Health Information Management Articles by Topic: HIPAA
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 15, April 22, 2013
Former hospital patient Richard Faircloth fileda class action lawsuit against hospital owner...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 15, April 22, 2013
Organizations have until September 23 to get into compliance with the new HIPAA Omnibus rule...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 13, April 15, 2013
The U.S. Attorney’s office in Eastern New York announced April 10 that an owner and officer...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 13, April 15, 2013
Many healthcare organizations face the challenge of protecting patient records and reducing the...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 12, April 8, 2013
IRS agents stole 10 million people’s medical records without a warrant – including...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 11, April 1, 2013
Do medical supply companies need to have Business Associate Agreements with each facility from...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 11, April 1, 2013
The OCR is taking an interest in how covered entities fare in their HIPAA audits by conducting...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 10, March 25, 2013
As a Medicare beneficiary, do you have the right to access the UB-04 form that a hospital submits...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 9, March 18, 2013
On Wednesday May 8, join HCPro for an informative audio conference that will help listeners...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 9, March 18, 2013
Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ) will introduce the first national service enabling physicians to...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 9, March 17, 2013
Chris Apgar, CISSP, CEO and president of Apgar & Associates, LLC answers your HIPAA questions...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 10, September 10, 2012
Because staff can move, process, and share patient data on personal cell phones and tiny USB flash...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 10, September 10, 2012
The Lone Star state is cracking down on privacy. Texas House Bill 300 went into effect September 1...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 10, September 10, 2012
A venture capitalist September 5 with help of some existing investors contributed $17 million to...
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JustCoding News: Outpatient, Issue 36, September 5, 2012
Providers will now soon need only one unique health plan identifier when billing insurance...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 9, August 31, 2012
HIM professionals have undoubtedly come across action verbs like these since HHS announced on...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 8, August 28, 2012
A New York medical supplier could go to jail for 10 years for wrongfully disclosing private patient...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 8, August 28, 2012
Education is giving people the knowledge they need. Training helps them develop the skills that...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 7, August 20, 2012
Stanford University Medical Center has reported a computer containing medical and personal...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 7, August 20, 2012
Q: How may an individual obtain access to health records after a patient dies? More specifically...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 7, August 20, 2012
Too many healthcare organizations are receiving failing grades for HIPAA compliance, an analysis of...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 6, August 13, 2012
Nearly 4,000 patients’ PHI may have been compromised when a physician’s personal laptop...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 6, August 13, 2012
Q: Can you tell me whether the parent of a patient now over 18 years of age may receive information...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 6, August 13, 2012
If you don't know where all of your PHI is, how can you ensure that you protect it? Linda Sanches...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 5, August 6, 2012
A third-party subcontractor handling health records of a hospital and home health provider is...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 5, August 6, 2012
Q: We often receive requests from out-of-state ¬attorneys who want us to bill for copies of...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 4, July 30, 2012
Is one of the toughest states for privacy laws softening? Some may say that about...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 4, July 30, 2012
If HIM professionals needed another reason to be concerned with protected health information (PHI...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 3, July 23, 2012
The HIPAA privacy and security enforcer has posted 17 breaches affecting 500 or more individuals...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 3, July 23, 2012
Q: Our development office would like a list of deceased patients so it can take these patients off...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 3, July 23, 2012
Elizabeth H. Johnson, Esq., has been keeping an ear close to the ground with respect to ongoing OCR...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 2, July 16, 2012
Want to know what the OCR audits will look like? OCR has let us know.
