Health Information Management Articles by Topic: HIPAA
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Health Information Compliance Insider, Issue 12, December 1, 2009
The forms ended speculation about how HHS wanted covered entities to submit breach notifications to...
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Health Information Compliance Insider, Issue 12, December 1, 2009
Covered entities must strive to protect PHI against employees who snoop with preparation, strong...
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Health Information Compliance Insider, Issue 12, December 1, 2009
Be determined and thorough, but also patient as you gather evidence and develop a smart game plan...
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Health Information Compliance Insider, Issue 12, December 1, 2009
Synopsis for full issue: In this issue of HICI, you’ll read how to effectively manage your...
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Medical Records Briefing, Issue 12, December 1, 2009
HHS’ message is clear: Breaches of electronic protected health information (PHI) should not...
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Medical Records Briefing, Issue 12, December 1, 2009
The December issue of MRB is full of time-saving tips and information for HIM directors. This...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 41, November 2, 2009
Learn the answer to this tough compliance question.
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 41, November 2, 2009
Does anyone have a sample of an addendum that can be added to our BA agreement that puts us into...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 41, November 2, 2009
Want to add your feedback on HHS' new harm threshold?
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 41, November 2, 2009
The interim final rule becomes effective November 30. HHS has invited public comments on the...
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Health Information Compliance Insider, Issue 11, November 1, 2009
With the rapidly changing healthcare landscape, the study’s authors continue to follow up on...
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Health Information Compliance Insider, Issue 11, November 1, 2009
Rebecca Herold, CISSP, CIPP, CISM, CISA, privacy, security, and compliance consultant at Rebecca...
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Health Information Compliance Insider, Issue 11, November 1, 2009
The rule’s “harm threshold” provision provides CEs an avenue to avoid reporting a...
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Health Information Compliance Insider, Issue 11, November 1, 2009
In this issue of HICI, you’ll read how one paper’s authors believe the Privacy Rule...
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Briefings on HIPAA, Issue 11, November 1, 2009
We found Dell to be significantly lacking in its abil¬ity or willingness to provide the support...
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Briefings on HIPAA, Issue 11, November 1, 2009
The rule’s “harm threshold” provision provides CEs an avenue to avoid reporting a...
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Briefings on HIPAA, Issue 11, November 1, 2009
Covered entities can be BAs. Rely on the regulatory experts in your field. I can’t speak for...
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Briefings on HIPAA, Issue 11, November 1, 2009
Learn the answer to this and more important HIPAA compliance questions.
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Briefings on HIPAA, Issue 11, November 1, 2009
Regardless of how you respond to these privacy and security vulnerabilities, understanding the...
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Medical Records Briefing, Issue 11, November 1, 2009
The privacy and security changes pursuant to the Health Information Technology for Economic and...
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Medical Records Briefing, Issue 11, November 1, 2009
Inside:
Education, credentials just two of many factors that affect salary
Ensure that BA...
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Briefings on HIPAA, Issue 11, November 1, 2009
In this issue of BOH, you’ll learn how some providers are offsetting the dangers posed by...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 40, October 26, 2009
Ask these questions during your risk assessment to determine the level of harm to victims of a...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 40, October 26, 2009
See what your HIPAA privacy and security colleagues are talking about on the HIPAA Update blog.
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 40, October 26, 2009
The House of Representatives filed a bill October 8 that would exempt a healthcare practice with 20...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 39, October 19, 2009
Learn the answer to this challenging HIPAA compliance question.
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 39, October 19, 2009
Lisa Martinelli, Highmark, Inc.'s chief privacy officer, told the Tribune-Review the information...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 39, October 19, 2009
Add your feedback to a hot-button issue -- HHS' HIPAA harm threshold in the interim final rule on...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 39, October 19, 2009
The Red Flags Rule, which will be enforced beginning November 1, requires healthcare entities...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 38, October 12, 2009
The Congressmen say this concept was explicitly rejected when they crafted the American Recovery...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 37, October 5, 2009
Q. Several weeks ago, some security specialists indicated that their staff members take paper PHI...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 37, October 5, 2009
In part, the rule ensures that genetic information is not used to deny healthcare coverage and will...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 37, October 5, 2009
“People are shell-shocked,” says Blustein, partner and co-chair of Garfunkel Wild &...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 37, October 5, 2009
HHS releases the step-by-step reporting form for breach notification.
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Medical Records Briefing, Issue 10, October 1, 2009
HIM director salaries are on the rise, according to HCPro’s MRB salary survey. Half of the...
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Health Information Compliance Insider, Issue 10, October 1, 2009
The biggest difference between the two is that the patient has access to and the ability to change...
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Health Information Compliance Insider, Issue 10, October 1, 2009
OCR now will determine whether HIPAA security standards preempt any state laws, impose financial...
