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Compliance Checkup & Corporate TIPS: Fifth Circuit Shines a Light on HIPAA "Encryption" and "Disclosure" Rules in M.D. Anderson Decision
on May 11, 2021
Earlier this year, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals handed down a decision vacating a $4.3 million penalty imposed on University of Texas's MD Anderson Cancer Center by the U.S. Department of Human Services (HHS) for self-reported HIPAA violations, including violations of the Encryption and Disclosure Rules....
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Nurse Practitioners
Compliance Checkup: What Do You Know About Section 1557?
on February 12, 2019
Does your practice comply with all of the requirements of Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act? Almost every health care provider must comply with the requirements, which include two forms of nondiscrimination notices and providing language assistance services for certain individuals....