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Practices are encouraged to take actionable steps to avoid risk. For more information and alerts, visit the HHS health information website or contact the ACR Practice Management Department for HIPAA training and education.
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Practices are encouraged to take actionable steps to avoid risk. For more information and alerts, visit the HHS health information website or contact the ACR Practice Management Department for HIPAA training and education.
Maintaining the privacy of healthcare data Is paramount, and a breach can cost you hundreds of thousands of dollars
With many competing priorities facing physician practices, HIPAA compliance and security is not a topic that usually makes it to the top of the list. But this is not the case with the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR), because it has initiated a new phase of audits of physician…
Recent enforcement activities of the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) have shown an increase in fines and penalties assessed against smaller providers for failing to comply with the privacy, security and breach notification requirements of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Historically, OCR has focused on larger…
In the coming months, rheumatologists may want to pay particular attention to their email inboxes. By the end of the year, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) will complete stage I, phase II of a series of desk and on-site audits designed to assess providers and their business…