Healthcare Risk Management – July 1, 2017
July 1, 2017
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Cyberattack Shows Threat to Patient Safety, Liability Risks
The threat to patient safety and the potential for resulting liability from a cyberattack was illustrated in the recent WannaCry attack that crippled the United Kingdom’s National Health Service and affected thousands of organizations around the world.
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Task Force Advises Review of Healthcare Cybersecurity
After the WannaCry cyberattack hit healthcare providers and other organizations worldwide, the federal Health Care Industry Cybersecurity Task Force released a report that offers recommendations for action to be taken by the healthcare industry, Congress, HHS, and other groups.
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OCR: Ransomware Can Affect HIPAA Compliance
Responding to the recent worldwide cyberattacks that affected healthcare systems, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights issued a reminder to covered entities about HIPAA rules on security breaches.
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Time to Get Serious About Behavioral Health Safety in the ED
Caring for behavioral health patients often affects timely throughput of all patients in the ED and they present many other risks in the emergency care setting. The future of rapid improvement in access to appropriate treatment settings and care providers is uncertain.
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HIPAA Misconceptions Still Plague Healthcare Providers
Even after years of living with HIPAA and its many requirements, healthcare providers still labor under misconceptions that could lead to noncompliance penalties.
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EMR Faults Can Be Major Factors in Med/Mal Cases
As useful as electronic medical records can be and as much as they can improve patient safety, they also can pose significant liability risks if they inadvertently introduce errors or make the record difficult to understand, medical malpractice attorneys caution.
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Risk Management Emerging as Credit Strength
Nonprofit hospitals are focused on risk management as a crucial variable in financial analyses and an increasingly important credit strength, Moody’s Investors Service says in a new report.
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Health System Included PHI in Press Release, OCR Says
Memorial Hermann Health System in Houston has agreed to pay $2.4 million to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and adopt a comprehensive corrective action plan to settle potential HIPAA violations related to claims it included a patient’s protected health information in a press release.
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$18 Million to Settle Kickback Claims of Loans for Referrals
Indiana University Health, and HealthNet, an IU Health affiliate that serves low-income patients, have agreed to pay $18 million to resolve claims they engaged in a kickback scheme that involved IU Health paying for the referral of OB/GYN patients to IU Health’s Methodist Hospital.
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Failure to Monitor Medication During Birth Leads to $14.5 Million Verdict
A family brought suit against a hospital and physician, alleging that lack of monitoring of Pitocin during labor led to a baby's brain damage.
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Hospital and Physician Prevail on Medical Negligence/Wrongful Death Appeal
A California court of appeals recently upheld a motion for summary judgment in a case involving the death of a child during birth.