Listen in as we discuss a recent settlement of an actual HIPAA violation. And even more troubling, learn about another HIPAA breach settlement that didn’t even involve am actual HIPAA breach . . . only a potential one.
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Transparency Within Medical Groups – Medical Group Minute
How much transparency should exist within your group?
Fined for Actual and Potential HIPAA Violations! – Podcast
And even more troubling, learn about another HIPAA breach settlement that didn’t even involve am actual HIPAA breach . . . only a potential one.
Will Your Copier or Medical Equipment Become a Whistleblower? – Medical Group Minute
Even label makers have memory devices, and those devices may be chock full of protected health information.
Will Your Copier or Medical Equipment Become a Whistleblower? – Podcast
Modern office machines, from copiers to printers to maybe even label makers have memory devices, and those devices may be chock full of protected health information.
Transparency Within Medical Groups – Medical Group Minute
How much transparency should exist within your group?
Will Your Copier or Medical Equipment Become a Whistleblower?
Dr. Bob, the group’s compliance officer, has HIPAA on his mind almost all the time, that is, when he’s not thinking about coding or Stark or the federal Anti-Kickback Statute. So he made sure that his notebook computer’s disk drive was encrypted. And, at the end of the computer’s useful life, he took care to…
Fined for Actual and Potential HIPAA Violations!
Chasing down HIPAA violations isn’t just about enforcing compliance, it’s about the government collecting big bucks. Earlier this year, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Civil Rights (“OCR”), the branch charged with enforcement of HIPAA’s Privacy and Security Rules, settled with Florida-based Memorial Health System (“MHS”) for $5.5 million. The charge?…
Jurassic Park and PHI – Leaks Are Inevitable – Medical Group Minute
Your compliance system has a leak.
Transparency Within Medical Groups
However, keep in mind that the most successful groups, the Strategic Groups™, are not run as clubs. They are not completely transparent.