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 2, July 16, 2012
Healthcare organizations face increasingly complex privacy and security issues as they cope with...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 1, July 9, 2012
Alaska’s Medicaid program has agreed to pay OCR $1.7 million over potential HIPAA Security...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 1, July 9, 2012
OCR is behind on issuing required guidance and implementing required oversight capabilities for...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 1, July 9, 2012
EHR security-that's an IT thing, right? Sure it is. But is it just an IT thing? Far from it, says...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 27, July 3, 2012
Thank you for being a loyal HIM Connection subscriber. We wanted to let you know about some changes...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 26, June 26, 2012
Thank you for being a loyal HIM Connection subscriber. We wanted to let you know about some changes...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 26, June 26, 2012
Q: Some of our nurses have confessed to me that ¬because we have so many systems and passwords...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 25, June 19, 2012
OCR’s director released a memorandum May 31 highlighting the importance of a patient’s...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 25, June 19, 2012
Q: Do caregivers employed by a continuing care retirement community (CCRC) have the right to know...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 24, June 12, 2012
The national coordinator for health information technology says the HIPAA mega rule including...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 24, June 12, 2012
At the hospital, instead of filling out multiple forms, the attending physician logs on to a...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 21, June 11, 2012
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has released its HIPAA enforcement training material developed...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 21, June 11, 2012
If you are a HIPAA privacy officer, it might be looking pretty scary out there, said Adam Greene...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 21, June 11, 2012
Q. Please explain in an understandable way for nontechnical individuals the necessary level of...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 23, June 5, 2012
A laptop containing patient information was reported missing from a local physician office in...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 20, June 4, 2012
A laptop containing patient information was reported missing from a local physician office in...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 20, June 4, 2012
For a number of reasons, folks seem to be hesitant to purge hard-copy records that are greater than...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 20, June 4, 2012
A Boston resident is at a New York Yankees game in the Bronx cheering on his beloved Boston Red...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 20, June 4, 2012
Q: A physician is converting from paper charts to an electronic health record (EHR) that is...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 22, May 29, 2012
A Boston resident is at a New York Yankees game in the Bronx cheering on his beloved Boston Red...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 19, May 28, 2012
A Massachusetts hospital will pay the state $750,000 in a settlement following a breach of PHI that...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 19, May 28, 2012
A Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary employee did not want to pay her electric bill. So she turned...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 19, May 28, 2012
Belinda Setters, MD, knew she was possibly violating HIPAA regulations. But she had no intention of...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 18, May 21, 2012
Mac McMillan, CISSM, has an insider’s look at what it’s like to undergo a HIPAA...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 18, May 21, 2012
A HIPAA conviction stands for UCLA Healthcare System researcher Huping Zhou, according to a May 16...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 18, May 21, 2012
HIPAA in 2011. Those 365 days were more about bad headlines for organizations. In 2012, we want to...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 18, May 21, 2012
Q. During a recent webinar, a presenter indicated disclosure of PHI to business associates needed...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 19, May 8, 2012
HIPAA requires covered entities (CEs) to implement technical policies and procedures for...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 16, April 17, 2012
Q. Can you please explain in an understandable way for nontechnical individuals what level of...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 15, April 10, 2012
The Utah Department of Technology Services (DTS) reported March 30 a patient information breach...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 14, April 9, 2012
The Utah Department of Technology Services (DTS) reported March 30 a patient information breach...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 14, April 3, 2012
OCR took the final step before publishing final rules on HIPAA/HITECH, sending its rules to the...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 14, April 3, 2012
Q. A covered entity is required to impose sanctions against workforce members who violate the...
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Briefings on HIPAA, Issue 4, April 1, 2012
Q. Please explain in an understandable way for nontechnical individuals what level of encryption is...
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Briefings on HIPAA, Issue 4, April 1, 2012
Mac McMillan, CISSM, has an insider’s look at what it’s like to undergo a HIPAA...
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Briefings on HIPAA, Issue 4, April 1, 2012
All covered entities (CE) face the question, “Will the data be there when I need it?”
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 13, March 27, 2012
Q: Must we keep HIV information separately in the medical record?
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 12, March 26, 2012
A laptop stolen from a nurse practitioner in Georgia may compromise the personal information of...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 12, March 26, 2012
CMS recently issued further guidance on patient rights to privacy and medical record...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 12, March 26, 2012
Check out the posts on HIPAA Update that have attracted the most views in the past 30 days, and...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 12, March 26, 2012
Q. Some of the medications we receive for our assisted living residents are in blister packs...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 12, March 20, 2012
CMS announced March 15 that it will not enforce the January 1, 2012 HIPAA Version 5010 compliance...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 12, March 20, 2012
HIPAA compliance 101—policies, training, monitoring, and risk assessments—may have...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 11, March 19, 2012
Q. Is there a need to keep the acknowledgment form when we provide a Notice of Privacy Practices...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 11, March 19, 2012
HIPAA compliance 101—policies, training, monitoring, and risk assessments—might have...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 11, March 19, 2012
Were it not for the HITECH requirement to report 500-plus breaches to OCR/media, is there a chance...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 11, March 13, 2012
Mobile devices are here to stay-so now you have to manage the risks. "Hang on a minute,"...
