Health Care

Professional review

Important Reminders for Providers’ Professional Review Activities and Civil Liability
Protections

The National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) requires that hospitals and other health care entities report physicians or dentists who have had a professional review action taken against them for more than 30 days. It’s important to be familiar with the rules regarding professional review actions and the impact of the civil liability protection. Here is […]

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Telemedicine

Caution to Physicians Regarding Telemedicine Arrangements

Earlier this summer, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a Special Fraud Alert warning physicians and other practitioners to exercise caution when entering into telemedicine arrangements that have certain suspect characteristics. Companies that purported to provide telehealth, telemedicine, or telemarketing services have been known to have exploited

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hospital audit

HHS OIG’s Spring 2022 Focus on Hospitals and Nursing Facilities

The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Office of Inspector General’s (OIG) office is quickly ramping up its 2022 audit program as identified in its Active Work Plan. There is no shortage of expenditures, regulatory requirements and collected data to audit, and nursing facilities and hospitals have a few big-ticket reviews directed their way.

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HIPAA Annual Breach Deadline

The annual deadline to report a HIPAA breach is Tuesday, March 1, 2022, for HIPAA Covered Entities and Business Associates to file their annual breach reports with the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR).  Recall that a “breach” is a Privacy Rule violation that also compromises the security

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Compliance

Creative Ways to Adjust Your Compliance Program During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Business owners may be forced to revamp their compliance programs in the wake of the recent COVID-19 pandemic. While compliance programs are designed to provide safeguards for businesses, those safeguards may not be practical during the current climate of the business world. Companies may need to consider adjusting their current compliance programs to one that

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