With the use of EHRs on the rise, so too is inappropriate use of EHR functionality.
The HIPAA Omnibus Rule has brought significant changes to the HIPAA landscape for covered entities (CE) and their business associates (BA).
Tips from this month's issue
Sending out a mass mailing of a pamphlet that contained Medicare beneficiary numbers resulted in a civil monetary penalty of $6,768,000 for Triple-S Salud, Inc. (TSS), a Puerto Rican health insurance subsidiary.
Q: Our organization does not support the use of USB drives. Is that typical?
We ask one BOH advisory board member and columnist to answer some questions about how the roles of CEs and BAs have changed over the years.