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Briefings on HIPAA, Issue 4, March 9, 2012
If your healthcare organization hasn’t yet completed a security risk analysis, you just got...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 10, March 6, 2012
How your organization responds when breaches happen can make all the difference. If a breach...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 10, March 6, 2012
Q: Is it permissible for the HIM director to access the medical records of a colleague who is...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 9, February 28, 2012
If you thought the healthcare industry was doing a better job protecting patients' PHI, think...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 52, December 23, 2011
Q. A patient signed an authorization form eight months ago, and her attorney is now submitting it...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 52, December 23, 2011
CMS released a final rule to address the medical loss ratio (MLR) by including provisions for...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 50, December 13, 2011
On December 1, CMS posted a Special Edition MLN Matters article alerting providers that...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 48, November 29, 2011
Q: I need advice for two scenarios in our small outpatient physical therapy clinic. First, what is...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 48, November 29, 2011
On November 16, Sutter Health in Sacramento, CA, reported on its website the theft of an...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 47, November 22, 2011
Before HITECH, covered entities (CE) could pretty much say the government was all bark and no bite...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 47, November 22, 2011
CMS’ Office of E-Health Standards and Services (OESS) won’t enforce compliance with the...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 46, November 15, 2011
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) formally released its plans for HITECH-required HIPAA privacy and...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 46, November 15, 2011
Q: We have a nurse who has twice mailed test results to the wrong patient. Both times the nurse...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 46, November 15, 2011
Patients may have easier access to laboratory results under an HHS proposed rule, "CLIA...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 45, November 8, 2011
With potential audits looming, smart healthcare organizations should waste no time ensuring HIPAA...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 43, October 25, 2011
Q: A fax containing protected health information (PHI) is sent to an incorrect fax number. Did the...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 42, October 18, 2011
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) plans to focus on HIPAA compliance reviews of security...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 42, October 18, 2011
Q: A patient signed an authorization form in February permitting release of personal health...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 42, October 18, 2011
In the November issue of MRB, you’ll find articles on the following topics!
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 41, October 11, 2011
HIPAA policy creation is ultimately a four-step process, says Phyllis A. Patrick, MBA, FACHE, CHC...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 40, October 4, 2011
Q: One of the physicians in our practice frequently speaks about patients in the hallway and even...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 40, October 4, 2011
Healthcare organizations can protect sensitive patient data in a variety of ways as increasing...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 39, September 27, 2011
Patients may have easier access to lab results under a proposed rule announced by HHS Secretary...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 39, September 27, 2011
How can organizations begin to prepare for a possible HIPAA audit? Recognize that it's all about...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 38, September 20, 2011
Q: Should we obtain business associate agreements with colleges that send students to our hospital...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 37, September 13, 2011
HHS submitted two reports to Congress as required by the HITECH Act—one on breaches of HIPAA...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 37, September 13, 2011
Q: Are poison control agencies considered healthcare providers? Their staff members usually make...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 36, September 6, 2011
Q: As a hospital employee, I found a patient wristband on the sidewalk outside the emergency...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 35, August 30, 2011
The long-awaited notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) required by HITECH for accounting of...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 34, August 23, 2011
If you're looking for a reason to review your organization's policies and procedures, look no...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 33, August 16, 2011
The proposed HIPAA privacy disclosures rule would be an administrative and financial burden for...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 33, August 16, 2011
Q: Must a covered entity (CE) provide an accounting of the following disclosures?
A CE...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 33, August 16, 2011
In the September issue of MRB, you’ll find articles on the following topics!
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 32, August 9, 2011
Healthcare organizations can protect themselves from PHI breaches associated with the use of social...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 32, August 9, 2011
HHS has released the long-awaited notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) on the changes to the HIPAA...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 31, August 2, 2011
The proposed new right for patients to request information on who accessed their health record...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 31, August 2, 2011
Q: Is it permissible to allow hospital employees who have been granted access to PHI through the...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 30, July 26, 2011
HHS entered into its third largest settlement for potential HIPAA privacy and security rule...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 30, July 26, 2011
Q: If a covered entity needs to contract with a staffing agency to provide temporary staff (e.g...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 29, July 19, 2011
Q: One of our nurses has “friended” one of our patients on Facebook. Is this allowed?
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 29, July 19, 2011
Lou Ann Wiedemann, MS, RHIA, FAHIMA, CPEHR, director of professional practice resources at AHIMA in...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 29, July 19, 2011
In the August issue of MRB, you’ll find articles on the following articles and more.
