By Adam Turteltaub adam.turteltaub@corporatecompliance.org While Romania is a part of the European Union (EU), it has a corruption problem typical of less-developed states. Admitted to the EU under a Cooperation and Verification Mechanism, it is … [Read more...]
How to Avoid Compromising Patient Information in an Emergency
By Inga Shugalo Healthcare Industry Analyst at Itransition There’s no denying that ensuring patient data security is a continuous challenge for healthcare organizations. According to the Verizon’s recent report, the outside activities, involving … [Read more...]
More Individual Records Exposed in First Six Months of 2018 than in All of 2017: The State of Healthcare Data Breach Response
By Mahmood Sher-Jan CHPC, CEO at RADAR, Inc. If you’re familiar with the recent trend in breach reporting, you might not be surprised to learn that there has been significant growth in the number of breaches reported to the U.S. Department of … [Read more...]
Risks of ‘Black Box’ Machine Learning in Compliance And Privacy Programs
By Daniel Fabbri, CEO of Maize Analytics, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Informatics and Computer Science at Vanderbilt University Recent machine learning advances have the potential to revolutionize patient care through better clinical risk … [Read more...]
Jennifer Michael on the Latest Advisory Opinions and Directions from the Office of Counsel to the Inspector General at HHS [Podcast]
By Adam Turteltaub adam.turteltaub@corporatecompliance.org At the 2018 Compliance Institute in Las Vegas, Jennifer Michael was good enough to sit down for a podcast. Jennifer is the Chief, Industry Guidance Branch, Office of Counsel to the … [Read more...]
HHS Inspector General Dan Levinson Shares the OIG’s Latest Perspectives [Podcast]
By Adam Turteltaub adam.turteltaub@corporatecompliance.org On April 16, 2018 Daniel R. Levinson, the Inspector General at the Department of Health and Human Services once again returned to the stage for the HCCA Compliance Institute. As he has … [Read more...]
The Dangers of a Lackluster Business Associate
By Brian Sprowl of QI Express When patients go to their healthcare providers, they go with the hope that the information that they share is going to be protected. So much of the information shared is private and should never see the light of day … [Read more...]
Compliance Officer: Stress, Sanity, and Sensibility – Keynote Video From a Past Compliance Institute
By Stephanie Gallagher, JD, CCEP stephanie.gallagher@corporatecompliance.org HCCA's 2017 Compliance Institute is fast-approaching, so I wanted to share one of the great keynote sessions that we've had over the years. Below is a video from the 2012 … [Read more...]
Principles of Healthcare Compliance Apply to Many Industries
By Dan Dube, CHC In addition to my healthcare-related job, I serve on a supervisory committee for a company outside the industry. The Chief Executive Officer of the non-healthcare organization has been wrestling with a new compliance policy. He … [Read more...]
Are You Wasting Time with Appeals?
By Marian Ses Howe, RNC From Compliance Today, a publication for HCCA Members Are writing appeals to payers who have denied reimbursement a waste of your company’s time and resources? As a compliance professional, perhaps the better question to ask … [Read more...]