“In order to combat their plans, the Coalition to Protect Community Care aims to uplift the voices of all of our members, and our membership needs to be far-reaching and multifaceted, including individuals from every corner of our communities.” “Mass General Brigham is a massive organization, with the dollars and connections to continue their mammoth expansion throughout the state,” the coalition wrote under its mission statement. The redundant services are poised to increase the cost of care in those communities, the group wrote, and would threaten “hundreds” of local jobs, hamper the ability of existing organizations to provide safety-net care and worsen health disparities. The coalition wrote on its website that the ambulatory services to be delivered at the proposed facilities “are already offered by lower-cost, high-quality community providers in these regions.” Names among the group’s supporters range from fellow providers, like Wellforce and Shields Health Care Group, to two regional chambers of commerce and a handful of social services and health equity organizations. Today, UMass Memorial is joined by 13 others as the backers of an organized group calling itself the Coalition to Protect Community Care. RELATED: Mass General President Slavin announces plans to step down The nonprofit safety-net system, which runs three member hospitals and other affiliated services filed its opposition to the expansion as far back as February. “A robust compliance program includes employee training, vigilant implementation of policies and procedures, regular internal audits, and a prompt action plan to respond to incidents.The expansion project has found its fair share of opponents, chief among is Worcester, Massachusetts-based UMass Memorial Health Care. “To avoid enforcement penalties, covered entities must ensure they are always in compliance with the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules,” said Verdugo.
These documents were lost on March 9, 2009, when a Mass General employee, while commuting to work, left the documents on the subway train. This impermissible disclosure involved the loss of documents consisting of a patient schedule containing names and medical record numbers for a group of 192 patients, and billing encounter forms containing the name, date of birth, medical record number, health insurer and policy number, diagnosis and name of providers for 66 of those patients. OCR’s investigation indicated that Mass General failed to implement reasonable, appropriate safeguards to protect the privacy of PHI when removed from Mass General’s premises and impermissibly disclosed PHI potentially violating provisions of the HIPAA Privacy Rule. OCR opened its investigation of Mass General after a complaint was filed by a patient whose PHI was lost on March 9, 2009. The incident giving rise to the agreement involved the loss of protected health information (PHI) of 192 patients of Mass General’s Infectious Disease Associates outpatient practice, including patients with HIV/AIDS. It is a covered entity’s responsibility to protect its patients’ health information,” said OCR Director Georgina Verdugo. “We hope the health care industry will take a close look at this agreement and recognize that OCR is serious about HIPAA enforcement. The settlement follows an extensive investigation by OCR. Mass General, one of the nation’s oldest and largest hospitals, signed a Resolution Agreement with HHS that requires it to develop and implement a comprehensive set of policies and procedures to safeguard the privacy of its patients. government $1,000,000 to settle potential violations of the HIPAA Privacy Rule. (Mass General) has agreed to pay the U.S. The General Hospital Corporation and Massachusetts General Physicians Organization, Inc. Massachusetts General Hospital Settles Potential HIPAA Violations
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