrainer

Compliance with regulatory requirements is not just a necessity for healthcare providers; it’s a critical component of providing safe and ethical care to patients. Healthcare organizations therefore face myriad complex regulations. Ensuring compliance can be a daunting task, but healthcare compliance software is available to simplify the process and help organizations meet their regulatory obligations with ease.

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Employers should focus on provider quality to cut low-value care in plans, report finds

Healthcare Dive

In the employer-sponsored insurer market, employers play a “critical” role when it comes to quality and outcomes, according to a report by Morgan Health and Embold Health.

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Covenant Health advances hospital-at-home program

Healthcare It News

Covenant Health expanded its high acuity care hospital-at-home program in Knoxville, Tennessee, on Tuesday. WHY IT MATTERS A suite of electronics is enabling patients from Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center facility and now Parkwest Medical Center with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, pneumonia, cellulitis and more to recuperate at home, according to a local WATE ABC6 report.

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Ensure Continuous Patient Care: How to Avoid Disruptions Due to Ransomware

The industry has seen an increasing pace of ransomware, zero-day, and remote-code execution attacks. Learn how to defend against these against these attacks in this eBook.

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Fertility Treatment, Equality, Neutrality, and the Workplace

Bill of Health

By Giulia Cavaliere Should U.K. employers be required to make reasonable adjustments for women who are struggling to conceive and who are going through fertility treatment? This blog seeks to answer this question. Before getting to that, I will say a few words about my views concerning infertility and the public provision of fertility treatment. In my work, I argue that “infertility” should be conceived in terms of “involuntary childlessness,” i.e.: A state of affairs X (childlessness) that an a

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ATA takes a national stance on how states treat consumer health data

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Following conversations in Washington and state capitals, the American Telemedicine Association published its new Health Data Privacy Principles this week. They're meant to address concerns about state privacy laws governing consumer health data, according to ATA, which is urging policymakers to ensure conditions that stimulate innovation and advance patient access to virtual care.

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Medicaid cracks down on states over children wrongly losing coverage during redeterminations

Healthcare Dive

The Biden administration is threatening state Medicaid agencies with sanctions after finding an automation glitch that could cause eligible children to lose coverage.

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Digital streaming is a boost for patient education programs

Healthcare It News

Anjali Kataria, Mytonomy CEO and cofounder, says that content streaming and AI can empower patients at home and help hospitals and health systems improve their patient education materials as they reduce the time nurses spend answering questions.

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Generative AI for Contracts Is Here: New Tools to Accelerate Drafting and Editing

The emergence of generative AI is reshaping the landscape of contract management, enabling businesses to generate and negotiate legal agreements with greater ease and speed. In this on-demand webinar, Hal Marcus, VP of Product Marketing at Evisort discusses how Evisort's generative AI transforms contract creation and negotiation, empowering legal teams to streamline processes while reducing risk.

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A Good Man is Hard to Find: Egg Freezing and the ‘Mating Gap’

Bill of Health

By Karey Harwood For as long as I have been thinking and writing about egg freezing, its characterization as “a technological solution to a social problem” has adumbrated a core criticism: egg freezing falls short because there is a deeper problem it doesn’t solve. Egg freezing may help the individual woman who can afford it, yes, but not much more.

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Release of Information: The Digitization of ROI

MRO Compliance

The health care industry has undergone a significant transformation with the widespread adoption of EHRs and the electronic exchange of patient information. In the wake of digitization, the release of information (ROI) process has also changed and will continue to advance for the foreseeable future.

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Biden administration proposes landmark nursing home staffing minimums

Healthcare Dive

The controversial proposal would require nursing homes to have a registered nurse on site 24/7 and have three hours of care per resident per day.

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Intuition Robotics scores $25M to scale AI care companion for seniors

Healthcare It News

The company will use the funds to meet the growing demand for ElliQ, its conversational AI-powered robot that acts as a companion to seniors.

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Best Practices for Sharing Protected Health Information (PHI)

In this ebook, you will learn about the 18 PHI indicators, the legal requirements and penalties surrounding PHI, and how your healthcare teams should securely exchange this data. Key takeaways from this ebook: Gain confidence in identifying PHI. Acquire practical implementation strategies for exchanging PHI within your organization. Emphasize the importance of using compliant communication tools within healthcare teams.

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Access to Reproductive Technology May Be Impeded by Workplace Law and Policy in South Africa

Bill of Health

By Sheetal Soni In this post, I will consider the position of assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs) under South African law, as well as the challenges posed by legislation and policy. Broadly speaking, ARTs have made it possible for people to create and expand their families where this was previously not possible. Obstacles to reproducing include natural barriers such as infertility, or being single or in a same-sex relationship.

