On August 5, 2016, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued guidance to nursing homes in a letter to state survey agencies (Letter) that addresses nursing homes’ obligations to protect residents. The Letter focuses on potential psychosocial harm to nursing home residents caused by the sharing on social media of demeaning
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ProPublica releases HIPAA Helper
By Linn Foster Freedman on
Posted in HIPAA and Health Information
A damning series of reports by ProPublica has revealed that based upon its analysis of federal data, “hundreds of health providers nationwide” have repeatedly violated HIPAA between 2011 and 2014.
According to the report, the Veterans Administration was most frequent violator of HIPAA, with 220 violations between 2011 and 2014 (based upon complaints that resulted…