Watch out, the criminals are coming, and they want to make money off of PHI your organization stores. It's one more thing to add to the growing list of compliance concerns that covered entities (CE) and business associates (BA) have to worry about when protecting internal PHI.
You hear it over and over again. Covered Entity (CE) A failed to produce an ongoing risk assessment for HIPAA security compliance. CE B had an incomplete risk analysis, leading to a failure to recognize security weaknesses and vulnerabilities. And in come the fines.
This week’s updates include extension of the payment adjustment for certain hospitals and performance data for the senior Medicare patrol projects. Click the link above to read more about this week’s updates.
This week’s updates include an update to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Database and survey and enforcement process for skilled nursing facilities. Click the link above to read more about this week’s updates.