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Health Information Compliance Insider, Issue 10, October 1, 2009
The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act includes financial...
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Briefings on HIPAA, Issue 10, October 1, 2009
: The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act includes...
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Briefings on HIPAA, Issue 10, October 1, 2009
Learn the answer to this and more HIPAA compliance questions from your peers.
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Briefings on HIPAA, Issue 10, October 1, 2009
Adjusting to some of the new requirements will be difficult, but other aspects of the rule...
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Briefings on HIPAA, Issue 10, October 1, 2009
In this issue of BOH, you’ll learn of the challenges stakeholders face in adopting EHRs and...
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JustCoding News: Inpatient, Issue 40, September 30, 2009
A hospital’s information technology project list is likely exponential. The transition to...
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HIM Connection, Issue 39, September 29, 2009
Nothing is concrete, but the fog surrounding meaningful use—its eventual definition...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 36, September 28, 2009
The compliance date on HHS' interim final rule on breach notification has passed. Are you ready to...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 36, September 28, 2009
Don't forget to dish out those Notice of Privacy Practices.
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 36, September 28, 2009
What's hot on the HIPAA Update blog?
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HIM Connection, Issue 36, September 8, 2009
The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act provides a...
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Medical Records Briefing, Issue 9, September 1, 2009
This month’s issue covers a wide variety of topics of interest to HIM directors. Our cover...
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Briefings on HIPAA, Issue 9, September 1, 2009
In this issue of BOH, you’ll read about how privacy and security officers play a role in...
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Briefings on HIPAA, Issue 9, September 1, 2009
HHS will review the recommendations and release a proposed rule by the end of the year. The content...
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Briefings on HIPAA, Issue 9, September 1, 2009
Review, or even rewrite, your policy if you think it’s outdated, says Dena Boggan, CPC, CMC...
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Briefings on HIPAA, Issue 9, September 1, 2009
If a patient asks our radiology department for a CD of his study images for his or her use, must...
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Briefings on HIPAA, Issue 9, September 1, 2009
The service should be of interest to covered entities and business associates that require secure...
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Briefings on HIPAA, Issue 9, September 1, 2009
Colleagues John Jensen and Ross T. Janssen, Esq., CISSP, knew they needed a training system that...
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HIM Connection, Issue 35, September 1, 2009
The cost of a privacy breach far exceeds any fines authorized by the Health Information for...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 32, August 31, 2009
Learn the answer to this tough HIPAA compliance question.
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 32, August 31, 2009
Business associates need to know who they are regarding HIPAA rules. Covered entities do, too.
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HIM Connection, Issue 34, August 25, 2009
HHS released an interim final rule regarding breach notification and the acceptable methods for...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 31, August 24, 2009
The rule was issued under the mandate from Congress in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act...
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HIM Connection, Issue 33, August 18, 2009
Since HIPAA first took effect in 2003, HCPro, Inc. has been an industry leader in privacy and...
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HIM Connection, Issue 33, August 18, 2009
Hospitals should take a tiered approach when establishing sanction policies that consider various...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 30, August 17, 2009
You will find all these training resources on our new blog, HIPAA Update.
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HIM Connection, Issue 32, August 11, 2009
The secretary of HHS shifted enforcement of the HIPAA security rule from CMS to the Office for...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 29, August 10, 2009
Learn the answer to this challenging HIPAA scenario.
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 29, August 10, 2009
Now that OCR has the HIPAA Security Rule under its umbrella, does that mean more enforcement?
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 29, August 10, 2009
Welcome to our new HIPAA Update blog -- your one-stop shopping for HIPAA privacy and security...
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HIM Connection, Issue 31, August 4, 2009
On July 29, the Federal Trade Commission announced that—for a third time—it has pushed...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 28, August 3, 2009
The hospital was also hit with a $250,000 fine on May 15 for similar privacy violations against...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 28, August 3, 2009
Learn the answer to your tough HIPAA privacy and security questions.
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 28, August 3, 2009
Red Flags was supposed to go into effect on November 1, 2008, but it was pushed back to May 1...
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Medical Records Briefing, Issue 8, August 1, 2009
Covered entities (CE) and business associates (BA) are not required to follow HHS guidance...
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Medical Records Briefing, Issue 8, August 1, 2009
This month’s issue covers a wide variety of topics of interest to HIM directors. Our cover...
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Briefings on HIPAA, Issue 8, August 1, 2009
HIPAA may not be fun to teach, learn, or execute because of its complexity, but it needn’t be...
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Briefings on HIPAA, Issue 8, August 1, 2009
A: If the fax included the patient’s Social Security number, you probably need to inform the...
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Briefings on HIPAA, Issue 8, August 1, 2009
Ingersoll’s story, which she shared at the 2008 HIPAA Summit in Boston, is an example of how...
