tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2018 Issue 4

HIPAA: Ace Your Security Rule Compliance with 3 Tips

Lockdown physical and virtual access. HIPAA enforcement actions are bad news for the recipient, but if you're smart, you'll learn from others' mistakes. Read on to see how experts interpret recent HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) actions against Fresenius Medical Care North America (FMCNA) to guide your surgery practice to greater compliance. Tip 1: Confirm Physical Safeguards are Rock Solid The HIPAA Security Rule requires you to aggressively protect your practice locations from "unauthorized access, tampering, and theft," according to the OCR. That means you need to ensure your practice has tight controls over not only electronics...

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