Home Health & Hospice Week

Industry Note:

Don't Forget Former Staff For HIPAA Compliance

You still have to worry about employees’ laptops and portable devices when it comes to HIPAA — even if they aren’t employees anymore.
Case in point: A home burglary sparked a breach incident for St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center in Brighton, Mass. Thieves stole a former employee’s laptop and thumb drive that contained 595 pa-tients’ protected health information, according to [...]
You’ve reached your limit of free articles. Already a subscriber? Log in.
Not a subscriber? Subscribe today to continue reading this article. Plus, you’ll get:
  • Simple explanations of current healthcare regulations and payer programs
  • Real-world reporting scenarios solved by our expert coders
  • Industry news, such as MAC and RAC activities, the OIG Work Plan, and CERT reports
  • Instant access to every article ever published in Revenue Cycle Insider
  • 6 annual AAPC-approved CEUs
  • The latest updates for CPT®, ICD-10-CM, HCPCS Level II, NCCI edits, modifiers, compliance, technology, practice management, and more

Other Articles in this issue of

Home Health & Hospice Week

View All