Proceed With Caution: Does HIPAA Apply to Your Business?
Even if your business is not in the health care industry, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), as updated by the Health Information Technology for Economic and...
View ArticleUnlawful Trade Practices, Investigations, and Claims: Are Long Term Care...
Though the statutory names vary from state to state, certain laws exist in every state for the same general reason—to protect consumers from fraud and unfair or deceptive business practices. Known...
View ArticleCMS Has Added a New Five-Star Ratings Tool to Help Patients Compare and...
On January 28, 2016, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) added a new and useful five-star ratings comparison tool to the Home Health Compare system. According to CMS, the new...
View ArticleCMS’ Staffing Data Reporting Requirement Becomes Mandatory for Long Term Care...
Beginning on July 1, 2016, under an amendment to the Affordable Care Act, long term care facilities must electronically submit to the Secretary of U.S. Department Health and Human Services direct care...
View ArticleOregon's Statutory Peer Review Privilege for Health Care Providers: What It...
Where would you rather undergo coronary bypass surgery? At a hospital where mistakes and concerns that occurred during prior surgeries of other hospital patients are analyzed to develop and implement...
View ArticleIncreased Ransomware Attacks and Phase 2 HIPAA Audits: Two Closely-Related...
Long Term Care Provider Data Targeted and Held Hostage by Malicious Software - Long Term Care (LTC) facilities are increasingly targeted by criminals who seek to profit by infecting LTC computer...
View ArticleIf More States Vote ‘Green’ This November, Some Believe It Could Be ‘The...
Next month, voters in five more states will decide whether to legalize recreational marijuana. As reported by The New York Times in an insightful article on this issue, some legalization advocates hope...
View ArticleOCR’s 2016 Ransomware ‘Guidance’: A Health Care Provider’s New Best Friend?
Background on Ransomware Attacks - Doomsday-esque ransomware scenarios are having an increasing impact on the health care industry, becoming commonplace in 2016. Security experts and the media have...
View ArticleReefer Madness: Best Practices for Managing Marijuana Use in Senior Care and...
Marijuana Perception and Legalization - Once upon a time, Americans viewed marijuana as a dangerous drug leading to serious addiction and crime. According to the 1936 cult classic movie Reefer Madness,...
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