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OIG Alert:

Expect Watchdog Actions to Target Your EHRs

Published on Mon Feb 08, 2016

Watch your clinical lab payments, too. If you thought HIPAA enforcement was tough last year, wait until you see what the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) unveiled in its fiscal year (FY) 2016 work plan. Beware: Compliance relating to electronic protected health information (ePHI) and electronic health records (EHRs) is firmly in the OIG’s sights for 2016. Read on [...]
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