Archive for September 2020
OCR Settles With Five Providers Over HIPAA Right of Access Claims
The HHS Office of Civil Rights (OCR) recently announced the settlement of five more investigations into violations of the HIPAA requirement that patients be given access to their electronic medical records in a timely manner and at a reasonable cost. As we first wrote about last year, OCR launched its Right of Access Initiative in…
Read MoreAHCA to Conduct Virtual Site Reviews of Behavior Analysis Lead Analysts
Florida’s Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) has announced that effective Sept. 8, it will begin virtual site reviews of behavior analysis lead analysts who enrolled in Florida Medicaid as a behavior analysis lead analyst on or after Dec. 25, 2019, the effective date of the Agency’s promulgated Medicaid Provider Enrollment Policy. AHCA conducts Medicaid…
Read MoreStark Reform Put on Hold
It appears we will have to wait until August 2021 for any changes to Stark Law regulations. As we first wrote about last October, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), announced several changes intended to reduce compliance burdens, while at the…
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