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 28, July 12, 2011
When Raj Chaudhary, MS, PE, CGEIT, goes into hospitals, he typically finds five HIPAA privacy and...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 27, July 5, 2011
Q: After meeting with physicians to review lab reports, patients often request a copy of their...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 26, June 28, 2011
Don’t forget about protecting security when moving to an EHR. “Electronic health...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 25, June 21, 2011
Encryption is a very simple solution that can help healthcare organizations avoid some of the major...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 25, June 21, 2011
In the July issue of MRB, you’ll find articles on the following articles and more!
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 24, June 14, 2011
Q: Posting the surgery schedule has been a recent topic of discussion at our hospital. Who should...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 23, June 7, 2011
On May 27 HHS released a display copy of the Accounting of Disclosures proposed rule as required by...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 23, June 7, 2011
Q: We were very familiar with Notice of Privacy Practices (NPP) requirements before the enactment...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 22, May 31, 2011
Q: A covered entity encounters difficulty when executing updated business associate contracts...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 22, May 30, 2011
The rule will ultimately lay the foundation for what healthcare providers will be accountable for...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 21, May 24, 2011
The Office of the Inspector General released two reports May 17 questioning the efforts of the...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 21, May 24, 2011
Healthcare organizations can learn some important lessons from Cignet Health about how not to...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 20, May 17, 2011
With the January 1, 2012 HIPAA version 5010 compliance deadline approaching quickly, CMS and the...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 20, May 17, 2011
In the June issue of MRB, you’ll find articles on the following articles and more!
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 19, May 10, 2011
One possible fallout from an Office for Civil Rights (OCR) increasing HIPAA enforcement action is...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 18, May 3, 2011
Q: A private individual notified a clinic that he has been receiving faxed protected health...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 16, April 19, 2011
Law enforcement officials must follow an established process to acquire information about patients...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 16, April 19, 2011
In the May issue of MRB, you’ll find articles on the following topics and more!
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 15, April 12, 2011
Here's one trend industry observers say healthcare organizations can expect to see now and in the...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 13, March 29, 2011
With newfound authority, some state attorneys general (AG) are beginning to take aim at covered...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 12, March 22, 2011
HIPAA enforcement actions have been all over the news in the last month. It began with the Office...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 12, March 22, 2011
Q: A 16-year-old patient has admitted to extensive substance abuse, which is documented in his...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 11, March 15, 2011
As healthcare organizations look to the future, they should focus on ensuring HIPAA compliance...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 11, March 15, 2011
In the April issue of MRB, you’ll find articles on the following topics and more!
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 10, March 8, 2011
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR), HIPAA privacy and security enforcer, issued its first civil...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 10, March 8, 2011
Q. What are the requirements for observing surgery? The observer is neither an employee, family...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 9, March 1, 2011
Q. I work in patient financial services at a hospital. Like me, several of my coworkers have aging...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 8, February 22, 2011
End users—the people in your organization who handle protected health information...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 7, February 15, 2011
Q. The Code of Federal Regulations, specifically 45 CFR 160.103, defines protected health...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 7, February 15, 2011
In the March issue of MRB, you’ll find articles on the following topics and more!
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 6, February 8, 2011
In a November 2010 benchmark study by the Ponemon Institute, 49% of 65 respondents identified lack...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 5, February 1, 2011
Q. A covered entity received a business associate contract that included breach notification...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 4, January 25, 2011
Q: May a preadmission nurse leave messages (e.g., “This is a reminder that your surgery is...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 3, January 18, 2011
HIM directors and privacy officers should consider making the following HIPAA-related New...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 2, January 11, 2011
Q: During a Kaizen event involving mental healthcare, how can we invite public members of the...
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CDI Strategies, Issue 1, January 6, 2011
CMS detailed seven shortcomings, including old and inadequate policies and procedures, in its 2009...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 1, January 4, 2011
Q: Our nursing staff continues to tape patient intake and output sheets outside of patient rooms in...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 51, December 28, 2010
You worry about laptop computers and other portable devices being stolen. But what about digital...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 50, December 21, 2010
Q. When is Adult Protective Services (APS) entitled to copies of a patient’s medical record...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 50, December 21, 2010
In the January issue of MRB, you’ll find articles on the following topics and more!
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 49, December 14, 2010
Q. Do we need to keep the acknowledgment form when we provide a Notice of Privacy Practices (NPP...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 48, December 7, 2010
Q. An insurance company is requesting copies of medical records to review our CPT® coding...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 47, November 30, 2010
Hospitals spend $6 billion annually because of data breaches, and federal regulations enacted under...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 47, November 30, 2010
CMS detailed seven shortcomings, including old and inadequate policies and procedures, found in its...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 46, November 23, 2010
Q. We released protected health information (PHI) to a collection agency because a patient was...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 46, November 23, 2010
When it comes to social networking websites, advocates say hospitals can have it both...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 46, November 23, 2010
In the December issue of MRB, you’ll find articles on the following topics and more!
