Pagosa Springs Medical Center (PSMC) in Pagosa Springs, Colorado, has agreed to pay $111,400 to the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and to adopt a substantial corrective action plan in a settlement over alleged HIPAA violations.
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center-Frisco, in Frisco, Texas, announced a data breach earlier this month affecting 47,000 patients and guarantors. The breach occurred in September when the hospital found an issue with a third-party vendor’s credit card processing system.
Q: Sometimes the emergency department where I work gets so busy we have to evaluate patients before they can be placed in a room. I have seen nurses perform examinations on patients on stretchers in hallways where they can easily be overheard discussing medical histories and treatment options. Would this be considered a HIPAA violation?
Hospitals are allowed to publish a list of charges that contains UB-04 revenue codes when complying with 2019 IPPS final rule requirements requiring the publication of standard charges, the American Hospital Association (AHA) said in a regulatory advisory bulletin
