PHI

Home Health HIPAA Violation Costs $239,800!

Home Health & Hospice /

(March 29, 2016) Lincare, Inc., a provider of respiratory care, infusion therapy and medical equipment to in-home patients, will pay $239,800 in Civil Money Penalties (CMPs) for violating the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Rule after a HHS Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) ruled in favor of the Office for Civil Rights (OCR). […]

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Complying with an Individual’s Request to Restrict the Submission of PHI to Insurance

Medicare, Medicaid & Private Payor Updates /

(October 3, 2013): The HIPAA Omnibus Rule (Omnibus Rule) is well over 100 pages long. When considered in the context of existing HIPAA and HITECH, health care providers are often it difficult to apply the provisions of the Omnibus Rule to privacy situations that are commonly arising in a physician’s practice. One such situation is

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