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In Case You Missed It — Healthcare Daily Digest for Thursday, 24 January

Published on:
24 January 2013 at 05:29 a.m. ET

Written by: Mike Bevel –

http://www.insidearm.com/news/00019762-in-case-you-missed-it-healthcare-daily-di/

CRN.com takes a look at five critical HIPAA blunders healthcare organizations can make if they’re not paying attention:

1) Not Monitoring User Activity

2) No Contigency Planning

3) Performing No Risk Assessments

4) No System for Data Removal

5) Lax Authentication and Access Control

Other headlines for your Thursday:

Out of the Mouths of Babes: The very young-looking Derek Thompson over at TheAtlantic.com has this to say about government healthcare spending: “Health care isn’t just a government spending problem. It’s an everybody’s-spending problem.”

What is it About Medicare that Makes it So, Well, Fraudable?: “A La Jolla cancer doctor and his medical corporation pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday to health care fraud for treating patients with unapproved cancer drugs and then getting reimbursed by Medicare.”

You Again?: “About one in five Medicare patients who are hospitalized end up bouncing right back within 30 days, so reducing unnecessary hospital readmissions has become a bit of a holy grail.”

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