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Briefings on HIPAA, Issue 8, August 1, 2009
The Rhode Island health information exchange (HIE), named “currentcare,” will go live...
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Briefings on HIPAA, Issue 8, August 1, 2009
In this issue of BOH, you’ll read about one healthcare worker’s battle to fight a...
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Health Information Compliance Insider, Issue 8, August 1, 2009
Colleagues John Jensen and Ross T. Janssen, Esq., CISSP, knew they needed a training system that...
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Health Information Compliance Insider, Issue 8, August 1, 2009
HIPAA may not be fun to teach, learn, or execute because of its complexity, but it needn’t be...
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HIM Connection, Issue 30, July 28, 2009
You’re a HIPAA expert and a trainer in a hospital, which means two things are certain: You...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 27, July 27, 2009
In 2009 and 2010, HIEs are expected to see new opportunities with the American Recovery and...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 27, July 27, 2009
The language in your business associate agreement should require the BA to notify the covered...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 26, July 20, 2009
The answers to your toughest HIPAA questions.
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 26, July 20, 2009
HHS is hiring privacy specliasts. What does this mean for enforcement?
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 26, July 20, 2009
This hospital did not learn from its first privacy mistake.
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Health Information Compliance Insider, Issue 8, July 16, 2009
Perhaps the most revealing results pertained to research administration and processes, where the...
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HIM Connection, Issue 28, July 14, 2009
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) developed the Red Flags Rule pursuant to the Fair and Accurate...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 24, July 6, 2009
Now that hospitals have a draft of the meaningful use criteria that the Health Information...
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Health Information Compliance Insider, Issue 7, July 1, 2009
All organizations must develop a plan for every scenario, even the nightmares you’d prefer...
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Health Information Compliance Insider, Issue 7, July 1, 2009
The FTC announced in early May that it delayed enforcement of the rule to give creditors and...
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Health Information Compliance Insider, Issue 7, July 1, 2009
The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act specifies the...
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Health Information Compliance Insider, Issue 7, July 1, 2009
In this issue of HICI, you’ll learn about where HHS is in terms of defining unsecure PHI...
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Briefings on HIPAA, Issue 7, July 1, 2009
All organizations must develop a plan for every scenario, even the nightmares you’d prefer...
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Briefings on HIPAA, Issue 7, July 1, 2009
Learn the answer to this and more of your challenging HIPAA questions.
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Briefings on HIPAA, Issue 7, July 1, 2009
The new HHS guidance, which is still at the draft stage, provides acceptable encryption and...
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Briefings on HIPAA, Issue 7, July 1, 2009
“What if the decision to share information is the patient’s rather than the...
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HIM Connection, Issue 26, June 30, 2009
Q: When patients ask us to release their entire record, must we restrict disclosure to the minimum...
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HIM Connection, Issue 26, June 30, 2009
HIPAA does not address faxing patient information specifically, but does protect it under the...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 23, June 29, 2009
Want to know all about the HITECH? CMS has a fact sheet for you.
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 23, June 29, 2009
Get your answers to the toughest HIPAA questions from your colleagues.
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 23, June 29, 2009
HIPAA 5010 is part of a growing laundry list of chores for providers out there today.
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 23, June 29, 2009
Are business associates ready to comply with HITECH? Do you know who your BAs are? Some covered...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 22, June 22, 2009
What do you and your BAs need to know about new HIPAA laws? Here's a small slice.
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 22, June 22, 2009
The answers to your tough HIPAA compliance questions.
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 22, June 22, 2009
The final definition of "meaningful use" could be quite different when CMS issues a...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 21, June 15, 2009
Here's a tip on complying with the Red Flags Rule: Get it into your contract with a business...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 21, June 15, 2009
Before ICD-10, there's the HIPAA Version 5010. And you must be ready to comply.
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 21, June 15, 2009
Rhode Island patients can share their information with their state -- if they want to.
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HIM Connection, Issue 23, June 9, 2009
As technology grows, evolves, and spawns newer versions of itself, security and privacy challenges...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 20, June 8, 2009
The HIPAA privacy rule addresses disclosure of PHI for treatment and payment purposes and permits...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 20, June 8, 2009
CVS promises it is working diligently on protecting patients' privacy.
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 20, June 5, 2009
Red Flags Rule -- comply today. Be thankful you avoided public scrutiny tomorrow.
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HIM Connection, Issue 22, June 2, 2009
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 hit business associates (BA) hard because they...
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Medical Records Briefing, Issue 6, June 1, 2009
Although the privacy, security, and integrity of health information have not been subjected to...
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Health Information Compliance Insider, Issue 6, June 1, 2009
In this issue of HICI, you?ll learn about the small changes you can make now to BA contracts in...
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Medical Records Briefing, Issue 6, June 1, 2009
This month’s issue is full of time-saving tips and guidance. Our EHR beat column features one...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 19, June 1, 2009
Your answer to a HIPAA compliance question.
