tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2005 Issue 20

HIPAA: Providers Should Target PHI Mishaps For Extinction

Minor slip-ups can evolve into major legal issues.An employee's honest mistake can expose a patient's protected health information, costing  a provider - and its patients - millions of dollars. That means providers must act now to decrease the chances that employees will inadvertently (or maliciously) disclose patients' confidential information. Providers should use this expert advice to guide their security programs and keep their patients' PHI out of unauthorized users' hands - or they could find themselves in violation of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.Before employees can be trusted to protect patients' sensitive health information...

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