Seven Necessities for Fraud, Waste, and Abuse Compliance
Every company wants to operate free from fraud, waste, and abuse (FWA). It’s good for business. So, try to think of that as the silver lining to the fact that your pharmacy is required by CMS, and many...
View ArticlePharmacy News: HIPAA has returned
Are you sure your pharmacy is HIPAA Compliant? Recently, HIPAA has made its way back into the news with new court rulings on regulations and enforcement. I was asked to write an article for the...
View ArticlePharmacy News: Reporting Breaches, Notifying Patients & Risk Assessment
Last week, I told you that HIPAA is back in the news. Didn’t get a chance to read why? Take a minute to read Part 1 of the HIPAA Readiness series — HIPAA Has Returned. So now that you know why HIPAA is...
View ArticlePharmacy News: Did you know, you are responsible if an employee commits a...
Over the past few weeks, we have been exploring HIPAA, which has made its way back into the news. We have talked about how computer viruses and malware can be dangerous to PHI on your network and what...
View ArticlePharmacy News: A good Disaster Recovery Plan is essential to your pharmacy...
Have you been keeping up with our HIPAA Readiness Series? We have been exploring why HIPAA is back in the news, what to do if you experience a HIPAA breach, and the fact the you, as a Pharmacy Owner,...
View ArticlePharmacy News: Save your electronic PHI
The Show Must Go On! When I started this blog series on HIPAA Readiness, I had no idea that real life was going to play such a big role in my posts! After telling you why HIPAA Readiness is such a big...
View ArticlePharmacy News: HITECH Requirements for Business Associate Agreements
Wow! We are covering a lot of topics in this HIPAA Readiness Series! If you haven’t had a chance and want to, visit the PRS website to catch up on the topics we have gone over so far. This next topic...
View ArticlePharmacy News: Notice of Privacy Practices
We have taken a long journey in this HIPAA Readiness series, so let’s not forget the basics — Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One: Notice of Privacy Practices Communication is the key to success. Or so...
View ArticlePharmacy News: HIPAA Compliance Policies and Procedures
We have been talking HIPAA Readiness for a little over a month now and I hope that it is helping you to realize you can’t afford to ignore HIPAA Compliance, or put your program on a shelf. Our final...
View ArticlePharmacy News: HIPAA Readiness wrap-up.
So, just a few months ago, I let you all know that HIPAA was back in the news with new court rulings, enforcement activities and how future HIPAA Audits would be occurring proactively (instead of...
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