Allergy practice pays $125,000 to settle doctor’s disclosure of patient information to a reporter

27. November 2018 EHR, EMR, Health, HIPAA 0
Allergy Associates of Hartford, P.C. (Allergy Associates), has agreed to pay $125,000 to the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and to adopt a corrective action plan to settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Rule. Allergy Associates is a ...

HHS Activates Aid for Uninsured Californians in Need of Medications Lost in Wildfires

22. November 2018 EHR, EMR, Health, HIPAA 0
Uninsured citizens in California’s Butte, Los Angeles and Ventura counties are eligible for no-cost replacements of critical medications lost or damaged by the current wildfires in those counties. This relief comes from the Emergency Prescription Assistance Program (EPAP), managed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office of the Assistant Secretary for ...

HHS Deputy Secretary Hargan Announces DSIIS Participants and First Meeting Date

22. November 2018 EHR, EMR, Health, HIPAA 0
Today, Health and Human Services Deputy Secretary Eric Hargan announced the initial core participants of the Deputy Secretary’s Innovation and Investment Summit (DSIIS) and December 18, 2018 as the date of the first meeting. As announced on September 19, 2018, the DSIIS will be a yearlong collaboration between healthcare innovation and investment professionals and HHS ...