Sep 01, 2023 DHHS OCR and FTC Issue Warning to Hospital Systems and Telehealth Providers Regarding Privacy and Security Risks By Sugam Langer On July 20, 2023, the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) through the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) and the Federal Trade...
Aug 10, 2023 Insights for Healthcare Organizations: OIG Final Rule on Information Blocking By Meera Patel Lisa Taylor On June 27, 2023, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued its Final Rule on...
Jul 27, 2023 Why Your Physicians Don’t Want to Talk About Their Documentation – And 5 Things You Can Do About It By Emily Petersen How many times have you reached out to your physician audience with valuable information on strengthening compliance or looming...
Jul 24, 2023 Meet Sarah Couture: Teaching the Essentials and Ensuring Effectiveness By Ankura Consulting AT: I’ve enjoyed teaching the Healthcare Compliance Essentials Workshop with you and joining you in the networking events that are a part...
Jul 21, 2023 Compliance Liaisons: Who and Why By Ankura Consulting A question facing every compliance and ethics program (compliance program) is how to best structure the program to achieve optimal...
Jul 05, 2023 Medical Record Snooping Case Leads to a $240K HIPAA Settlement By Lisa Taylor On June 15, 2023, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced a settlement for $240,000 with...
Jun 29, 2023 New Jersey Healthcare Provider Settles With OCR After Disclosing Patient Information in Response To Negative Online Reviews By Lisa Taylor Meera Patel In recent years, the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) has imposed some civil monetary penalties on healthcare providers who disclose patient...
May 22, 2023 Is Your DNA Safe? DNA Sequencing Machines Found to Contain Critical Vulnerabilities By Pierre Jeppsson Ankura CTIX Key Points: Illumina DNA sequencing machines are vulnerable to exploitation.Both the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency...
May 19, 2023 How Health Systems Can Use Financial Metrics to Inform Real Estate Capital Management Decisions By Michael O'Keefe Today, maximizing the use of your limited capital is especially important because: margins continue to be squeezed,access to capital has...
May 19, 2023 OCR Settlement of HIPAA Violation of Business Associate By Lisa Taylor Ricardo Pabon-Deglans On May 16, 2023, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) through the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced a settlement...
May 11, 2023 CMS Public Health Emergency Flexibilities: Medicare Advantage Organizations, Part D Sponsors, and Medicare-Medicaid Plans By Sofia Sami Introduction On January 31, 2020, then-Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Alex Azar issued a declaration of...
May 10, 2023 Workforce Waivers: What's Changing with the End of the Public Health Emergency? By Kasie Ray Meera Patel Lisa Taylor Waivers involving the authority and duties of various workforce members will be expiring at the end of the Public Health Emergency (PHE)....