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On April 5, 2021, the 21st Century Cures Act Information Blocking Rule will become applicable.[1] In practice, this means that information-blocking actors—healthcare providers, health information...

Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Medical Group has agreed to pay $373,715 to settle allegations it billed for radiology services performed by residents without “appropriate” supervision,...

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act provided needed pandemic financial relief for healthcare organizations. Entities receiving funding under the Coronavirus Response and...

The deadline for this article fell on December 2020. At that time, the world eagerly awaited the broad distribution of vaccines that would stop the...

With the pandemic in its second year, coding and documentation of long-haul COVID-19 patients who are admitted or readmitted to the hospital may be a...

Healthcare organizations today face unprecedented challenges managing and protecting their sensitive electronic information—not only electronic protected health information (ePHI) but other high-value, high-risk data such...

There could be many reasons your organization needs or wants to change hotline vendors. Perhaps your contract is ending, and you want to take the...

“Don’t forget to take the face mask with you when you go to the store,” my mother reminded me before I went grocery shopping this...

The HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) has been cutting providers some slack during the COVID-19 public health emergency, a top official said. That has...

You are a compliance professional on the day a fine has been imposed on your organization for a serious Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act...