Many Issues Remain in Ethics, Compliance Under Affordable Care Act
It’s been five years now since the Affordable Care Act was officially enacted. It required Medicaid and Medicare providers to put a compliance and ethics system in place, and at ...
Hospital Mergers Created Larger Systems in 2014
A new survey by Kaufman Hall, a health care consulting firm, indicates that hospital mergers and acquisitions came at a rapid rate in 2014. While the 95 deals that occurred ...
Officials Introduce Bill in Attempt to Repeal Affordable Care Act
As has been very well documented over the past six years, the Affordable Care and Patient Protection Act is not without its detractors, especially in congress. Now, a group of ...
Anthem Hack Puts Information of 80 Million People at Risk
Anthem Inc., one of the nation’s largest providers of health insurance, was the subject of a significant security breach in early February that resulted in up to 80 million people ...
What Does the Future of Health Care Reform Look Like?
March marks the five-year anniversary of the enactment of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. It’s hard to believe it has already been five years. And while there have ...
Easy Steps to Protect Patient Health Information
Your patients’ health information requires careful safeguarding. When the security of this information is breached, your practice may face not only serious HIPAA-related penalties, but you risk the personal and ...
Debunking HIPAA Omnibus Compliance Myths
HIPAA is a complex and often misunderstood law designed to protect the privacy and security of patient health information. The law has carefully crafted stipulations on exactly how health care ...
Is the Affordable Care Act Reducing Health Care Spending?
Recently President Obama reported to the Business Roundtable that increases in health care spending are at an historic low and credited this reduction to the Affordable Care Act. While it ...
Cyber Risks Threaten Health Care Industry
Although health care companies have historically taken pains to protect patient information, including following privacy and security regulations, this is not always enough to keep this information safe from cyber ...
The Most Common Health Care Compliance Mistakes
With so many compliance issues for health care providers to keep track of, it’s not surprising that mistakes are still all too common. These mistakes can lead to some significant ...