Gastroenterology Coding Alert

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This Gastroenterology Practice Is In Hot Water for Privacy Violations

Is your practice at risk of these problems? You might think that most HIPAA breaches are always accidental, but one digestive care office found that this isn't the case in every instance. An employee of a North Carolina gastroenterology office allegedly confessed to police last month that she shared the personal information of about 100 patients with fraud suspects. The [...]
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