When a data breach occurs, one step is often overlooked in the rush to remediate: preserving as much of the data logs and backups as possible That’s a mistake, say Debra Geroux, Shareholder at Butzel Long and Scott Wrobel,...more
6/10/2021
/ Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Incident Reporting ,
Cyber Insurance ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Security ,
Hackers ,
Health Care Providers ,
Incident Response Plans ,
Phishing Scams ,
Security Risk Assessments
While the CARES Act provided much needed funding, it wasn’t a handout for healthcare providers. There are strings attached, explains Stephen Shaver, an attorney with Wachler & Associates and author of the Chapter “Revenue...more
4/22/2021
/ CARES Act ,
Compliance ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Authority ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Inspector General ,
Internal Controls ,
OIG ,
Provider Relief Fund ,
Relief Measures ,
Risk Mitigation
Goran Musinovic is Vice President of the Realty Trust Group in Knoxville and co-author with Michael Honeycutt and Gregory Gheen of the Chapter “Contracts with Referral Sources: Real Estate Compliance” in the new Health Care...more
4/8/2021
/ Commercial Leases ,
Commercial Property Owners ,
Commercial Tenants ,
Compliance ,
Fair Market Value ,
Health Care Providers ,
Lessee ,
Lessor ,
Office Space ,
Physicians ,
Real Estate Transactions ,
Rent ,
Rental Property ,
Stark Law
Privacy continues to be a challenging issue for healthcare providers. Chrissy Kyak, Compliance & Privacy Officer for Medstar Georgetown University Hospital, MedStar Montgomery Medical Center and MedStar Health Research...more
3/4/2021
/ Chief Compliance Officers ,
Chief Privacy Officer ,
Compliance ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Security ,
Electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Patient Privacy Rights ,
PHI ,
Physicians
Digitalization and the proliferation of apps have changed the relationship in healthcare between data, the patient and provider, explains Hema Lakkaraju, CEO and founder of Hayag Corporation. It is often unclear who is...more
1/28/2021
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Big Data ,
Blockchain ,
Chief Compliance Officers ,
Chief Ethics and Compliance Officers (CECO) ,
Compliance ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Data Collection ,
Data Management ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Security ,
Data Storage ,
Data-Sharing ,
Electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI) ,
Ethics ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Information Technologies ,
Patient Privacy Rights ,
Risk Management ,
Third-Party Risk
Recently the Health Care Compliance Association released the new Health Care Privacy Handbook, 3rd Edition.
https://www.hcca-info.org/health-care-privacy-handbook
To learn what’s new in the book and in healthcare privacy...more
12/22/2020
/ Chief Compliance Officers ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI) ,
FERPA ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Health Plan Sponsors ,
HIPAA Breach ,
HIPAA Breach Notification Rule ,
HIPAA Security Rule ,
Medical Records ,
Patient Privacy Rights ,
PHI ,
Privacy Act of 1974
As healthcare moves increasingly from fee-for-service model to one focused on outcomes and value-based payments, the traditional fraud and abuse laws, such as the Anti-Kickback Statute and the Stark Law, pose obstacles to...more
5/28/2020
/ Anti-Kickback Statute ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Compliance ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Fee-for-Service ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
New Rules ,
OIG ,
Physicians ,
Policy Statement ,
Proposed Rules ,
Self-Referral ,
Stark Law ,
Telemedicine ,
Value-Based Care ,
Waivers
With the COVID-19 pandemic demands for Personal Health Information (PHI) from law enforcement, the press, politicians and the public are increasing. While there may be good reasons behind many of these demands, healthcare...more
5/7/2020
/ Business Entities ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Covered Entities ,
Data Privacy ,
Data-Sharing ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI) ,
Health and Safety ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
OIG ,
PHI ,
Privacy Policy
Laws like EMTALA and HIPAA don’t just apply to US citizens. They apply to everyone. That both keeps things simple and adds complexity when it comes to undocumented immigrants.
As Lesley Anne Durant, Senior Corporate...more
4/16/2020
/ Assault ,
Consent ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Deportation ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Emergency Rooms ,
EMTALA ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Hospitals ,
Human Trafficking ,
Legal Guardian ,
Mental Health ,
Migrants ,
Minors ,
Modern Slavery Act ,
Patient Discharge Planning ,
Police Reports ,
Public Health Emergency ,
Release of Information ,
Request For Information ,
Required Documentation ,
Sexual Assault ,
Suicide ,
Undocumented Immigrants
In Part I of this two-part series, Sheryl Vacca laid out implications for health care providers struggling to respond to the COVID-19 corona virus outbreak while remaining compliant. In this episode we look at how all...more
Healthcare providers aren’t just on the front line of dealing with COVID-19 coronavirus. They are also on the front line of the compliance challenges that come with it.
As Sheryl Vacca, Senior Vice President and Chief Risk...more
Tyler Schultz, like many others, was entranced by the vision of Theranos and its charismatic founder Elizabeth Holmes. He would not remain so for long, ultimately sharing his concerns with her, his grandfather (a member of...more