Disaster

Tips for Healthcare Professionals During an Emergency Disaster

Healthcare workers have been a great resource during the emergency…
recordkeeping

How to Comply with Federal Recordkeeping Requirements

Healthcare providers have enough documentation to keep track…
MIPS

3 Common Misconceptions about MIPS

Even though the largest healthcare fraud takedown in history…
Drug Abuse

Webinar Q and A: Opioid Prescription Drug Abuse

First Healthcare Compliance hosted an educational webinar, “Risk…
email

Implement Reasonable Safeguards Before Hitting Reply to a Patient Email

A patient sends an email using their Gmail account discussing…

Healthcare Fraud, Waste, and Abuse by the Numbers

July 2017 marked the largest healthcare fraud takedown in history.…
Data Breach

Top 3 Factors to Reduce Costs of Data Breach

Recent ransomware cyberattacks are a wakeup call to the healthcare…
HIPAA Myth

Facts about 5 HIPAA Compliance Myths

HIPAA Myth #1 “I don’t bill Medicare, so I don’t need to…

Healthcare Cybersecurity

With healthcare information breaches on the rise, it's more important…
compliance

DOJ’s Newest Evaluation Criteria for Investigating Compliance Programs

The Department of Justice (DOJ) recently published a guidance…