Elizabeth G. Litten and Michael J. Kline were featured in the Medical Practice Compliance Alert, "OCR: Practices Need To Assess Their Cybersecurity Response." Full text can be found in the October 2016 issue.
Lucy Li was featured in the Medical Practice Compliance article, "CFAA May Extend Practice's Reach After HIPAA Breach." Full text can be found in the February, 2016, issue, but a synopsis is below.
Health providers may be at risk of health violations or security breaches if they rely on assurances from HIPAA compliance and protection from software vendors.
Elizabeth G. Litten and Michael J. Kline were featured in the Medical Practice Compliance Alert article, "6 Compliance Trends Likely to Affect Your Practices in 2016."
As the New Year began, predictions made from the previous year were examined to determine if they held up over the course of 2015.
Houston area OB/GYN clinic Northeast Women's Healthcare has recently received attention due to a situation involving the verification of a patient's identification by contacting law enforcement.
Full text can be found in the September 28, 2015, issue, but a synopsis is below.
William H. Maruca was featured in the Medical Practice Compliance Alert article, "CMS Will Limit Scope of Review on Appeals of Certain Post-Payment Denials."
A theft of patient protected health information may invoke more than federal and state privacy laws.
Your medical practice faces several compliance challenges this year, with a greater emphasis on issues relating to newer treatment models and billing error rates, and no let up on HIPAA.
William Maruca was quoted in the Medical Practice Compliance Alert article "Hire Help to Store, Dispose, Prevent HIPAA Violations."
Michael Kline and Elizabeth Litten were quoted in the Medical Practice Compliance Alert article "Thumb Drive Costs Practice $150,000 for HIPAA Violations."
Michael Kline was quoted in the Medical Practice Compliance Alert article "4 Tips To Prepare for Increased HIPAA Scrutiny."
Michael Kline and Elizabeth Litten were quoted in the Medical Practice Compliance article "HIPAA, ICD-10 Among 6 Compliance Trends That Will Affect You in 2014.
Michael Kline and Elizabeth Litten were featured in the Medical Practice Compliance article "Practice Liable When Business Subcontractors Violate HIPAA."