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 45, November 16, 2010
Q. Can staff members communicate patient information via mobile and smartphones?
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 44, November 9, 2010
To effectively train your staff on HIPAA, mix things up and be creative.
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 43, November 2, 2010
Q. Would a covered entity or business associate violate the HIPAA Security Rule if it sends PHI in...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 42, October 26, 2010
Q. Is a power of attorney still effective after a patient’s death? I was told that a woman...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 41, October 19, 2010
Q: If an employee is hospitalized in the facility in which he or she works, does the manager of the...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 41, October 19, 2010
In the November issue of MRB, you’ll find articles on the following topics and more!
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 40, October 12, 2010
The list of breaches of unsecured PHI on the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) website continues to...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 39, October 5, 2010
Q. The nursing department in my facility wants to install cameras in a few of the patient rooms. It...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 38, September 28, 2010
Q. A patient assaulted another patient while both were at our substance abuse treatment facility...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 38, September 28, 2010
When HITECH was signed into law February 17, 2009, privacy and security officers predicted the...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 37, September 21, 2010
Many HIPAA privacy and security officers now focus on meeting new regulatory requirements under...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 36, September 14, 2010
Focus on working relationships with business associates (BA). Sometimes covered entities sign...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 36, September 14, 2010
ARRA brought us an expanded version of HIPAA. Along with it came the clear message that if the last...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 35, September 7, 2010
Q: Did HITECH change any HIPAA Security Rule implementation specifications from addressable to...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 34, August 31, 2010
On August 24, CMS issued a press release to remind to healthcare providers, health plans...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 34, August 31, 2010
How can privacy and security officers perform their jobs when they don’t have enough hours in...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 13, August 24, 2010
In the September issue of MRB, you’ll find articles on the following topics and more!
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 31, August 10, 2010
Q: Can a parent access his or her child’s PHI when the child is in the custody of the...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 31, August 10, 2010
Healthcare organizations need to worry about more than just the disposal of paper records. Covered...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 31, August 9, 2010
Many subcontracted entities handle PHI, and it makes sense to make them BAs by definition and...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 30, August 3, 2010
Rite Aid Corporation could have avoided a $1 million fine by simply enforcing its HIPAA policies...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 30, August 3, 2010
Harry B. Rhodes, MBA, RHIA, CHPS, CPHIMS, FAHIMA, director of practice leadership at AHIMA in...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 29, July 27, 2010
On July 15 the Office for Civil Rights posted its annual guidance on conducting risk...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 29, July 27, 2010
Q. If we provide laminated copies of our privacy notice on the registration counters, must we post...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 29, July 27, 2010
In the August issue of MRB, you’ll find articles on the following topics and more!
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 27, July 13, 2010
Q. When an attorney requests records and asks that all records be released, must we comply and send...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 26, July 6, 2010
Q: We have a medical unit for a pediatric population. This campus includes a school for educating...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 26, July 5, 2010
The information – which the Times says stemmed from an online program for customers to...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 25, June 29, 2010
Privacy and security officers may face varying challenges to get buy-in from top leaders for HIPAA...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 25, June 28, 2010
A site user accessed confidential information such as medical records and Social Security numbers...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 25, June 28, 2010
Learn the answer to this HIPAA compliance question.
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 25, June 28, 2010
Organizations can create major problems when they allow staff members to buy or use their own...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 24, June 22, 2010
The Office for Civil Rights' (OCR) list of entities reporting major patient information breaches...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 24, June 22, 2010
Q. We are an MRI facility, and our services are referral-based. We fax MRI reports to referring...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 24, June 21, 2010
Of the 95 breaches on the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) website as of June 17, 32, or 34...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 24, June 18, 2010
After its sixth annual Academic Medical Center Conference in Chapel Hill, NC, June 7-9, the...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 23, June 15, 2010
Establish a procedure to protect PHI when clinical staff members leave your organization. This is...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 22, June 8, 2010
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) delayed enforcement of the Red Flags Rule for a fifth time, this...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 22, June 8, 2010
Q. Do patient sign-in sheets violate the HIPAA privacy rule? If they don’t, does a...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 22, June 7, 2010
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) delayed enforcement of the Red Flags Rule for a fifth time May...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 22, June 7, 2010
The Cincinnati Children’s Hospital reported May 28 that a laptop including information...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 22, June 7, 2010
That’s right.
