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If you dont comply with HIPAA privacy regulations, you may face civil penalties of up to $25,000 for each requirement violated, and criminal penalties of up to $50,000 and one year in prison for obtaining or disclosing protected health information.
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What are the deadlines for compliance with the HIPAA rules?
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On April 14, covered entities under HIPAA are expected to be in compliance with the new Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information.
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Two issues are standing in the way of successful copay collection at her facility and many others, says Kathy Pajor, director of patient access services at St. Vincents Medical Center in Bridgeport, CT. Shed like some feedback from access colleagues who may have developed strategies for addressing either of these concerns.
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A top official Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) official recently made a startling public statement on another aspect of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA), says EMTALA expert and web site publisher Stephen A. Frew, JD.
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Confusion still exists over the question of whether police blood alcohol tests trigger a medical screening exam (MSE) under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA), according to Stephen A. Frew, JD, a web site publisher and a longtime specialist in EMTALA compliance.
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An employee in the patient access department at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center in Portland, OR, has taken customer service to a new level.
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The lack of a final HIPAA security regulation means that your organization doesnt have to provide security for your patient data, right?
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There is an extremely high level of confusion, misunderstanding, frustration, anxiety, fear, and anger in a broad range of people and organizations as the April 14 compliance date for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) privacy rule nears.