Posted on Firm News February 1, 2014 by author
In connection with a Medicare EHR incentive payment meaningful use audit, the Firm successfully argued our healthcare practitioner client was in compliance with all requirements for receipt of the Medicare EHR Incentive at the time its attestations were submitted. As such our client was not subject to an overpayment for the monies received. The Client Read more →
Posted on Health Care Law News January 2, 2014 by author
Under a recent settlement with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Affinity Health Plan, Inc., settled potential violations of the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules for $1,215,780. HHS-OCR’s investigation revealed that Affinity impermissibly disclosed (without consent) the protected health information of up to 344,579 individuals when it returned multiple photocopiers to a Read more →
Posted on Health Care Law News December 30, 2013 by author
On December 26th, 2013, HHS-OCR announced a $150,000 dollar settlement with Adult & Pediatric Dermatology, P.C.(APDerm), a Concord, Massachusetts-based private practice for alleged HIPAA violations discovered during an HHS-OCR investigation following a reported breach. As background, on October 7th, 2011,APDerm notified HHS that an unencrypted USB memory drive containing protected health information (PHI) had been Read more →