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HITECH law penalty - Beth

Posted: Nov 15, 2009

Anyone check with their employer to see how they will handle an MT performing a HITECH HIPAA violation after 02/2010? Could be $100 fine for each occurence, up to $25,000/year. HITECH HIPAA violation could be an MT putting an incorrect doctor in for a carbon copy. I know the doctors are so very thorough in their carbon copy requests, so in that case, there should be very few problems...lol.

Do you mean.... - a

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fine for the company or the MT??

HITECH fines - Beth

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I was told the company can pass it on to their MTs who made the error.

HITCH fines - ktat

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There is no way transcription companies can pass on any hitech fine to the MT. MTs, make sure your employment agreement covers this!

Courtesy copies - Elizabeth

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When it comes to being fined for incorrect CCs, and I am not given adequate information to do it correctly, I'll refuse to do courtesy copies. Besids, these companies do not pay me for courtesy copies anyway.

Anything that I do free gratis is not part of my "JOB."

Even Websters defines a JOB as: "A piece of work; especially : a small miscellaneous piece of work undertaken on order at a stated rate."

MTs are doing too much freebie work and shouldering the liability for garbage dictation as it is.

When the standard rate of compensation is ZERO, that's what they can expect - NOTHING.

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