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 22, June 7, 2010
Q. Please explain the relevance of HIPAA to a hospital’s occupational health department and...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 21, May 31, 2010
Learn the answer to this challenging HIPAA compliance scenario.
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 21, May 31, 2010
The lawsuit seeks to prevent the FTC from defining physicians as “creditors” whenever...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 21, May 31, 2010
“When information is exposed in transmission, it ought to be encrypted,” Deven McGraw...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 21, May 31, 2010
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR), which carries out for the Department of Health & Human...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 20, May 25, 2010
On May 7 the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued a series of guidance documents dealing with risk...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 20, May 25, 2010
If you don’t have an identity theft prevention program in place, take action now. The Federal...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 20, May 25, 2010
In the June issue of MRB, you’ll find the following articles.Click here for more information...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 20, May 24, 2010
A spokesperson from the Office for Civil Rights (OCR), which enforces the HIPAA privacy and...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 20, May 24, 2010
Most experts say you must encrypt your laptops and portable devices.
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 19, May 18, 2010
Q: We inadvertently sent a clinical note to the wrong healthcare provider. Must we conduct a risk...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 18, May 11, 2010
Q. Does HITECH supersede our contracts with third-party health insurance policies if the patient...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 17, May 4, 2010
The timing of the release of proposed HIPAA regulations per the HITECH Act became a little clearer...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 17, May 4, 2010
Jaspinder Grewal is a self-described “techie” who knows that developing cost-effective...
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Medical Records Briefing, Issue 5, May 1, 2010
This month's issue includes an article on the EHR certification proposed rule, as well as advice...
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Briefings on HIPAA, Issue 5, May 1, 2010
As with laptop and desktop computers, smartphones are also the target of malware that can damage...
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Briefings on HIPAA, Issue 5, May 1, 2010
Many healthcare organizations have pondered these questions. Now OCR has turned its attention to...
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Briefings on HIPAA, Issue 5, May 1, 2010
Account numbers reported to the state are considered patient-identifiable information. Therefore...
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Briefings on HIPAA, Issue 5, May 1, 2010
Jaspinder Grewal is a self-described "techie" who knows that developing cost-effective...
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Briefings on HIPAA, Issue 5, May 1, 2010
In this issue of BOH, you’ll learn some cost-effective ways to ensure HIPAA compliance, what...
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Health Information Compliance Insider, Issue 5, May 1, 2010
Encrypting ePHI could help keep your facility off the OCR’s list of patient data breaches on...
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Health Information Compliance Insider, Issue 5, May 1, 2010
In this issue of HICI, you'll read about steps you can take to avoid being one of the facilities...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 16, April 27, 2010
Ten covered entities (CE) found themselves in CMS’ crosshairs when the federal government...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 16, April 26, 2010
Q. Our hospital is considering allowing staff members in private physician offices to access our...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 16, April 26, 2010
Start blogging about HIPAA with your colleagues today!
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 16, April 26, 2010
Currently, OCR does not post the names of such entities (namely sole practitioners) who report...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 16, April 26, 2010
HITECH requires OCR to make public any breaches affecting 500 or more individuals. OCR will...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 15, April 20, 2010
Have you wondered what has been the biggest challenge for healthcare providers since enactment of...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 15, April 19, 2010
A spokesperson from OCR writes in an e-mail to HIPAA Update that OCR considers private...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 15, April 19, 2010
“As of April 2, 2010, a total of 998,422 current and former members have been identified as...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 15, April 19, 2010
OIRA has 90 days to review the regulations, though the head of the submitting agency can extend...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 14, April 13, 2010
Q. An emergency department (ED) nurse at a hospital and trauma center saw the name of an...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 13, April 6, 2010
Q. Which HIPAA requirements are applicable with respect to notifying the media about a...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 13, April 5, 2010
Three months ago, Blumenthal announced he was suing Health Net of Connecticut, Inc., after the...
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Briefings on HIPAA, Issue 4, April 1, 2010
Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal sued Health Net of Connecticut, Inc., for failing...
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Briefings on HIPAA, Issue 4, April 1, 2010
A patient underwent diagnostic testing in the hospital where she was employed. She received a copy...
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Briefings on HIPAA, Issue 4, April 1, 2010
The HIPAA security rule requires this type of assessment. However, many healthcare organizations...
