article thumbnail

3 Reasons Insurance Agents Need to Follow HIPAA

Total HIPAA

Health insurance agents became covered under HIPAA with the HITECH Act of 2009. The inclusion of insurance agents was a response to the increasing use of electronic health records and the need to safeguard patients’ medical information.

HIPAA 98
article thumbnail

Tennessee Hospital Agrees to Pay $3.59 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations Concerning Ambulance Services

The Health Law Firm

million to settle False Claims Act allegations that occurred between 2004 and 2009. Maury Regional submitted a voluntary self-disclosure to the US Attorney's Office and the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG).

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Health Care Data Wars: Stretching the Regulations on Information Blocking and The New Burdens of AI

Healthcare IT Today

and was prevented from using bots and screen scraping to get access to patient data. Now we’ll see how Real Time responded and look at the new burdens that AI is placing on health care as revealed by the case. APIs such as promoted by Amazon.com in retail were simply missing in health care. Progress has been slow.

article thumbnail

HITECH Compliance

AIHC

Checklist for Individual & Small Group Practices Written by: Nancie Lee Cummins, CFE, CHA, CIFHA, OHCC, CHCM, CHCO, CORCM This article provides an overview of Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH) and basic checklist of policies and procedures for compliance of smaller health care organizations.

article thumbnail

Medicare Audit Claims University of Miami Hospital Owes Government $3.7 Million

The Health Law Firm

Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law The University of Miami Hospital allegedly owes Medicare $3.7 This is according to an audit report of the hospital’s billing practices that found the hospital allegedly overbilled the health care program in 2009 and 2010. Indest III, J.D.,

article thumbnail

Healthcare IT Audit Essentials for CISOs

Compliancy Group

Regulations Critical to Healthcare Security Compliance In April 2024, over 15 million patients were directly or indirectly affected by health-related security breaches. Department of Health and Human Services, in collaboration with the healthcare industry, created a task group under the 2015 Cybersecurity Act (CSA).

article thumbnail

U.S. Healthcare Compliance Frameworks: A Guide for International Vendors

Compliancy Group

Because care requires using and exchanging sensitive patient information, adherence to U.S. When personal health information transcends international borders, vendors outside the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) enforces compliance laws that protect patient information, prevent fraud, and uphold care quality.