Meaningful Use Audits to begin
Some physicians who have received a meaningful use incentive check for adopting electronic health records may have received another piece of mail recently from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid […]
HIPAA
Mass. Eye & Ear Hospital pays $1.5 million HIPAA penalty for stolen laptop
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary and Massachusetts Eye and Ear Associates Inc. (collectively referred to as “MEEI”) has agreed to pay the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) […]
Alaska pays $1.7 million HIPAA penalty for lost hard drive
Alaska settles HIPAA security case for $1,700,000 The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) has agreed to pay the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) $1,700,000 […]
HHS settles case with Phoenix Cardiac Surgery for lack of HIPAA safeguards
Phoenix Cardiac Surgery, P.C., of Phoenix and Prescott, Arizona, has agreed to pay the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) a $100,000 settlement and take corrective action to […]
