Author Archives: Administrator

Phoenix Cardiac Surgery, P.C., of Phoenix and Prescott, Arizona, has agreed to pay the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) a $100,000 settlement and take corrective action to implement policies and procedures to safeguard the protected health information … Continue reading →

Leon Rodriguez, Director of the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced that the BCBS of Tennessee (BCBST) agrees to pay $1.5 Million to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to settle the case regarding violation of … Continue reading →

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services gave the following statement on November 17th regarding its decision to offer 90-days grace time for enforcement of the HIPAA 5010 transactions sets, which have a compliance date of Jan. 1, 2012 : Today … Continue reading →

Brief Summary: To ensure that all covered Healthcare entities and its associates are complying with the HIPAA Privacy and Security Policies and also maintaining the Breach Notification Standards, periodic audits have to be conducted by the HHS as per the … Continue reading →