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Leveraging the power of digital transformation to enhance patient care and healthcare providers’ performance

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Clínica Alemana Osorno, located in southern Chile, has introduced digital communication workflows that leverage connected care. Digital workflows are helping the clinic create a better patient experience, enhance workforce efficiency and increase access to care across its 46 medical specialties and four facilities. With more than 300,000 outpatient appointments per year, Clínica Alemana Osorno is one of the largest healthcare providers in southern Chile.

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Prisma Health files suit against UnitedHealthcare, alleging ‘bad faith’ contract negotiation tactics

Healthcare Dive

The South Carolina-based health system alleges that the insurer broke its contract and gave "false and misleading" statements to the press about Prisma’s proposed rates for 2024.

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A blueprint is essential to accelerate digital transformation and improve patient outcomes

Healthcare It News

Saudi Arabia's Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs broke records by achieving HIMSS stage 7 in four models concurrently. Raed Alhamze explores the impact on patient outcomes.

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Your HIPAA Compliance Checklist: Easily Find Out Your HIPAA Requirements

This checklist is your best free resource for assessing your current HIPAA compliance status. Including all of the components of an effective compliance program, you’ll be sure you’re not missing a single piece of compliance. HIPAA is a complex law - protect your organization from financial and legal ramifications by ensuring your compliance program has all of the proper elements in place.

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Parental Leave Has Proven It Works — It Is Time to Talk About Assisted Reproduction Leave

Bill of Health

By Dafni Lima A series of legal rules are designed to ensure that, when welcoming a child, parents are given the protection and support they need in relation to work. The same cannot be said for those dealing with challenges unique to assisted reproduction. This post argues that the protective rationale of parental leave should be extended to address the needs for those undergoing fertility treatment in the form of a new “assisted reproduction leave.” Parental Leave and Protections f

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Info blocking enforcement for health IT entities begins Sept. 1, brings fines of up to $1M per violation

Fierce Healthcare

Enforcement of information blocking penalties for health IT entities is slated to go into effect on Friday, opening the door to penalties of up to $1 million per violation. | The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General said it expects to receive more complaints than it can investigate and so will be prioritizing those meeting certain criteria.

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GoodRx adds patient insurance information to drug cost platform for providers

Healthcare Dive

The addition of insurance pricing is a key differentiator for GoodRx’s medication comparison platform, an executive said. It should also increase the company’s revenue opportunities.

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Telehealth innovation under expanded reimbursement

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The commitment to telehealth from CMS offers medical specialties the freedom to innovate and provide better and more equitable care, says Dr. Robert Murry, chief medical officer of NextGen Healthcare and a practicing family physician.

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HIPAA: Why It Matters to Your Practice

85% of practices are not complying with the government’s HIPAA standards. The large majority of practices are likely trying to protect patients’ information, but they may not be doing all that they need to meet government requirements. Not complying with HIPAA has definite drawbacks, with one major one being massive fines. The government can fine up to 1.5 million dollars for a single HIPAA breach incident - an amount that would put most small practices out of business.

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Introduction to the Symposium: Reproductive Technologies and Workplace Equality

Bill of Health

By Victoria Hooton and Elizabeth Chloe Romanis Decisions about whether and how to reproduce are some of the most intimate and personal choices individuals and/or couples can make. For people struggling with involuntary childlessness, attempting to become a parent can involve some particularly complex decision making about technological assistance. Inevitably, these decisions touch upon all aspects of a person’s life.

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Humana launches in-home primary care through CenterWell

Fierce Healthcare

Humana's senior-focused primary care business, CenterWell, is bringing its services into patients' homes. | Humana's senior-focused primary care business, CenterWell, is bringing its services into patients' homes.

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Google expands generative AI model Med-PaLM to more health customers

Healthcare Dive

A limited group of Google Cloud clients, including systems HCA and Mayo Clinic, have been testing the large language model since April in a variety of use cases.

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Will CMS' Acute Hospital Care at Home waiver program become permanent?

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The Acute Hospital Care at Home waiver program from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has grown to 125 health systems and 289 hospitals in 37 states in less than three years. A number of other health systems and hospitals have secured waivers but haven't yet implemented a program. Others haven't scaled, because they are discovering that managing all the clinical and nonclinical services associated with hospital-level care in the home is a major undertaking.

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Buyer's Guide: Evaluating and Selecting the Best CLM Solution for Your Organization

Evaluating and selecting the right contract lifecycle management (CLM) platform can be complicated. However, by getting the right people involved, prioritizing your business needs, and testing your technology options, you can make it easier.