OCR continued to hand out settlements to close out 2018. These last few announcements came out so quickly vs normal rates it is definitely raining settlements! While these last two do pale in comparison to the huge Anthem settlement, they certainly bring home more messages. What lessons are they trying to teach us with the Florida and Colorado settlements announced in December?
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Each year our Croatian sound editor, Bojan, compiles his favorite package of our issues to share his pain with our listeners. Listen in to hear how much he has to work to make us sound so much better than we should.
Thanks, Bojan for all the hard work!
For all our listeners, Happy Holidays and thanks for your support this year and in the future!
The allergy practice settlement that was recently announced will be known as the “no comment” settlement in my mind. As always, there are lessons to be learned from this announcement and the way OCR handled it. This settlement brings up a lot of discussions about handling patient public comments.
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There have been several announcements about cybersecurity agencies and offices lately. Some announcements are from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and some are from Health and Human Services (HHS). What are they talking about and what does it mean to you?
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It is hard to believe we are coming to the end of another year. Seems like just yesterday we recorded 7 Educated Guesses About 2018. Today we review our 2018 predictions, ummmm, educated guesses for 2018 and see how we did.
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This holiday we are both taking time off to celebrate with our friends and families. In our absence, please enjoy a replay of our previous Gift Giving Guide for compliance officers.
Listener message potpourri means we will be hitting several different topics in this episode. We get emails and messages from listeners a lot these days. While we do our best to respond we can't say we are consistent. That is why we do these episodes periodically. If we've missed yours, don't hesitate to point it out to us in another message.
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