Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement

Industry Note:

Settlement Highlights the Importance of Encryption

Mobility drives healthcare today; it’s just that simple. Handy devices promote efficiency and are easy to use. But, laptops, cell phones, and tablets are ripe for the taking and easy to lose — and that’s become a big problem for covered entities (CEs), amounting to big penalties and hefty settlements for the loss of electronic protected health information (ePHI). For [...]
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