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.
Watch out, HIPAA privacy and security officers. 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 covered entities (CE) and business associates (BA) have to worry about when protecting internal PHI.
The ICD-10 implementation deadline is just around the corner, so hospitals must carefully assess their systems and processes to ensure things go smoothly on and after October 1.
Healthcare-associated infections (HAI) rack up millions of dollars in healthcare costs each year. HAIs are not only costly, but increase LOS and are often a source of preventable readmissions.
