tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2006 Issue 10

HIPAA: Final Enforcement Rule Nails Violators With Costly Penalties

Privacy, security and EHR compliance are still problems, survey reveals.A final rule, plus revealing survey results, reflects that the Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act is on the move.The Department of Health and Human Services issued a final rule Feb. 10 that extends key enforcement provisions in HIPAA to the administrative simplification regulation. The final rule made its debut in the Feb. 16 Federal Register.The final rule regulates the enforcement process from beginning to end. Enforcement issues that begin as complaints and compliance reviews may conclude in either an informal resolution, a no-violation finding or a...

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