HIPAA Compliance for Medical Offices: Tips and Checklist
Running a medical office means your focus is on patients, not compliance paperwork. But the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) does not care how busy [...]
HHS Launches AERO: AI-Powered Audit Enforcement Puts Every Healthcare Grantee on Notice | May 28, 2026
On May 21, 2026, HHS announced the launch of AERO, the Audit Enforcement and Risk Oversight initiative, a department-wide program integrity effort aimed at holding states and [...]
The Proposed HIPAA Security Rule Update: What It Would Change, What’s Disputed, and How to Prepare
In December 2024, HHS proposed the most significant update to the HIPAA Security Rule in more than 20 years. In the months since, more than 100 hospital [...]
CMS Hospice and Home Health Enrollment Freeze, OCR Restructured, and OIG Flags Medical Device Consulting Arrangements | May 2026
This week features three high-impact developments: a sweeping CMS action that immediately halts new Medicare enrollment for hospices and home health agencies nationwide, a significant reorganization of [...]
Building Successful, Repeatable Compliance Programs: Q&A with a Compliance Program Advisor
What makes a great compliance professional? There's no one clear path, but the right experience combined with a passion for perfection can make for a specialist who [...]
Electronic Prior Authorization, Overhauled Corporate Integrity Agreements, and New OIG Billing Scrutiny: This Week’s Healthcare Compliance Developments & News
This week's compliance landscape features three developments with significant operational implications: a CMS initiative accelerating the January 1, 2027 deadline for electronic prior authorization that requires immediate [...]
IT Security Assessment Tools: A Practical Guide for Modern Organizations
An IT security assessment is an essential part of maintaining a secure and resilient technology environment. It involves taking a close, structured look at the systems, applications, [...]
Medicare Virtual Care Billing Under Scrutiny & More: This Week’s Healthcare Compliance Developments & News
This week brings three developments with direct operational implications for compliance officers: a new OIG audit exposing over $2 million in potentially improper Medicare payments for virtual [...]
Barriers and Benefits of Incident Reporting in Healthcare
Medical errors are a major issue in the U.S., with hundreds of thousands of adverse events linked to preventable harm each year. Everyone agrees incident reporting is [...]
Healthcare AI Compliance and More: This Week’s Healthcare Compliance Developments
This week's compliance landscape covers three developments every compliance officer should understand: a White House AI policy framework that is already reshaping how healthcare organizations govern their [...]
