HITECH and HIPAA Training: Time to Double Down
As the healthcare industry continues to digest profound HITECH changes to HIPAA Privacy and Security rules, two observations already are apparent and indisputable for covered entities and their...
View ArticleExploring HIPAA and HITECH Act Definitions: Part 7
From now through November, HIPAA.com is providing a run through of HIPAA transaction & code set, privacy, and security definitions, along with relevant HITECH Act definitions pertaining to breach...
View ArticleExploring HIPAA and HITECH Act Definitions: Part 8
From now through November, HIPAA.com is providing a run through of HIPAA transaction & code set, privacy, and security definitions, along with relevant HITECH Act definitions pertaining to breach...
View ArticleExploring HIPAA and HITECH Act Definitions: Part 9
From now through November, HIPAA.com is providing a run through of HIPAA transaction & code set, privacy, and security definitions, along with relevant HITECH Act definitions pertaining to breach...
View ArticleExploring HIPAA and HITECH Act Definitions: Part 10
From now through November, HIPAA.com is providing a run through of HIPAA transaction & code set, privacy, and security definitions, along with relevant HITECH Act definitions pertaining to breach...
View ArticleExploring HIPAA and HITECH Act Definitions: Part 11
From now through November, HIPAA.com is providing a run through of HIPAA transaction & code set, privacy, and security definitions, along with relevant HITECH Act definitions pertaining to breach...
View ArticleExploring HIPAA and HITECH Act Definitions: Part 12
From now through December, HIPAA.com is providing a run through of HIPAA transaction & code set, privacy, and security definitions, along with relevant HITECH Act definitions pertaining to breach...
View ArticleExploring HIPAA and HITECH Act Definitions: Part 13
From now through December, HIPAA.com is providing a run through of HIPAA transaction & code set, privacy, and security definitions, along with relevant HITECH Act definitions pertaining to breach...
View ArticleONC’s Dr. Blumenthal Announces SHARP Program Funding Availability
Please read the following announcement released on December 18, 2009: A Message from Dr. David Blumenthal, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology Today the Obama administration...
View ArticleExploring HIPAA and HITECH Act Definitions: Part 14
From now through December, HIPAA.com is providing a run through of HIPAA transaction & code set, privacy, and security definitions, along with relevant HITECH Act definitions pertaining to breach...
View ArticleExploring HIPAA and HITECH Act Definitions: Part 15
From now through December, HIPAA.com is providing a run through of HIPAA transaction & code set, privacy, and security definitions, along with relevant HITECH Act definitions pertaining to breach...
View ArticleExploring HIPAA and HITECH Act Definitions: Part 16
From now through early December, HIPAA.com is providing a run through of HIPAA transaction & code set, privacy, and security definitions, along with relevant HITECH Act definitions pertaining to...
View ArticleHHS Publishes EHR Standards, Implementation Specifications and Certification...
HHS published today in the Federal Register: ”Health Information Technology: Initial Set of Standards, Implementation Specifications, and Certification Criteria for Electronic Health Record...
View ArticleHHS Publishes Proposed Rule for Electronic Health Record Incentive Program
HHS published today in the Federal Register: ”Medicare and Medicaid Programs–Electronic Health Record Incentive Program; Proposed Rule.” 75 FR 1844-2011. Comments on this Notice of Proposed...
View ArticleClock Running Down on Business Associate Compliance with HIPAA Security Rule...
Less than one month to go: Business Associates must comply with the HIPAA Security Rule no later than Wednesday, February 17, 2010. Here are relevant provisions from the American Recovery and...
View ArticleToday, February 17, Business Associates Must be in Compliance with HIPAA...
Today, Wednesday, February 17, 2010, Business Associates of Covered Entities must be able to demonstrate that they are in compliance with administrative, physical, and technical safeguards of the HIPAA...
View ArticleHHS’ ONC Releases Proposed Rule for Temporary and Permanent HIT Certification...
On Wednesday, March 10, 2010, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published in the Federal Register the...
View ArticlePrison Time for Privacy Breach of PHI; OCR Breach List Continues to Grow;...
Health Data Management reported in its April 29, 2010, online HDM Daily that “[a] former researcher at the UCLA School of Medicine has been sentenced to four months in federal prison for violations of...
View ArticleOCR Stepping Up HIPAA Security Enforcement
Health Data Management (HDM) reported today, May 12, that the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is going to strengthen HIPAA Security Rule enforcement,...
View ArticleReported Breaches of 500 or More Individuals up to 93 and Affecting Over 2.5...
As of Friday, June 4, 2010, 93 breaches affecting 500 or more individuals have been reported on the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) Web site. The total number affected has gone beyond 2-1/2 million...
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