Department of Health and Human Services

Medicare beneficiaries whose healthcare providers participate in an Accountable Care Organization (ACO) under the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) may want to add the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Continue Reading “No” to ACO Data Sharing? Proposed Rules Tweak Medicare Beneficiary Opt-Out Notice Procedure

Does your business associate agreement (BAA) reflect your business deal, or is it a bare bones HIPAA compliance document?

Now is the time to check. The HIPAA “Omnibus Rule” published
Continue Reading Two Months to Amend HIPAA Business Associate Agreements for Omnibus Compliance, But Beware the Bare Bones BAA

It is noteworthy that there are often substantial delays in disclosures regarding covered entities (“CEs”) that have become marchers in the Parade of large Protected Health Information (“PHI”) security breaches
Continue Reading The Parade of PHI Security Breaches: Why Did it Take Two Years for the Status of Minne-Tohe Health Center as a Marcher to be Disclosed?