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A new security risk assessment (SRA) tool to help guide healthcare providers in small- to medium-size offices conduct risk assessments of their organizations is now available from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
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The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced that it will survey up to 1,200 covered entities and business associates to find those in need of a full HIPAA compliance audit.
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The alleged claim by a fired emergency physician, that the chief medical officer (CMO) assured her that her job was not in jeopardy, could complicate matters for the hospital, which is being sued by the doctor, says Jason Koors, JD, legal counsel with MemorialCare Health System in Fountain Valley, CA.
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Riverside Health System in Newport News, VA, has fired an employee and is offering free credit monitoring to several hundred patients affected by a privacy breach that involved records covering four years.
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Healthcare data is vulnerable to hackers in several ways. The threat is changing the role of some healthcare managers.
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On page 68 of the July 2013 issue of Healthcare Risk Management, the Chicago-based hospital consortium UHC was incorrectly identified as part of UnitedHealthcare.
The two groups are not affiliated.
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The patient, a 17-year-old man, presented at a hospital emergency department complaining of pain on and around his right eye in July 2010. At the hospital, he was seen by nursing staff and a physician assistant. The physician assistant diagnosed the patient with a form of conjunctivitis, commonly known as pink eye.
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When one Oregon hospital conducted an Amber Alert drill for a missing child recently, hospital officials got more of a response than they intended. No one had notified the police that it was just a drill, and so four police cars went roaring to the hospital with lights and sirens.
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Self-insuring means taking on more responsibility for managing claims and minimizing losses, and the risk manager plays a key role, says Eileen F. Conlon, managing director for Beecher Carlson in Miami.
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Kings Daughters Medical Center in Ashland, KY, will pay nearly $41 million to the federal government to settle fraud claims related to the hospitals cardiac program.
