For years health care compliance officers have worried about personal liability for the misdeeds of the companies they serve. And why not? Health care is the most heavily regulated of all major industries, and the compliance officer is charged with assuring compliance with the regulatory requirements. In …
Fitbit Agrees to Sign Business Associate Agreements and Take on HIPAA Compliance
September 21, 2015 Leave a Comment
Is your Fitbit data covered by HIPAA? It depends upon where you got it (kind of). If you go to the store and pick up a Fitbit on your own, the data it generates is governed by the user agreement that you click through (which I’m sure everyone read carefully). If your health plan or employer, through its …
HIPAA Enforcement Action, Breaches and Pilot Audits
April 21, 2015 Leave a Comment
During the HCCA Compliance on Monday, April 20, 2015, Iliana Peters, Senior Advisor for HIPAA Compliance and Enforcement, HHS Office of Civil Rights, presented “Lessons Learned from Recent HIPAA Enforcement Action, Breaches and Pilot Audits”. What’s to Come: Peters noted that OCR is still working on …
OIG Speaks to HCCA Compliance Institute
April 20, 2015 Leave a Comment
Daniel Levinson, the Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, kicked off the annual Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) Compliance Institute in Orlando Florida this morning. Nearly all of the 3,000 conference attendees, a new record for the compliance institute, were in …
Government Joins Lawsuit Against Florida Doctor Alleging Fraud and Kickbacks
January 5, 2015 Leave a Comment
In a move demonstrating the government’s continued aim to combat health care fraud through its Health Care Fraud Prevention and Enforcement Action Team (HEAT), the Department of Justice announced today that the government has intervened in two qui tam lawsuits against a Florida cardiologist, Dr. Asad Qamar, and …
$85 MILLION SETTLEMENT WITH DOJ IN HALIFAX HOSPITAL STARK CASE
March 5, 2014 Leave a Comment
Facing as much as $1.1 billion in damages and civil penalties and having already spent more than $15 million in legal fees, Halifax Hospital in Daytona Florida averted jury selection in its upcoming trial by reaching an $85 million tentative settlement with the Department of Justice, according to the …