Posted on May 9, 2022 by Ruder Ware Alumni
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Although it is unclear if the arrangement would be endorsed after the end of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) has issued a favorable opinion to a Federally Qualified Health Clinic (FQHC) planning to loan free smartphones to patients to facilitate telehealth services with providers at the FQHC. The Advisory Opinion was […]
Posted on May 3, 2017 by Ruder Ware Alumni
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Failure to conduct a risk assessment before a hacking incident occurred resulted in a $400,000 settlement between the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) and a Federally Qualified Health Clinic (FQHC). The FQHC filed a breach report upon learning its employee emails had been hacked and the hacker had access to electronic health information of over […]