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What You Need to Know About Physician Financial Relationships and Stark Law
Managing the compliance risks associated with physician financial relationships can be an overwhelming challenge for a compliance program.
How to Avoid a 4.3 Million Dollar HIPAA Fine
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center is gearing up to pay 4.3 million dollars in fines in civil penalties for HIPAA violations after the OCR accused MD Anderson of violating the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules.
Podcast: An Expert's Advice for Tackling Your Organization's Risks
We kicked off this episode of Compliance Conversations with a guest host, our very own compliance expert, Marcie Swenson, and a great guest, Emily Haley
How Software Can Prevent HIPAA Fines
HIPAA fines have been known to decimate an organization's finances. Just this month, MD Anderson was slammed with a devastating $4.3 million fine for violating the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules by failing to encrypt many of its devices.
An Expert’s Guide: How to Design Compliance Metrics
Compliance metrics are super important. They help your organization evaluate compliance risk mitigation against your organizations accepted level of risk tolerance.
The Framework: Your Risk Assessment Blueprint
The framework represents a complete view of an organization’s compliance risk environment; it’s the way an organization structures relevant risks.
How to Easily Create a Risk Assessment (Right Now)
You’ve worked too hard to ruin everything by cutting corners. While it might not sound like much, conducting a risk assessment is essential for an effective compliance program, and in some cases, it’s required by law.
How to Use the OIG Resource Guide to Improve Effectiveness
It’s been almost a year and many compliance officers are still trying to figure out how to make use of the OIG Resource Guide.