Moving the Goalpost [Criminal Violations of HIPAA by PHS, Quest and USDTL]

Posted on May 9, 2015 by Dr. David Edward Marcinko MBA MEd CMP™

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Disrupted Physician

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Information obtained under HIPAA Privacy Rule

1.August 6, 2014 to Langan with health materials   2. Quest-Clinical

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The elements of a criminal offense under HIPAA are fairly straightforward.  To commit a “criminal offense” under HIPAA, a person must knowingly and in violation of the HIPAA rules do one (or more) of the following three things.:  use or cause to be used a unique health identifier, obtain individually identifiable health information relating to an individual or disclose individually identifiable health information to another  person.   Criminal penalties under HIPAA, tiered in accordance with the seriousness of the offense, range from a fine of up to $50,000 and/or imprisonment up to a year for a simple violation to a fine up to $100,000 and/or imprisonment up to five years for an offense committed under a false pretense and a fine up to $250000 and/or imprisonment up to ten years for an…

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The Quality of Life Structured Resident Interview and Care Plan

Posted on May 9, 2015 by Dr. David Edward Marcinko MBA MEd CMP™

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Creating person-centered care plans in the nursing home

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The Quality of Life Structured Resident Interview and Care Plan is a system for creating individualized, person-centered care plans in the nursing home.

This interview-based approach to care planning generates the information staff need to tailor a resident’s care plan to their preferences, as well as quantitative measurement of individual and facility-level outcomes.

Funding was provided through a seed money grant by the University of Pittsburgh Institute on Aging. For further information about the University of Pittsburgh Institute on Aging please visit http://www.aging.pitt.edu/

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The major funding for the Improving Quality of Life in Nursing Homes Through Use of Structured Resident Interviews project was also provided by a grant through The Commonwealth Fund. More information about The Commonwealth Fund can be found at their website here: http://thecommonwealthfund.net/

Contact

Howard Degenholtz, PhD Prinicpal Investigator Department of Health Policy and Management Center for Bioethics and Health Law University of Pittsburgh 130 DeSoto St., A616 Pittsburgh, PA 15213

Link: http://www.improvingqol.pitt.edu/home

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