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June 17, 2013

Mobile Device Technology, Policies, Employee Agreement Reduce HIPAA Risks
Reprinted from Report on Patient Privacy

It comes as no surprise that the use of mobile devices, such as smartphones, tablets and laptops, in today’s health care environment presents one of the top risks to privacy and security of health care information and frequently tops the list of management challenges from both a regulatory and operations perspective.... Read Full Story

“Where the money is [in the new health insurance exchanges] is where you’re going to find people who are willing to defraud and steal and take the money. Adding the numbers of people to the health care system that the ACA will add will only encourage that aspect of our population willing to commit health care fraud to jump in and do it…. Just the pure influx of money that is going to be flowing through the system is going to be too tempting to a bunch of people.”

— Darrell Langlois, VP of compliance, privacy and fraud at BCBS of Louisiana, told AIS’s Health Reform Week.

Click here to read the AIS'S HEALTH REFORM WEEK article in which this quote appeared. (Free for HRW subscribers; $17 for non-subscribers).

Today's Datapoint

120... issuers of health insurance have turned in applications to become qualified health plans on federally facilitated exchanges, according to the White House.

From INSIDE HEALTH INSURANCE EXCHANGES.

• Congressional Record
• Federal Register

Pulse Systems, Inc. hired Samuel Ambrose as chief marketing officer. Ambrose was vice president of sales, marketing and business development at VeriTeQ Corp....Ober|Kaler promoted Howard Sollins, a principal in the firm, to co-chair of its health law group.

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