MedStar Health Blog

The safety of our patients and associates is the most important thing we do. Drug diversion is the theft, misuse, or tampering of a controlled substance. It is a real risk for everyone in health care....

Sometimes it can feel that you are asked to do conflict of interest disclosures everywhere you turn. Whether it’s research related, required by your entity, or part of a relationship with an outside c...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) require mandatory training for all associates of organizations that provide CMS benefit services. Two training modules are required: 1) Medicare Pa...

MedStar Health policies require that all individuals engaged in the conduct of research complete the annual conflict of interest disclosure. The annual research conflicts of interest disclosure proces...

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Civil Rights (OCR) issued a new guidance in June 2018 that provides clarification on the use and disclosure of protected health information ...

On June 18, 2018, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and other federal agencies announced a final rule to delay for an additional 6 months the general compliance date for changes made r...