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Patient Privacy at Risk: The Hidden Flaws in Healthcare Data De-Identification (And How to Fix Them)

Healthcare IT Today

As a result, there is no protection or recourse if de-identified data is re-identified by a third party that is not a HIPAA-defined Covered Entity and then used for nefarious purposes such as identity theft or healthcare fraud.

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The Role of Compliance Officers in Healthcare Organizations: Challenges and Responsibilities

American Medical Compliance

This includes monitoring clinical practices and addressing issues that may compromise patient safety. Ethical Conduct Upholding ethical conduct is paramount.

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Home Health PPS Final Rule for CY 2024: CMS Steps Back from the Brink

Hall Render

The issue of agencies “strategically” choosing patients to maximize profitability came up in other comments. One commenter, from a patient advocacy group, noted that home health had become “big business” and that agencies focus on profits for shareholders, not patient care.

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Oregon Senator Proposes Criminal Charges and Fines for Rogue Obamacare Agents

Kaiser Health News

Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) sent a letter July 8 to CMS questioning how federal regulators verify incomes for those who get subsidies and what enforcement efforts are underway related to potential ACA subsidy fraud. “The bottom line is to stop fraud and help the consumer,” she said.

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Wasted: $1 of Every $4 Spent on Health Care In America

Health Populi

Fraud and abuse, waste between $59 bn and $84 bn; and, Administrative complexity, wasting about $266 bn each year. On the consumer and patient side, the AARP, patient advocacy groups, and increasingly visible and assertive patient social networks are more in the mix on Capitol Hill than they were a decade ago.

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Health Provider News

Hall Render

Dunleavy adds $9M to budget to address food stamp, Medicaid backlog New study provides snapshot of increase in maternal deaths in Alaska Mental Health Trust Grants $1.6M grant to improve early cognitive decline detection via EHRs How Mass.

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Health Provider News

Hall Render

fraud scheme Banner names Seattle physician-scientist to C-suite role Bill would require Arizona hospitals to ask about immigration status Phoenix Children’s receives $2.25 Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority chooses new chief executive ARIZONA Arizona couple pleads guilty to $1.2B The university says no. area clinics, eyes more D.C.

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