Employee Snooping & Insider Threats
1st Talk Compliance features guest Raymond Ribble, CEO and Founder at SPHER, Inc., on the topic of “Employee Snooping & Insider Threats.” Ray joins our host Catherine Short to discuss snooping and insider threats and why user monitoring and ePHI access strategies are vital to the security of sensitive patient information and data protection. With so much attention and money surrounding cybersecurity in the healthcare industry, malicious employees may decide to purposefully disclose patient information. Since employees and contractors may have knowledge of your network setup, vulnerabilities, and access codes, snooping employees with malicious intent hold the key to exposing your organization to a series of unwanted risks and threats. Listen as we identify signs of unauthorized access, provide guidelines to prevent snooping, and offer procedures to detect insider threats.
Big Changes in 2023 for Ambulatory Surgical Centers (ASCs)
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) have created over 50 new C-codes (C7500–C7555) for Ambulatory Surgical Centers (ASCs) that affect many procedures. These codes were created to allow additional payment for packaged services for ASCs. This article highlights the new C-codes that affect Cardiology, Interventional Radiology and Electrophysiology.
A Standing Ovation for the Compliance Super Ninjas of 2022!
Recent HIPAA, Ransomware & Data Privacy Issues to Put at The Top of Your List
Guest Author Rachel V. Rose, JD, MBA encourages to don’t let the holidays get in the way of legal compliance.
Cybersecurity is Patient Safety
In order to cultivate a culture of compliance organizations need to take a “patient safety first” approach to cybersecurity. Guest Author: Rachel V. Rose, JD, MBA
The Legal Risks Behind Valuable Health Data Sharing
Automatic Dispensing Cabinets & the Case of RaDonda Vaught: Q&A
Rachel V. Rose, JD, MBA, principal with Rachel V. Rose – Attorney at Law, P.L.L.C., Houston, TX, answers some common questions and provides explanations related to the education surrounding Automatic Dispensing Cabinets, Patient Care, and the Case of Nurse RaDonda Vaught.
5 Key Benefits of Auditing to Help Avoid Scary Scenarios
Many practitioner audits fall short of best practices. The modern healthcare environment and complex goals for compliance require time, expertise, and attention to detail. Ideally, audits occur at regular intervals and identify incidents and patterns of potential billing and coding risk. There are also some surprising upsides of professional audits that include greater visibility of under-coding.
