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Your Healthcare Compliance Due Diligence Checklist

Compliancy Group

A healthcare compliance due diligence checklist is one essential tool that can help organizations in their quest for compliance. What is a Healthcare Compliance Due Diligence Checklist? A healthcare compliance due diligence checklist outlines the steps and processes to ensure organizational compliance.

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Is Your Data Supply Chain Ethical? Don’t Restrict Due Diligence to Physical Operations.

C&M Health Law

bribery, fraud, misuse). What’s more, core human rights due diligence principles, such as the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs), further influence how businesses should navigate these risks. Rightfully so, as compounding risks in physical production and movement of goods abound upstream (e.g.,

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New Safe Harbor and General Compliance Program Guidance Provides Opportunity for Buyers to Mitigate Litigation and Fraud Risk

Health Law RX

By maintaining a robust compliance program, healthcare companies are better able to identify potential red flags early and to prevent violations of fraud and abuse laws. But robust pre-closing due diligence is not always practicable. Conduct a thorough risk assessment of seller’s compliance program.

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Settlement Agreed with Florida Children’s Health Insurance Website Contractor to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations

HIPAA Journal

While Jelly Bean Communications Design acted as a business associate under HIPAA, the action was taken over violations of the False Claims Act under the Department of Justice’s 2021 Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida, with assistance provided by HHS-OIG.

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Another Resolution by DOJ Pursuant to its Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative Highlights Continued Efforts to Hold Companies Accountable for Ensuring Data are Secured

Health Care Law Brief

We previously wrote about the United States Department of Justice’s (“ DOJ ”) Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative (“ CCFI ”), which “aims to hold accountable entities or individuals that put U.S. FHKC shut down its website’s application portal shortly thereafter.

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Seven Elements of a Compliance Program

HIPAA Journal

This was in response to the growing level of healthcare fraud and abuse and an alleged “compliance disconnect” at the executive level in many hospitals and health systems. The biggest influence for the creation of the seven elements of a compliance program (fraud prevention) is sometimes overlooked.

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What is a HIPAA Violation?

HIPAA Journal

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) was introduced to simplify the administration of healthcare, eliminate wastage, prevent healthcare fraud, and ensure employees could maintain healthcare coverage between jobs. What is HIPAA and Who Does It Apply To? What is considered a HIPAA violation?

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