Posts Tagged ‘False Claims Act’

HIPAA: Report Shows Most Complaints Not Investigated

Monday, December 18th, 2006

Government Health IT published an interesting report today, “Most privacy complaints are not investigated.”
From the article:

“The Department of Health and Human Services investigated less than 25 percent of 22,964 privacy complaints submitted to HHS‚Äô Office for Civil Rights (OCR) from April 2003 through September 2006”

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The Impact of the New False Claims Act Guidelines on HIPAA Compliance

Wednesday, November 29th, 2006

A news report caught my eye, “HIPAA Enforcement Swings from Voluntary Compliance to Punishment for Violation of Privacy and Security Laws as States Join Federal Enforcement Under Federal Mandate.”

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