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 19, June 1, 2009
Here's a few ways to get started with compliance of HITECH.
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 19, June 1, 2009
HHS has issued a report on what it's done since the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 19, June 1, 2009
A Tenet Healthcare Corp. employee faces charges of access device fraud, criminal HIPAA violations...
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Briefings on HIPAA, Issue 6, June 1, 2009
In this issue of BOH, you’ll learn how an effective risk assessment can be a money-saver (and...
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Briefings on HIPAA, Issue 6, June 1, 2009
You don’t have to know everything about new technology at once. Instead, start by following...
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Briefings on HIPAA, Issue 6, June 1, 2009
Risk assessment is a process intended to protect the enterprise, its assets, and its ability to...
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Briefings on HIPAA, Issue 6, June 1, 2009
The answers to your challenging HIPAA questions.
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Briefings on HIPAA, Issue 6, June 1, 2009
In January, the AAHC published The HIPAA Privacy Rule: Lacks Patient Benefit, Impedes Research...
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HIM Connection, Issue 21, May 26, 2009
CMS issued a special edition Medlearn Matters article (SE0904) that provides an overview of the...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 18, May 18, 2009
Another breach of PHI by computer hackers has a university scrambling to notify people of 160,000...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 18, May 18, 2009
The answers to your tough HIPAA questions.
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 18, May 18, 2009
Let your thoughts be heard about unsecure PHI with HHS.
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HIM Connection, Issue 19, May 12, 2009
AHIMA released a new practice brief May 2 that addresses the importance of creating a united...
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HIM Connection, Issue 18, May 5, 2009
President Obama’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009—specifically Title...
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Medical Records Briefing, Issue 5, May 1, 2009
This month’s issue is full of time-saving tips and guidance related to
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Medical Records Briefing, Issue 5, May 1, 2009
If you’re thinking about taking advantage of the incentive payments under the American...
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Medical Records Briefing, Issue 5, May 1, 2009
Medical identity theft is an ugly reality for healthcare organizations, patients, and payers...
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HIM Connection, Issue 18, May 1, 2009
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has extended the Red Flags Rule enforcement deadline to August 1...
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HIM Connection, Issue 17, April 28, 2009
HHS published guidance April 17 that identifies the technologies and methodologies that render...
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HIM Connection, Issue 17, April 28, 2009
If you’re thinking about taking advantage of the incentive payments for EHR implementation...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 15, April 27, 2009
How do you comply with HIPAA working with patient photographs?
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 15, April 27, 2009
Miss HHS' draft guidance on securing PHI? We've got it.
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 15, April 27, 2009
How should your business associates be trained? We want to know.
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 15, April 27, 2009
Senators are scheduled to vote on President Barack Obama's nomination for Secretary of HHS early...
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HIM Connection, Issue 16, April 21, 2009
If you’ve got an opinion on the proposed rule to require vendors of a personal health record...
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HIM Connection, Issue 16, April 21, 2009
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) published a guide, Fighting Fraud with the Red Flags Rule: A...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 14, April 20, 2009
Looking for a new definition of unsecured protected health information?
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 14, April 20, 2009
Learn the answers to your toughest HIPAA questions.
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 14, April 20, 2009
Business associates must be trained on the HIPAA Security Rule. We want to know what you think is...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 14, April 20, 2009
The FTC will publish an interim final regulation no later than August 17, which is 180 days after...
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HIM Connection, Issue 15, April 14, 2009
It’s just one part of the much-publicized American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, but...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 13, April 13, 2009
Organizations should use these OCR principles to better understand how they can exchange...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 13, April 13, 2009
Red Flags Rule compliance is May 1. Here's a report the FTC released to get you on track.
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 14, April 13, 2009
Learn the answer to this important HIPAA compliance question.
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 14, April 13, 2009
How are business associates going to train staff members in light of the new HIPAA laws?
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HIM Connection, Issue 14, April 7, 2009
The World Privacy Forum announced its publication of a comprehensive HIPAA privacy guide written...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 13, April 6, 2009
Here's what happens when a few staff members get nosey with a patient's record.
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 13, April 6, 2009
Any time you have a car with a sign that mentions you volunteer at a hospice, it could affect a...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 13, April 6, 2009
The HITECH calls for breach notification requirements for covered entities and business associates...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 13, April 6, 2009
Are you text messaging information about patients? Know the answers regarding HIPAA concerns.
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Briefings on HIPAA, Issue 4, April 1, 2009
Learn the answers to the toughest questions on HIPAA from our experts
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HIM Connection, Issue 13, March 31, 2009
As part of its December 2008 Privacy and Security Toolkit, the Office for Civil Rights discussed...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 12, March 30, 2009
Patients must have EHRs by 2014. About only 1.5% of hospitals have them, a new study says.
