CMS began rolling out new cards to Medicare beneficiaries in April and recently announced that wave one of the mailing has been completed. The new cards are intended to help protect beneficiaries’ Social Security Numbers.
The HIPAA Security Rule requires information systems activity review, but a number of covered entities and business associates have yet to implement a robust security program that includes monitoring audit logs. Per the preamble to the Omnibus Rule, if audit logs are generated and you’re not looking at them periodically, that could be considered willful neglect.
Two recent high-profile celebrity suicides and news from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that suicide rates are on the rise across the country have prompted some healthcare professionals to look more closely at suicide prevention and whether more can be done to help individuals struggling with mental illness.
OCR’s June cybersecurity report focuses on software bugs and patches designed to fix them. Software bugs can make your computer systems vulnerable and put electronic personal health information (ePHI) at risk.
This week's note from the instructor examines the intricacies of the home infusion therapy (HIT) benefit and the 2019 Home Health Prospective Payment System proposed rule's implementation of temporary HIT payments.
