Former President of Riverside General Hospital Sentenced to 45 Years in Prison in $158 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme
Former President of Riverside General Hospital Sentenced to 45 Years in Prison in $158 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme Operator of Psychiatric Facility Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison, and Owner of Group Home Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison The former president of a Houston hospital, his son and a co-conspirator were sentenced today to…
Read MoreCybersecurity Services Being Outsourced Due to Lack of Skilled Staff
Cybersecurity incidents have risen by 48% over the course of the previous 12 months and industry experts predict that the volume of security incidents will rise further still throughout 2015 and 2016. This is not a problem that will just go away. Improving cybersecurity defenses to resist highly sophisticated attacks requires skilled staff, and with…
Read MoreOCR Confirms HIPAA Compliance Audit Surveys Sent
There has been much speculation over the past week since the sending of the letters was first reported, about whether the OCR pre-screening surveys have actually been dispatched. Now the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights has confirmed – to Fierce Health IT – that its preliminary HIPAA surveys have now…
Read MoreAdministrator and Biller of Illinois Physician Group Convicted in $4.5 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme
Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Zachary T. Fardon of the Northern District of Illinois, Special Agent in Charge Robert J. Holley of the FBI’s Chicago Division and Special Agent in Charge Lamont Pugh III of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector…
Read MoreJacobi Medical Center Reports 90,060 Patient Records Compromised
The New York City Health & Hospitals Corporation’s (HHC) Jacobi Medical Center has reported 90,060 patient records have been compromised when an employee copied the data from the company’s system and emailed it to her personal email account; as well as copying her new employer on the email. The employee sent the information before leaving…
Read MoreNew Jersey Doctor Sentenced To 14 Months In Prison For Taking Bribes In Test-Referrals Scheme Involving New Jersey Clinical Lab
NEWARK, N.J. – A doctor with a medical practice in Montclair, New Jersey, was sentenced today to 14 months in prison for accepting bribes in exchange for test referrals as part of a long-running and elaborate scheme operated by Biodiagnostic Laboratory Services LLC (BLS), of Parsippany, New Jersey, its president and numerous associates, U.S. Attorney…
Read MoreDallas Physician and His Employee Arrested for Alleged $5.2 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme
A physician who ran a medical house call service business in Dallas, and an employee of that business were arrested this morning on charges related to their alleged participation in a $5.2 million health care fraud scheme. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, Acting U.S. Attorney John R. Parker…
Read MoreImproper Dumping Lawsuit Filed Against HIPAA Business Associate By Illinois AG
Lisa Madigan, the Illinois Attorney General, has filed a lawsuit against a Northbrook HIPAA Business Associate (BA) for failing to destroy medical records prior to disposal. The BA is alleged to have exposed the PHI of at least 1,500 individual patients. The complaint says that the attorney general’s investigators found 1,500 medical records at Shred…
Read MoreTop 10 Questions Most Organizations Fail During a HIPAA Audit
Top 10 Questions Most Organizations Fail During a HIPAA Audit Forget about a full-blown HIPAA audit with over 192 questions for covered entities (CE’s), most organizations fail and are considered out of compliance within the first 10 questions. HIPAA in the past few years has become the latest 5 letter bad word in the healthcare…
Read MoreDepartment of Justice Releases Breach Response Best Practice Guide
The Cybersecurity Unit of the U.S Department of Justice (DOJ) has produced a new set of guidelines to assist organizations prepare for data breaches to enable them to take prompt action to mitigate damage and address security vulnerabilities. The DOJ felt that smaller organizations were unsure about the correct breach response, and aimed its guidance…
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