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California Consumer Privacy Act can cause headaches for healthcare orgs

Healthcare It News

It's no surprise that federal and state regulatory compliance, particularly where information sharing is concerned, can present challenges for healthcare organizations. THE LARGER TREND. Sometimes failing to comply can carry a big price tag: The U.S.

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The Top 3 Challenges With Managing Regulatory Compliance

Compliancy Group

Managing regulatory compliance is one area of healthcare where the majority prefer digital solutions over manual processes. When considering how you approach managing regulatory compliance, consider 3 of the main drivers that push compliance officers to seek digital frameworks first over anything else.

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2024 DOJ False Claims Act Settlements in Healthcare Recover $1.67B

Compliancy Group

The federal False Claims Act prohibits someone from knowingly presenting or causing a false claim for payment if the federal government will pay for that claim. Providers who bill Medicare for services they did not actually provide and who present the bill with the knowledge that the service was not performed have committed Medicare fraud.

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OIG and CMS Audits Present New Round of Compliance Concerns for Healthcare Providers

McBrayer Law Blog

More > Tags: Audit , Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services , CMS , COVID-19 , Healthcare Compliance Issues , Medicaid , Medicare , regulatory compliance. Just as the pandemic may finally be easing, federal focus on use of COVID-19 resources promises to increase healthcare providers’ stress.

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Maintaining Regulatory Compliance in Healthcare Amidst Accelerating Change

MedTrainer

Maintaining regulatory compliance has never been easy, and the pace of change isn’t slowing. This can present a significant challenge for healthcare organizations that have not adopted a proactive and dynamic approach, which often includes adopting technology and strategic planning. Let’s start by defining regulatory compliance.

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What All Healthcare IT Leaders Must Understand About the Kaiser Permanente Breach

HIT Consultant

million past and present insurance holders. The HIPAA regulatory compliance duties to defend protected data from these threats—and the consequences of failing to—are as stark as with any area of traditional data security. The source of this breach wasn’t a nefarious attacker, although it could have been.

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Interview: John Jessop, Sr. Director, HIPAA Security & Regulatory Compliance, PPFA

HIPAA Journal

HIPAA Journal is conducting interviews with healthcare professionals and service providers to find out more about their compliance journeys, how the HIPAA Rules have affected their working lives, and the successes and challenges they have faced with HIPAA compliance. Director, HIPAA Security & Regulatory Compliance, PPFA.