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 12, March 30, 2009
If you are looking to encrypt your data on patient records, here are some basic things to know.
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 12, March 30, 2009
Know the major provisions in the HITECH Act? How about these, too?
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 12, March 30, 2009
After a person is released from prison is it a HIPAA violation to release the patient’s...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 11, March 23, 2009
An electronic security breach may have exposed 1,000 Social Security Numbers.
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 11, March 23, 2009
Mark these important dates down on your HIPAA calendar.
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 11, March 23, 2009
Funeral homes can call your covered entity with requests for patient information. How do you handle...
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HIM Connection, Issue 11, March 17, 2009
Q. Is it a breach of patient privacy and confidentiality if we print the patient’s...
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HIM Connection, Issue 11, March 17, 2009
Medical identity theft is an ugly reality for healthcare organizations, patients, and payers...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 10, March 16, 2009
Got a success story regarding your HIPAA compliance or training program? Let us know.
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 10, March 16, 2009
Business associates have new compliance requirements regarding the HIPAA Security Law. Here are a...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 10, March 16, 2009
Google made a mistake you do not want to at your facility regarding software and patient records.
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 10, March 16, 2009
The federal goverment changed the penalties for privacy breaches. Here's how the break down.
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 10, March 16, 2009
Does your facility come in contact with police warning you about patients who are addicted to...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 9, March 9, 2009
Got PHI questions? The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) may have your answer.
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 9, March 9, 2009
Learn the answer to this HIPAA question from one of our readers.
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 9, March 9, 2009
U.S. President leaned toward Kansas to find his pick as for the new head of HHS.
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HIM Connection, Issue 9, March 3, 2009
On February 17, U.S. President Barack Obama signed into law a $787 billion economic American...
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HIM Connection, Issue 9, March 3, 2009
When the OCR revised the HIPAA privacy rule in 2003, it specified accepted uses and disclosures for...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 8, March 2, 2009
Q: Do patients need to renew HIPAA acknowledgements every year?
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 8, March 2, 2009
The economic stimulus package approved on Feb. 17 included billions of dollars for health...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 8, March 2, 2009
HIPAA doesn’t prevent attorneys from questioning physicians about their patients&rsquo...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 8, March 2, 2009
The Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council updated its Payment Card Industry Data...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 6, February 23, 2009
At some point, you will need to present an idea to your board of directors. Here’s one way to...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 6, February 23, 2009
U.S. President Barack Obama signed into law last week an economic stimulus Act that has major...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 6, February 23, 2009
Q. May a spouse obtain the prescription records of an incarcerated spouse without written...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 6, February 23, 2009
CVS will pay the price for potential privacy breaches on millions of patients’ records.
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HIM Connection, Issue 7, February 17, 2009
Q. Funeral homes sometimes call requesting a deceased patient’s Social Security number (SSN...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 5, February 16, 2009
HHS launched a new Web site including content on HIPAA regulations under a user-friendly format.
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 5, February 16, 2009
Most providers will need to present an idea to their board of directors. Here’s one tip to...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 5, February 16, 2009
Q. Do notices of privacy practices (NPP) apply to business associates of a covered entity, such as...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 5, February 16, 2009
The only step left to approve a $787 billion economic stimulus bill is President Barack...
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HIM Connection, Issue 6, February 10, 2009
As healthcare continues its push toward more transparency, consumers are taking a more proactive...
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APCs Weekly Monitor, Issue 6, February 6, 2009
Mandatory HIPAA training usually generates the same excitement as a trip to the dentist. Sure, you...
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HIM Connection, Issue 5, February 3, 2009
You’ve undoubtedly seen the headlines and silently hoped it wouldn’t happen to your...
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HIM Connection, Issue 5, February 3, 2009
Eat better, go to the gym more often, and take up a hobby; these are all fine New Year’s...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 3, February 2, 2009
Want to make your HIPAA training a little more fun? Use the example of this facility and bring...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 3, February 2, 2009
Q. Is overhead paging a patient by name back to a clinic or hospital area a HIPAA violation?
Learn...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 3, February 2, 2009
The consumer should be the key focus for consideration of prevention, detection, and remediation of...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 3, February 2, 2009
The VA must pay its veterans -- $20 million. The department settled a class-action lawsuit by five...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 3, February 2, 2009
The healthcare industry needs to be better on research. We can start by revising the HIPAA privacy...
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Medical Records Briefing, Issue 2, February 1, 2009
Sensitive scenarios require extra attention when releasing protected health information. Ensure...
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Medical Records Briefing, Issue 2, February 1, 2009
When it comes to release of information (ROI), there is no one-stop shop that provides HIM...
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Medical Records Briefing, Issue 2, February 1, 2009
EHRs, patient safety, privacy, and security are among the common themes in official updates to the...
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HIM Connection, Issue 4, January 27, 2009
On January 15, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology released a...
