On April 21, 2020, the American Hospital Association alerted its members that the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) had issued an FBI Flash to update healthcare providers on additional cyber activity* that continues to exploit fears related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The FBI stated that it had been notified of targeted email phishing ...
Following expansion by the Department of Human Health Services’ Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) of federal telehealth services and relaxation of certain requirements, Kentucky Medicaid is following suit.
On March 17, 2020, the Centers for Medicare and ...
On March 17, 2020, the Office for Civil Rights ("OCR"), the agency within the Department of the United States Health & Human Services ("HHS") responsible for enforcement of HIPAA, issued the following guidance: "Notification of Enforcement Discretion for telehealth remote communications during the COVID-19 nationwide public health ...
Hospital Agrees to Pay $85,000 for Failure to Provide Patient Timely Access to Records
by Margaret Young Levi and Kathie McDonald-McClure
On September 9, 2019, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced its first settlement under its “Right of Access Initiative.” Without admitting any wrongdoing, a hospital has agreed to pay $85,000 to ...
By Margaret Young Levi and Kathie McDonald-McClure
Among the many mandates of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) (a/k/a “Obama Care”) still in force today is Section 1557. Section 1557 prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability in certain health programs or activities. The U.S ...