tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2018 Issue 5

HIPAA: Address Risk Factors with These 3 Tips

Ignoring assessments and issues is not an option, OCR punishment suggests. Organizations big and small find managing HIPAA's complex rules and requirements challenging. One group's recent failure to address risk and implement suggested safeguards highlights the importance of following the rules. And this large-scale healthcare provider's hefty financial penalty suggests the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) won't tolerate negligence no matter the size or scope. Context: Fresenius Medical Care North America (FMCNA), a provider and supplier of a variety of chronic kidney-failure services, reported numerous HIPAA breaches at five different branches in January of 2013. The events occurred...

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