by MpowerMed | Jul 21, 2017 | HIPAA, MpowerMed
Is Your Practice Violating These HIPAA Regulations? Fines for HIPAA violations can be up to $50,000 per incident. The maximum annual penalty for a violation is $1.5 million. Some of the largest HIPAA settlement fines have been paid by Advocate Health System in Downers...
by MpowerMed | Jun 25, 2016 | HIPAA, Medical Billing, MpowerMed
The American Medical Association (AMA), with Michael Hodgkins, MD, at the helm as Chief Medical Information Officer since the year 2010, has been increasing its role in health information technology (HIT) initiatives. Hodgkins, with his 25 plus years of experience in...
by MpowerMed | Jul 1, 2015 | Curated Content, HIPAA
Experts say there are common compliance misconceptions that are costing practices unnecessary time and resources. Source: www.physicianspractice.com We all understand the importance of complying with HIPAA, though are some of your efforts going to far? 1. Avoiding...
by MpowerMed | Jun 12, 2015 | HIPAA, MpowerMed, Privacy & Security
Security keeps getting more confounded for smaller health awareness organizations. Carelessness and inadequacy have been the most widely recognized reasons for information breaks yet, that is no more the case. All through 2014, criminal action was the most obvious...
by MpowerMed | Jan 25, 2015 | HIPAA, MpowerMed, Privacy & Security
During the year 2014, all healthcare organizations whether small or large kept on becoming the victim of cybercrimes. Some of these crimes were minor while others were major. The organizations had to lose the confidential information of the patients. Sadly, the...
by MpowerMed | Dec 19, 2014 | HIPAA, MpowerMed, News, Privacy & Security
HIPPA Omnibus Rule is actually the most remarkable change to HIPPA security and privacy rule as they had been first introduced and implemented about 18 years ago. Under this rule, every first violation of the rules will be charged $50,000 on one incident every year...
