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.
Unless you've been completely out of touch, by now you know that HHS has finally released the final rule that HIPAA privacy and security officers have been waiting for.