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HIM Connection, Issue 4, January 27, 2009
EHRs, patient safety, privacy, and security are among the common themes in official updates to the...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 2, January 26, 2009
You can never have enough HIPAA privacy and security training at your facility -- especially your...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 2, January 26, 2009
A West Virginia town’s health department officials identified a former temporary billing...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 2, January 26, 2009
BlueCross sent “explanation of benefit” forms to members in November that also featured...
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HIM Connection, Issue 3, January 20, 2009
If you missed the October 15, 2008 day-long medical identity theft town hall meeting sponsored by...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 1, January 19, 2009
Get your information on protecting the confidentiality of PII from NIST via its new release.
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 1, January 19, 2009
Consumers will be happy with this update as far as sharing their family health history.
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 1, January 19, 2009
Physicians’ offices are not bereft of HIPAA compliance issues.
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 1, January 12, 2009
Red flag -- get ready for red flag identity theft rules, which are mandatory May 1, 2009.
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 1, January 12, 2009
Americans want more of a choice with healthcare, and HHS is ready to give it to them.
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 1, January 12, 2009
You need to know if the roles of your privacy and security officers are compliant. Find out here.
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 1, January 12, 2009
The Obama era begins this month. You should begin watching his Congress now.
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HIM Connection, Issue 1, January 6, 2009
On December 15, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced its initiation of the...
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Medical Records Briefing, Issue 1, January 1, 2009
Care New England, a three-hospital system in Rhode Island, was familiar with the acronym PHR...
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Medical Records Briefing, Issue 1, January 1, 2009
Personal health records (PHR) can literally change the world. Sound a bit lofty? Kerry Weems...
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HIM Connection, Issue 51, December 30, 2008
The first step in creating a legal hold plan is the formation of a discovery response team.
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 51, December 15, 2008
Last week’s issue discussed the use of “honeypots,” fictitious medical records...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 51, December 15, 2008
An employee of a McKees Rocks, PA, OB/GYN office who posted unfavorable comments about patients on...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 51, December 15, 2008
A laptop containing the PHI of approximately 50 patients was stolen from Salem (MA) Hospital, the...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 51, December 15, 2008
Q. It’s my understanding that HIPAA doesn’t require breach notification except through...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 50, December 8, 2008
Some facilities use “honeypots” as bait to catch snooping staff members who are in...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 50, December 8, 2008
The International Association of Privacy Professions and Intel have teamed up to dedicate January...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 50, December 8, 2008
The Departments of Education and HHS recently issued guidance on the Family Educational Rights and...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 50, December 8, 2008
A. A health plan can use Microsoft Outlook to exchange PHI with network physicians, but only if it...
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APCs Weekly Monitor, Issue 49, December 5, 2008
To catch snooping staff, some hospitals and other HIPAA-covered entities use fictitious medical...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 48, December 1, 2008
Two professors at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland have called for increasing oversight...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 48, December 1, 2008
Your remote access employees must follow company protocol for HIPAA compliance. In fact, you should...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 48, December 1, 2008
Vandals stole an unattended laptop that included health information of 100,000 patients from the...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 48, December 1, 2008
Q. A member of the media contacts a hospital to inquire about a particular patient and identifies...
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Health Information Compliance Insider, Issue 12, December 1, 2008
All you need is a few dollars, a few classes, and a passing exam grade, and those few letters...
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Health Information Compliance Insider, Issue 12, December 1, 2008
Every day, in every industry, businesses are bought and sold, new management replaces old...
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Health Information Compliance Insider, Issue 12, December 1, 2008
It doesn’t matter whether a staff member peeks at the medical record of Tiger Woods, John...
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Health Information Compliance Insider, Issue 12, December 1, 2008
Health Information Compliance Insider® December 2008
Inside:
Honeypots: A sweet tool you can...
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Briefings on HIPAA, Issue 12, December 1, 2008
Your healthcare facility today probably allows or has pondered the idea of allowing employees to...
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Briefings on HIPAA, Issue 12, December 1, 2008
All you need is a few dollars, a few classes, and a passing exam grade, and those few letters...
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Briefings on HIPAA, Issue 12, December 1, 2008
It doesn’t matter whether a staff member peeks at the medical record of Tiger Woods, John...
