Healthicity Blog

In 2017, when the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights (OCR)

When the Affordable Care Act was passed in 2010 it included section 6102 requiring nursing facilities to have an effective compliance program.

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.

Did you know that Audit Manager Facility makes it easy for you to conduct audits for any encounter type, inpatient or outpatient, for either coders or providers? It’s true.

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. 

HIPAA is:

• A Law that governs a person’s ability to qualify immediately for health coverage when they change employment (dependent on employer’s program)

There are many requirements for attesting to Meaningful Use in 2016. For most providers, they will be following Meaningful Use Modified Stage 2 requirements which includes 9 criteria for eligible hospitals and 10 requirements for eligible providers.

The OCR HIPAA Audit program is off and running. OCR has selected 167 Covered Entities for desk audits and has published three new guidance documents.