HHS releases final medical identity theft report
HIPAA Weekly Advisor, February 2, 2009
Want to receive articles like this one in your inbox? Subscribe to HIPAA Weekly Advisor!
On January 15, HHS released a report on medical identity theft that it hopes will help prevent, detect, and remediate medical identify theft, according to the HHS Web site.
Some of the major findings from the report include:
- The consumer should be the key focus for consideration of prevention, detection, and remediation of medical identity theft
- Although there has been an increased awareness of medical identity theft, there is limited knowledge about its scope
- Health information technology has a role in addressing the problem of medical identity theft
“Medical identity theft is an issue that has the potential of having significant healthcare and financial implications for all healthcare stakeholders,” the report says. “Although the true magnitude of the problem remains to be quantified, the information that is available on current cases is serious enough to demand a look at what can be done now and what can be done in the future to better understand the problem.”
Read the full report on the HHS Web site.
Want to receive articles like this one in your inbox? Subscribe to HIPAA Weekly Advisor!
Comments
0 comments on “HHS releases final medical identity theft report ”
Related Products
-
Guide to HIPAA Auditing, Second Edition
This new edition of a best-selling book delivers the hands-on tools and guidance you need to conduct effective in-house...
-
HIPAA Training Handbook for Business Associates
Train all of your staff members with this handbook and others in the 2009 HIPAA Handbook Series. Ensure they understand...
-
HIPAA Handbook for Executive, Administrative and Corporate Staff
Train all of your staff members with this handbook and others in the 2009 HIPAA Handbook Series. Ensure they understand...
-
The No-Hassle Guide to HIPAA Policies: A Privacy and Security Toolkit
HIPAA regulations require extensive documentation—likely more than you've done in the past. Changing the way you look...
-
The HIPAA and HITECH Toolkit
The HIPAA and HITECH Toolkit is a valuable resource that helps both CEs and BAs understand and meet the HITECH Act's...
Most Popular
- Articles
-
- HIPAA Q&A: Flu shot requirement for hospital employees
- HealthDataInsights posts new issues for medical necessity claims
- Q&A: Incidental disclosures and patient privacy
- New FAQ posted on storing laryngoscope blades
- Running an effective peer review committee meeting
- Sneak Peek: Effort underway to establish caseload benchmarks
- Tip: Perform your own internal investigation prior to government audit
- What does case-mix index mean to you?
- HIPAA 5010 deadline extended, but threat remains, says AMA
- HHS task force: Consider privacy, security with text messages
- E-mailed
-
- Running an effective peer review committee meeting
- HIPAA Q&A: Flu shot requirement for hospital employees
- What does case-mix index mean to you?
- Featured blog post: Nurses face felony charges after reporting physician to the Texas Medical Board
- HHS task force: Consider privacy, security with text messages
- Tip: Correctly code bilateral pain management procedures
- Tip: Know the common bunionectomy procedure codes and how to use them
- Code changes should help ease the pain when coding for facet joint injections
- 2012 CPT code changes for ASCs: Shoulder and knee scopes and pain management
- COT basics to best
- Searched