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Briefings on HIPAA, Issue 12, December 1, 2008
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently criticized CMS’ lack of HIPAA security rule...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 47, November 24, 2008
You can never be too prepared for a disaster at your facility – for not only tornados...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 47, November 24, 2008
The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) released an article aimed at helping...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 47, November 24, 2008
Q. Do nurses violate HIPAA when they give patients injections or take their vital signs in public...
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HIM Connection, Issue 45, November 18, 2008
The American Hospital Association (AHA) announced in a November 4 press release that it has...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 46, November 17, 2008
Transmitting PHI via cell phone or BlackBerry—whether verbally, via text message, or...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 46, November 17, 2008
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released publication SP 800-124...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 46, November 17, 2008
The American Hospital Association (AHA) announced in a November 4 press release that it has...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 46, November 17, 2008
A. Answering the court’s questions with the minimum information necessary would not have...
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HIM Connection, Issue 44, November 11, 2008
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a final report October 27 reviewing CMS’ HIPAA...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 45, November 10, 2008
Frequent practice is essential to protecting patient information, maintaining business operations...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 45, November 10, 2008
The recent rash of privacy and security breaches involving high-profile victims illustrates the...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 45, November 10, 2008
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a largely critical final report October 27 reviewing...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 45, November 10, 2008
Q. We have a new registration area with a counter where patients sit when registering and signing...
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HIM Connection, Issue 43, November 4, 2008
Ask the expert: What steps must we follow when disciplining employees involved in a privacy breach?
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HIM Connection, Issue 43, November 4, 2008
On October 24 the American Hospital Association (AHA) published a sample policy hospitals can use...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 44, November 3, 2008
Your healthcare organization may already have an identity theft policy in place to mitigate the...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 44, November 3, 2008
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released publication SP 800-66 Revision...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 44, November 3, 2008
A. Flow sheets should contain the minimum necessary information because they may be accessible to...
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Health Information Compliance Insider, Issue 11, November 1, 2008
Despite the thoroughness of your policies and procedures, the effectiveness of your training, and...
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Health Information Compliance Insider, Issue 11, November 1, 2008
Disasters aren’t a threat only in areas susceptible to tornados, earthquakes, hurricanes...
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Health Information Compliance Insider, Issue 11, November 1, 2008
People use cell phones to chat with friends and family, send text messages, and photograph each...
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Health Information Compliance Insider, Issue 11, November 1, 2008
Inside:
Keep cell phone use compliant
Disaster preparedness: Design, update, and practice your...
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Medical Records Briefing, Issue 11, November 1, 2008
Q. May a transcriptionist type a medical report pertaining to a visit between the physician and a...
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Medical Records Briefing, Issue 11, November 1, 2008
This scenario is becoming increasingly common: A patient presents to the HIM department and...
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Medical Records Briefing, Issue 11, November 1, 2008
Although identity theft is often associated with exploited credit cards, patients can also be...
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Briefings on HIPAA, Issue 11, November 1, 2008
Inside: Flag identity theft as federal rule takes effect Q&A: Handle flower deliveries, media...
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Briefings on HIPAA, Issue 11, November 1, 2008
Although identity theft is often associated with exploited credit cards, patients can also be...
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Briefings on HIPAA, Issue 11, November 1, 2008
Learn the answers to the toughest HIPAA questions on privacy and security.
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Briefings on HIPAA, Issue 11, November 1, 2008
Disasters aren’t a threat only in areas susceptible to tornados, earthquakes, hurricanes...
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Briefings on HIPAA, Issue 11, November 1, 2008
Occasionally, special situations arise in which a patient may be unable to execute an authorization...
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Briefings on HIPAA, Issue 11, November 1, 2008
Mobile devices, especially smart phones, have become increasingly important in healthcare.
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Briefings on HIPAA, Issue 11, November 1, 2008
Despite the thoroughness of your policies and procedures, the effectiveness of your training, and...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 43, October 27, 2008
Thanks to new legislation, protecting people’s data is now of primary importance in several...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 43, October 27, 2008
Providing every person with a unique patient identification number would be worth the high price...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 43, October 27, 2008
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has extended the red flags medical identity theft rule...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 43, October 27, 2008
Q. Our state health department mails surveys to patients about their HIV status. The exterior of...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 42, October 20, 2008
San Juan Regional Medical Center has terminated the employment of a nurse who publicized an...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 42, October 20, 2008
Experts attending the October 15 Medical Identity Theft Town Hall sponsored by the Office of the...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 42, October 20, 2008
Human error—not hackers—is apparently to blame in a security breach that affected 45...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 42, October 20, 2008
Q. Our organization received information indicating that medical personnel must attend at least 50...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 41, October 13, 2008
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released the publication SP 800-115...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 41, October 13, 2008
Advances in information technology (IT) can improve the quality and other aspects of healthcare...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 41, October 13, 2008
The OCR recently posted an FAQ regarding the status of the privacy rule during a national or public...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 41, October 13, 2008
Q. What are the reporting requirements when a company laptop computer containing specially...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 40, October 6, 2008
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed legislation creating an oversight office to...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 40, October 6, 2008
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) will continue monitoring CMS and OCR HIPAA security rule and...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 40, October 6, 2008
Effective November 1, hospitals must have a plan to detect, mitigate, and prevent red flags that...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 40, October 6, 2008
Q. We decided to improve physical security by distributing visitor badges to visitors and patients...
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Health Information Compliance Insider, Issue 10, October 1, 2008
Kyle Miller, CISSP, has spent nearly three decades in information technology (IT), including work...
