Although the results of the Ponemon Institute's Third Annual Benchmark Study on Patient Privacy & Data Security don't paint a pretty picture when it comes to protection of PHI, healthcare organizations can use the dismal statistics to improve compliance.
St. Joseph's Medical Center in Towson, Md., reached a settlement with the United States to pay $4.9 million in connection with its submission of false claims to Medicare, Medicaid, and other federal healthcare programs, announced the Justice Department on February 7.
There has been some confusion surrounding a possible Recovery Auditor-related provision in the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012, also known as the fiscal cliff deal.
Q. Can paper patient records be kept in a public storage unit? The storage company we are considering has a digital entry at its main gate, and we would have a keyed lock on the storage unit door.
When patients leave the hospital, one key factor often determines whether they'll soon need to be readmitted: how well they follow their discharge instructions.
