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Compliance Checkup: Part Two: Does Your Practice Need to Comply with the General Data Protection Regulation?
on September 24, 2019
Remember earlier this month when my colleague Craig Horbus gave us a primer on the General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR? Read on for Part II on what GDPR requires and how to comply....
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Cybersecurity & Data Privacy and Health Care
Industries:
Technology and Health Care
Compliance Checkup: Part One: Does Your Practice Need to Comply with the General Data Protection Regulation?
on September 10, 2019
I'd like to introduce you to my colleague, Craig Horbus, a partner at Brouse McDowell. He's actually a superhero without a cape — he helps companies of all sizes and in all industries address data security issues....
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Health Care
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Health Care
Compliance Checkup: Affirmative Action: Is your health care entity subject to affirmative action laws?
on August 27, 2019
Have you ever seen a section in a contract that reads something like this? "[Your company] shall abide by the equal employment opportunity and affirmative action requirements set forth in 41 C.F.R. Part 60-1.4(a), 41 C.F.R. Part 60-250.5(a) and Part 60-300.5(a), and 41 C.F.R. Part 60-741.5(a)."...
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Health Care
Compliance Checkup: Handling Reimbursement from Non-Contracted Payors
on August 6, 2019
I'd like to introduce you to my colleague, Nick Kopcho, the reimbursement guru of the Brouse Health Care Practice Group. He's been handling issues with insurance companies since the beginning of his career, and he's a guest author today to discuss a very important topic: getting paid....
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Health Care
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Health Care
Compliance Checkup: Mastering HIPAA Part 4 - Mailing Protected Health Information
on July 18, 2019
Hackers and electronic data breaches dominate news stories when it comes to HIPAA breaches. But have you thought about your practice or facility's vulnerabilities when sending protected health information in the mail? In one of many examples of a mailing gone wrong, an insurance company sent notices regarding treatment of its members to the wrong addresses and the insurance company had to take remedial measures under an agreement with the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) in 2018....