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Health Information Compliance Insider, Issue 10, October 1, 2008
Outsourcing medical billing, coding, and transcription overseas yields significant savings for...
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Health Information Compliance Insider, Issue 10, October 1, 2008
The emergency room (ER) is one place where unpredictability is the norm, where critical and...
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Briefings on HIPAA, Issue 10, October 1, 2008
The emergency room (ER) is one place where unpredictability is the norm, where critical and...
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Briefings on HIPAA, Issue 10, October 1, 2008
Inside: Keep your staff members’ e-mail private and secure HIPAA and the use of electronic...
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Briefings on HIPAA, Issue 10, October 1, 2008
In an era of instant connectivity, many physicians find that sending PHI and other confidential...
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Briefings on HIPAA, Issue 10, October 1, 2008
My friends in the e-commerce world tell me that they continually run into representatives of HIPAA...
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Briefings on HIPAA, Issue 10, October 1, 2008
Q. What are the reporting requirements when a company laptop containing specially protected health...
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Briefings on HIPAA, Issue 10, October 1, 2008
Kyle Miller, CISSP, has spent nearly three decades in information technology (IT), including work...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 39, September 29, 2008
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) on September 17 released a report on HHS’ work to...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 39, September 29, 2008
Two staff members guilty of taking patient photographs with cell phones and posting them on MySpace...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 39, September 29, 2008
HHS’ Office for Civil Rights has published two guides (one for healthcare providers...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 39, September 29, 2008
Q. Is it a HIPAA violation to display thank-you letters from patients or their families on a...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 38, September 22, 2008
Boulder Community Hospital has notified police that copies of patient intake forms are...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 38, September 22, 2008
EDS Corp. of Texas will pay $250,000 as part of a settlement for a mailing mistake that resulted in...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 38, September 22, 2008
CMS reminds healthcare providers with NPIs that have records in the National Plan and Provider...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 38, September 22, 2008
Q. A father takes his child to the dentist. The child is a covered party under the father’s...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 37, September 15, 2008
National Institute of Health (NIH) officials have removed two databases containing patient DNA...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 37, September 15, 2008
CMS has issued MLN Matters 6129 (based on Transmittal R5172CP), which clarifies changes affecting...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 37, September 15, 2008
HHS’ Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology will sponsor a Town...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 37, September 15, 2008
Q. If an employer pays for employee physicals or consultations that are performed for employment...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 36, September 8, 2008
Six Alzheimer’s patients at Brookside Assisted Living in Buford, GA, are victims of identity...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 36, September 8, 2008
The California Senate has approved a plan to protect patient privacy with new oversight and greater...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 36, September 8, 2008
CMS will post sample findings and lessons learned from the security compliance reviews it began...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 36, September 8, 2008
Q: May staff members in the home health field e-mail patient information if they use initials only?
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Briefings on HIPAA, Issue 9, September 1, 2008
It doesn’t matter whether your facility is located in a large U.S. metropolitan area or a...
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Briefings on HIPAA, Issue 9, September 1, 2008
HHS has thrown down the gauntlet; HIPAA violations may now come with a price. HHS and Seattle-based...
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Briefings on HIPAA, Issue 9, September 1, 2008
Editor’s note: Brandt is president of Brandt & Associates, Inc., a healthcare consulting...
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Briefings on HIPAA, Issue 9, September 1, 2008
Coding and billing staff members don’t have much face-to-face interaction with patients, but...
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Briefings on HIPAA, Issue 9, September 1, 2008
Inside:
Avoid the ‘dirty little secret’ inside healthcare
Limit data leakage with...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 35, September 1, 2008
On August 22, HHS announced a proposed regulation to replace the ICD-9 code sets now used to report...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 35, September 1, 2008
A Stockholm hospital has suspended one of its nurses upon learning that she posted 14 photographs...
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 35, September 1, 2008
Healthcare staff frequent participants in medical identity theft
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HIPAA Weekly Advisor, Issue 35, September 1, 2008
Q. One of our physical therapy providers may sell his practice and has inquired whether HIPAA is a...
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Health Information Compliance Insider, Issue 9, September 1, 2008
Editor's note: This is HICI's second installment of little-known HIPAA facts from industry...
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Health Information Compliance Insider, Issue 9, September 1, 2008
Editor's note: This is the fifth and final article in a series highlighting HIPAA training needs...
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Health Information Compliance Insider, Issue 9, September 1, 2008
It doesn't matter whether your facility is located in the largest U.S. metropolitan area or a small...
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Health Information Compliance Insider, Issue 9, September 1, 2008
Inside:
Minimize mistakes when responding to the media;
Train billing and coding staff...