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Briefings on HIPAA, Issue 4, April 1, 2010
Cascade Healthcare Community, a three-hospital health system headquartered in Bend, OR, was one of...
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Briefings on HIPAA, Issue 4, April 1, 2010
In this issue of BOH, you’ll learn what to expect from a government audit in terms of HIPAA...
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Health Information Compliance Insider, Issue 4, April 1, 2010
Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal sued Health Net of Connecticut, Inc., for failing...
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Health Information Compliance Insider, Issue 4, April 1, 2010
The focus of the Red Flags Rule is identity theft, said Rebecca Williams, RN, JD, partner and...
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Health Information Compliance Insider, Issue 4, April 1, 2010
In this issue of HICI, you'll read about steps you can take to comply with the Red Flags Rule ahead...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 12, March 30, 2010
Now that the Senate and House have put the finishing touches on the newly signed...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 12, March 30, 2010
Q. Census workers are requesting information about the residents of our group homes to conduct an...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 12, March 29, 2010
Securing the charts of family members in a locked receptacle or cabinet is a wise precaution...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 12, March 29, 2010
It seems that BA documents are being used inappropriately, or as a “catch all, just in...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 12, March 29, 2010
He asks questions in the piece about which doctors were involved in the incident, were they in the...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 12, March 29, 2010
In cases where OCR does not have written consent, it will cite the entity on its Web site as...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 10, March 16, 2010
Q. Whom should we notify if a minor’s record is breached? For example, a grandparent who...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 10, March 16, 2010
In the April issue of MRB, you’ll find the following articles, and more!
EHR beat...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 9, March 9, 2010
Space is at a premium for many hospitals. Most campuses simply don’t have enough space to...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 9, March 9, 2010
Providers know that HIPAA requires them, as covered entities, to impose sanctions consistently...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 9, March 8, 2010
The experts in the room audibly grumbled when talk turned to interoperability and privacy. It's a...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 9, March 8, 2010
We can give you a pretty good idea after seeing the results of HCPro’s HIPAA and HITECH...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 9, March 8, 2010
Per HITECH, BAs must comply with the HIPAA Security Rule and the use and disclosure provisions of...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 9, March 5, 2010
Learn the answer to this HIPAA compliance question.
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 8, March 2, 2010
Q: Has HITECH enforcement been delayed?
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Medical Records Briefing, Issue 3, March 1, 2010
This month's issue includes an article on EHR meaningful use standards and what hospitals should do...
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Briefings on HIPAA, Issue 3, March 1, 2010
HITECH establishes new penalty tiers, so providers should revise their sanction policies now.
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Briefings on HIPAA, Issue 3, March 1, 2010
When breaches occur, you are required to notify the affected patients or their legal...
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Briefings on HIPAA, Issue 3, March 1, 2010
The wireless and the wired environment are each subject to potentially significant security...
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Briefings on HIPAA, Issue 3, March 1, 2010
OCR has established privacy advisors in each of its regional offices to provide HIPAA privacy and...
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Briefings on HIPAA, Issue 3, March 1, 2010
Don't wait for OCR to publish all the HITECH implementation rules before taking action, Apgar said...
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Briefings on HIPAA, Issue 3, March 1, 2010
In this issue of BOH, you'll learn some final checklist items for HITECH compliance and how to...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 7, February 23, 2010
As healthcare organizations begin adapting their HIPAA internal sanctions policies to comply with...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 7, February 22, 2010
Learn the answer to this challenging HIPAA compliance question.
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 7, February 22, 2010
As your organization works to comply with breach notification regulations and sets up a “harm...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 7, February 22, 2010
It’s a good time for the C-Suite to be involved in HIPAA compliance.
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 6, February 16, 2010
Q: Are covered entities and BAs required to revise their BA contracts? Do contracts executed prior...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 5, February 9, 2010
Business associates can be directly liable for a breach of unsecured protected health information...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 5, February 9, 2010
Q. We use numeric patient account numbers that cannot be tied back to a patient except by a...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 5, February 9, 2010
In the March issue of MRB, you’ll find the following articles, and more!
EHR beat...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 5, February 8, 2010
Learn the answer to this tough HIPAA compliance question.
