Report HIPAA Breaches by Upcoming Deadline || 2022 was a big year for HIPPA breaches, with 615 large-scale breaches reported affecting 49,702,726 patients. If your medical practice or healthcare entity suffered a breach in 2022, there are steps you need to take to report the incidents. Yearly … [Read more...]
Ransomware Resources for HIPAA Regulated Entities
Ransomware Resources for HIPAA Regulated Entities The HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is sharing the following information to ensure that HIPAA regulated entities are aware of the resources available to assist in preventing, detecting, and mitigating breaches of unsecured protected health … [Read more...]
HIPAA Compliance – Let’s Revisit
Revisiting HIPAA Compliance In the two decades since its original passage, HIPAA compliance (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) hasn’t gotten any easier. Enacted with the primary goal of protecting the confidentiality, integrity and availability of healthcare information, … [Read more...]
OSHA Overview Medical Practices
OSHA Overview Remember OSHA? Seems like we’ve forgotten about it. However, like HIPAA, your medical practice has to be in compliance – Are you? Here is a brief overview of the bloodborne pathogen rules under OSHA. When reading what OSHA requires employers to do, ask yourself – Am I doing these … [Read more...]
OCR Issues Audit Report on HIPAA Compliance
HIPAA Compliance The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released its 2016-2017 HIPAA Audits Industry Report that reviewed selected health care entities and business associates for compliance with certain provisions of the HIPAA Privacy, … [Read more...]
What is a Medicare Comparative Billing Report (CBR)?
CBRs are educational tools used to provide insight into billing trends. The intent is to assist healthcare providers when performing self-audits of both procedures and billing practices. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services contracts with eGlobal Tech to identify topics and … [Read more...]