New HIPAA provisions: More important than you think
PPS Alert for Long-Term Care, July 1, 2009
This is an excerpt from a member only article. To read the article in its entirety, please login or subscribe to PPS Alert for Long-Term Care.
Enforcement of HIPAA is about to get tougher due to provisions passed under the $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, which was signed into law February 17. The provisions call for stiffer penalties for privacy and security violations, changes to breach notification and accounting for disclosures requirements, and extended HIPAA security provisions to business associates (BA).
“Unfortunately, many long-term care providers are unaware of the HIPAA provisions or are not as concerned about the changes as they should be,” says Elizabeth Johnson, associate in the privacy and information management practice at Hunton & Williams in Raleigh, NC.
This is an excerpt from a member only article. To read the article in its entirety, please login or subscribe to PPS Alert for Long-Term Care.
Related Products
-
Billing Alert for Long-Term Care
It's essential to know how to correctly submit your Medicare claims in order to get the reimbursement your facility...
-
HIPAA Handbook for Long-Term Care Staff
Train all of your staff members with this handbook and others in the 2009 HIPAA Handbook Series. Ensure they understand...
-
The Long-Term Care Nursing Assistant's Guide to Advanced Restorative Skills
This book is written specifically for RNAs or nursing assistants to help them provide quality restorative care. Author...
-
Goal-Driven Restorative Nursing:
This 90-minute presentation gives you the information and tools you need to develop and maintain a successful restorative...
-
MDS 3.0 and RUG-IV Troubleshooting With Diane Brown: An Interactive Q&A
MDS 3.0 is your new reality, but is your facility keeping up? If you are struggling to efficiently complete the new...
Most Popular
- Articles
-
- HIPAA Q&A: Flu shot requirement for hospital employees
- HealthDataInsights posts new issues for medical necessity claims
- Running an effective peer review committee meeting
- Q&A: Incidental disclosures and patient privacy
- New FAQ posted on storing laryngoscope blades
- 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
- 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
- Documentation and coding for toxic metabolic encephalopathy
- Searched