decisionhealth Newsletters, Part B News - 2012 Issue 6 (June)
Keep more revenue by improving your protection of patient information
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Article Overview
This article discusses HIPAA enforcement, breach-related costs, and practice-level privacy and security preparedness. It is aimed at medical practices, compliance staff, and billing or privacy teams that need a broad understanding of why patient information safeguards matter and what general areas OCR expects organizations to strengthen.
Why This Topic Matters
Patient-information breaches can trigger regulatory scrutiny, administrative costs, and reputational harm. The article is relevant for practices that want to understand the compliance areas most associated with HIPAA enforcement and broader privacy/security risk.
What You Will Learn
- Why HIPAA enforcement is becoming a greater concern
- What kinds of breach-related costs can affect a practice
- Which general compliance areas practices are encouraged to review
- How broader privacy and security preparation relates to OCR attention
- What kinds of guidance are expected from the agency
Who Should Read This
- Physician practices
- Compliance officers
- Privacy and security officers
- Billing managers
- Practice administrators
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