tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2017 Issue 9

HIPAA: Institute Home Office Protocols to Protect PHI and Yourself

Avoid stiff penalties that could hurt your practice. When you take files out of the office, you run the risk of exposing your patients’ protected health information. And with possible civil monetary penalties up to $1.5 million per breach, it’s smart business to practice compliance whether your in the office, at home, or on the run. Review: Quite simply, “a [HIPAA] breach is an improper or unauthorized use, disclosure, or access of protected health information (PHI),” explains Cyndee Weston, CPC, CMC, CMRS, executive director of the American Medical Billing Association (AMBA) in Davis, Okla. Federal...

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