Need Help Meeting the Meaningful Use Risk Analysis Deadline?
The 90-day reporting period for EHR Meaningful Use is winding down. The reporting period ends December 31, 2012, and Medicare Eligible Professionals have until February 28, 2013 to submit their attestation for payment. THIS MEANS YOU MUST CORRECT ALL DEFICIENCIES ...
SuperStorm Sandy Lessons Learned
Cleanup from SuperStorm Sandy is still taking place, but here are a few lessons that have already been learned by those who experienced the storm. Personal safety is always number one, no matter what. Many of those who ignored evacuation ...
HIPAA Enforcement TAKES OFF!
No one thought that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) would go after a small medical practice until a 5-doctor cardiac practice in Phoenix paid a $ 100,000 HIPAA penalty. Many were surprised when the Alaska Department ...
Risk Assessment in Practice: New ERM Thought Paper
Recognizing the evolving nature of enterprise risk management (ERM) in recent years, COSO has released a new thought paper entitled ‘Risk Assessment in Practice’. Authored by representatives from Deloitte, this thought paper provides leadership thinking on risk assessment approaches and ...
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 Services. The gist of that letter: You are being audited. ...
Mass. Eye and Ear Hospital Pays $1.5 Million HIPAA Penalty for Stolen Laptop
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 ...
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 to settle possible violations of the Health Insurance Portability and ...
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 implement policies and procedures to safeguard the protected health information ...
Federal Communications Commission reports that generator fuel supply is becoming a critical issue for business continuity post-Sandy
The US Federal Communications Commission has warned that business continuity strategies of communications companies in areas of the north eastern United States most impacted by Hurricane Sandy are in jeopardy due to difficulties in obtaining additional fuel for emergency generators. ...
Telcoms Store SMS Text Message Details: Not HIPAA Compliant
Telcoms Store SMS Text Message Details: Not HIPAA Compliant By John Lynn As an extension to my previous post called “Texting is Not HIPAA Secure” I wanted to point out some data that Wired posted about Telcom’s SMS message retention ...