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OCR Reports On Continuing Complaint Issues
At the 2017 HCCA Compliance Institute, OCR reported that it is expecting about 17,000 HIPAA complaints this year. To date,…
Tips and Tools for Co-Sourcing Compliance Program Functions.
Compliance Officers are facing mounting regulatory and internal demands, while equipped with inadequate resources to meet all of these challenges.…
OCR Reports On Continuing Complaint Issues
At the 2017 HCCA Compliance Institute, OCR reported that it is expecting about 17,000 HIPAA complaint issues this year. To…
Tips for Choosing a Compliance Hotline Vendor.
Effective compliance programs should include a compliance hotline, by definition. Both the United States Sentencing Commission and the Department of…
OCR Provides Enforcement Update at the 2017 HCCA Compliance Institute.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) recently presented an OCR Enforcement Update at…
OCR Imposes $3.2 Million Penalty for BlackBerry Device Breach.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) recently announced a Health Insurance Portability and…
Being an Effective Compliance Officer: Tips From Experts
The burdens of being a Compliance Officer continue to grow with the increasing healthcare regulatory and enforcement environment. Being a…
OCR Releases Fact Sheet on Uses and Disclosures of PHI for Public Health Activities.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) and Office…
2016 Annual Report Released on OIG and DOJ Statistical Accomplishments
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) established a national Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Program…
OCR Kicks Off The New Year With Its First Enforcement Action For Lack Of Timely Breach Notification
OCR Announced $475,000 HIPAA Settlement OCR continues to report HIPAA violations for unauthorized access or disclosure of Protected Health Information…
OCR Issues Alert on Phishing Email Disguised as Official OCR Audit Communication.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Civil Rights (OCR) recently issued an alert concerning a phishing…
Alert: Phishing Email Disguised as Official OCR Audit Communication
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Civil Rights (OCR) issued an alert at the end of…