CJ Wolf
On November 15, 2016, the HHS OIG announced that New Jersey OB/GYN, Dr. Labib Riachi, agreed to be excluded from participation in Federal healthcare programs for 20 years.
Healthicity
1. OIG names 2017 goals: Bolstering HHS and NIH data security, tackling EHR challenges - “The Office of Inspector General has the National Institute of Health's security and data control in its crosshairs.
Healthicity
In an effort to always provide useful information to our readers, we’ve compiled this blog post of 7 of our favorite posts from ProviderTrust’s resource center. It’s important to us that we’re constantly giving you all new perspectives, interesting new voices and useful industry knowledge that...
CJ Wolf
Each year, the HHS OIG publishes a work plan which highlights areas they will focus their auditing and investigative resources upon. Some of the projects are continuations from the prior year’s work plan while some are new or revised.
Healthicity
1. East Tennessee pharmacist indicted on healthcare fraud charges - “A Claiborne County grand jury indicted a New Tazewell pharmacist for healthcare fraud charges in October. Joseph “Jess” Collins, 56, of Middlesboro, Ky., is charged with TennCare fraud, insurance fraud and computer crimes. Each...
CJ Wolf
Most doctors read medical journals to stay abreast of the most current treatment options or cutting edge research about advancements in clinical care. And more and more physicians are seeing articles in their medical journals about compliance, fraud and abuse.
Healthicity
In this episode of Compliance Conversations, Cj Wolf sits down with Security and Privacy expert, Steve Spearman, to chat about ways healthcare practices can protect themselves from security and privacy threats.
Steve Spearman
One of the very first HIPAA Security regulations is, “Assigned Security Responsibility” 164.308(a)(2). This regulation requires every Business Associate and every covered entity to have a designated HIPAA Security Officer.
