Compliance & Legal

Gavel lies on a table in front of a legal pad
By Andrea Fox 06:44 pm November 01, 2023
While the agreement is not an admission of liability, Doctors’ Management Services has agreed to pay a penalty of $100,000 and be subject to HIPAA-compliance monitoring by OCR for three years.
HHS headquarters in Washington
By Mike Miliard 10:01 am October 31, 2023
The CMS-based disincentives outlined in the proposed rule from ONC published Monday would penalize hospitals under the Promoting Interoperability Program, eligible clinicians under MIPS and ACO participants under the Medicare Shared Savings Program.
U.S. President Joe Biden issues executive order on AI safety
By Mike Miliard 09:52 am October 30, 2023
The White House plan for "safe, secure and trustworthy" artificial intelligence wants the Department of Health and Human Services to have a mechanism in place to collect reports of "harms or unsafe healthcare practices," and act to remedy them.
Young person sits on a couch and types on a mobile phone
By Andrea Fox 01:16 pm October 24, 2023
Its partnership with Freshpaint seeks to support hospitals, health systems and health plans by configuring their patient engagement ecosystems to support compliance with HIPAA privacy rules and regulations.
Stethoscope resting on tablet
By Andrea Fox 07:19 am October 13, 2023
Dr. Ben Zaniello, chief medical officer of PointClickCare, explains three pathways to consider to achieve whole person care and shares his personal experiences engaging SDOH on post-acute care coordination.
By Bill Siwicki 11:00 am October 12, 2023
The technology also helps care teams to standardize patient education and care pathways, while more consistently collecting patient-reported outcomes and other data across its spine, joint and sports medicine service lines, says its orthopedic surgery chief.
Abstract graphic of a lock over data
By Mike Miliard 10:30 am October 11, 2023
The risk management and certification group says the program, touted as the first of its kind, aims to offer a CSF-based strategy to deploy trustworthy models.
NorthShore University HealthSystem in Evanston
By Andrea Fox 10:34 am October 09, 2023
The software services provider to nonprofits announced it has agreed to pay 49 states and the District of Columbia this month to resolve investigations into a 2020 cyber hack and into misleading data breach statements made to patients and consumers.
Carol Ann Hudson of Lifepoint Health on eCQM
By Bill Siwicki 11:20 am October 05, 2023
Carol Ann Hudson of health system Lifepoint Health and AdvantagePoint ACOs offers some of her experiences as a woman executive in healthcare (and the space program) and dives deep into the new Electronic Clinical Quality Measures.
Hands holding smartphone
By Andrea Fox 10:28 am October 03, 2023
The American Hospital Association says new regs from the HHS Office for Civil Rights clash with HIPAA, contradict interoperability efforts and are "flawed as a matter of law and harmful as a matter of policy."