Workforce Compliance: What It Is and Why It’s Essential
The primary place where healthcare organizations go wrong with their compliance efforts is that their compliance programs are reactive versus proactive. This means that they often have [...]
The Benefits of Compliance Audit Software
Audits, whether internal or the results of an external audit, can be costly. However, not auditing or not being prepared for an unplanned audit can be even [...]
September 2024 Healthcare Breach Report – 4.37 Million Affected
In September 2024, the OCR Breach Portal listed 26 incidents affecting 4,377,193 patients. The most affected group was health plans, reporting four incidents affecting 3,118,229 patients. This [...]
What to Include in Your OSHA Policies and Procedures Manual
Regarding safety in the healthcare setting, it’s not just the patients that need our attention. Your employees also require safe working conditions that eliminate chemical exposure and [...]
The Essentials of FWA Training in Healthcare
Compliance officers and other organizational leaders must be constantly vigilant of resource waste and the inappropriate and illegal use of funds from Medicare and other federal programs. [...]
Health Information Technology Provider Particle Health Files EPIC Lawsuit
In late September, Particle Health, a patient data aggregation and delivery platform that provides both data and insights to healthcare companies, filed a lawsuit against Epic Systems, [...]
Massive Ransomware Incident Leads to $250K OCR Settlement
With Cybersecurity Awareness Month looming, data security should be top of mind for any organization that handles sensitive information. This is further highlighted by the announcement of [...]
How to Benefit From Healthcare Workflow Automation
Just two years ago, only 4% of businesses reached a level of maturity within their day-to-day digital operations to optimize workflows through automation. Today, workflow automation has [...]
FTC Lawsuit Against Pharmacy Benefit Managers Alleges Unfair Competition
In September 2024, the FTC sued three pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), Caremark, Express Scripts, and OptumRx, for artificially inflating the cost of insulin drugs. The FTC alleges [...]
Understanding How the OIG LEIE Affects Your Business
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) maintains the List of Excluded Individuals and Entities (LEIE) as a useful tool that helps safeguard federal healthcare programs from both [...]
