Month: February 2018

Healthcare leaders worry Supreme Court case could hurt quality of care

Healthcare leaders worry Supreme Court case could hurt quality of care

Healthcare leaders worry Supreme Court case on union fees could hurt workplace harmony and quality of care By Harris Meyer  | February 23, 2018 Joyce Robertson has been a public health nurse with the Cook County Health & Hospitals System in Chicago for 24 years. She says her labor union, National Nurses United, has repeatedly backed her up […]

Even When a Business Closes, HIPAA Violation Consequences Don’t Go Away

Even When a Business Closes, HIPAA Violation Consequences Don’t Go Away

February 13, 2018   Consequences for HIPAA violations don’t stop when a business closes   A receiver appointed to liquidate the assets of Filefax, Inc. has agreed to pay $ 100,000 out of the receivership estate to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) in order to settle […]