tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2018 Issue 14

Compliance: Review this HIPAA Violation and Penalty Primer

Tier 2 fines can levy a hefty penalty, recent case shows. Even if your practice aces HIPAA compliance, it’s still important to understand what constitutes a penalty — and what a violation may cost you. Here’s why: a recent summary judgment suggests that the feds aren’t afraid to go after those that ignore the rules. Details: In a recent HIPAA case, an HHS Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) ruled on the side of the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) against the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (MD Anderson) for ignoring its own risk analyses...

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