Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement

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Tracking Tech Threatens Patients’ Privacy and Security, Feds Warn

Watch out: OCR and FTC remind providers about third-party, vendor issues. Technology has offered providers a plethora of ways to stay connected to patients and administer care digitally — but some apps use tracking technology and that presents both a privacy and security risk, the feds remind. Details: On July 20, the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and the [...]
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