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 5, February 8, 2010
The proposed rule for the Medicare and Medicaid EHR incentive states that in Stage 1 of meeting the...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 5, February 8, 2010
Check out our blog posts about these topics discussed during the summit on our HIPAA Update blog:
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 5, February 8, 2010
Please take 5-10 minutes of your time to complete this 11-question survey regarding HIPAA and...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 5, February 2, 2010
Q. Does any regulation define the retention period for EHR or electronic medical record audit logs?
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Briefings on HIPAA, Issue 2, February 1, 2010
In this issue of BOH, you'll learn some final checklist items for HITECH compliance and how to...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 4, February 1, 2010
The EHR standards simply enable you to carry out certain aspects of HIPAA and HITECH better, such...
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Health Information Compliance Insider, Issue 2, February 1, 2010
Booz Hamilton Allen, a McLean, VA–based firm that was commissioned in 2008 by the Office of...
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Health Information Compliance Insider, Issue 2, February 1, 2010
The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act gave approximately...
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Health Information Compliance Insider, Issue 2, February 1, 2010
Inside:
Find capital now; gain stimulus funds later
Proactive training: Educate staff members...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 4, January 26, 2010
Educate your patients about playing an active role in fighting medical identity theft, make your...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 3, January 25, 2010
Learn the answer to this challenging HIPAA scenario.
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 3, January 25, 2010
With the help of some HITECH experts, we tracked down answers to two of the questions:
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 3, January 25, 2010
The call, formally titled “HIPAA Version 5010 National Provider Call: CMS’ approach for...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 2, January 18, 2010
Learn the answer from this tough HIPAA compliance question.
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 2, January 18, 2010
The hard drives were reportedly stolen from a leased office in a Chattanooga strip mall that once...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 2, January 18, 2010
HCPro, Inc. hosted the January 14 audio conference, “Business Associate Action Plan: Comply...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 2, January 18, 2010
Make sure your BAs know they are expected to comply with the HITECH regulations. Some...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 1, January 5, 2010
Trendy social networking sites such as Facebook, TwitterTM, MySpaceTM, and blogs pose enough of a...
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Briefings on HIPAA, Issue 2, January 1, 2010
Booz Allen Hamilton, a McLean, VA–based firm that was commissioned in 2008 by the Office of...
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Briefings on HIPAA, Issue 2, January 1, 2010
SenditCertified offers a unique solution: It supports the encryption of transmitted PHI that meets...
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Briefings on HIPAA, Issue 2, January 1, 2010
Is there any regulation that defines the retention period for electronic health record (EHR) or...
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Briefings on HIPAA, Issue 2, January 1, 2010
Major breaches of patient information in 2009 break down into three types: snoopers, hackers, and...
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Briefings on HIPAA, Issue 2, January 1, 2010
Under HITECH—approved as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act—business...
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Medical Records Briefing, Issue 1, January 1, 2010
This index of MRB articles provides readers with the date and page of each story in the newsletter...
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Medical Records Briefing, Issue 1, January 1, 2010
Encourage staff members to review HIPAA privacy guidelines by testing them with several questions.
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Briefings on HIPAA, Issue 1, January 1, 2010
Determine whether and how you’re vulnerable, as well as whether revising your policies and...
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Briefings on HIPAA, Issue 1, January 1, 2010
Chris Apgar, CISSP, and John R. Christiansen, JD, answered questions regarding BA contracts during...
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Briefings on HIPAA, Issue 1, January 1, 2010
BOH revisits the most significant events of 2009 and explores their potential effect in 2010.
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Briefings on HIPAA, Issue 1, January 1, 2010
In this issue of BOH, you’ll learn what some organizations are doing to address the risks of...
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Health Information Compliance Insider, Issue 1, January 1, 2010
The Federal Trade Commission’s Red Flags rule, existing HIPAA laws, and the new Health...
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Health Information Compliance Insider, Issue 1, January 1, 2010
Nonetheless, providers subject to the rule’s requirement to develop a program that mitigates...
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Health Information Compliance Insider, Issue 1, January 1, 2010
Specific developments weren’t mere flashes in the pan; experts say the ripple effect will...
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Health Information Compliance Insider, Issue 1, January 1, 2010
Inside:
Anticipate impact in 2010
FTC enforcement date finally arrives … at least for...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 52, December 29, 2009
Covered entities must carefully select and contract with software vendors and investigate the...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 49, December 28, 2009
Learn the answer to this tough HIPAA compliance question.
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 49, December 28, 2009
Use these tips to prepare for HITECH compliance.
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 51, December 22, 2009
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) now says it will enforce the Red Flags rule June 1, 2010, seven...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 48, December 21, 2009
Go to our HIPAA Update blog and see the posts with the most comments over the last month.
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 48, December 21, 2009
Learn the answer to this tough HIPAA compliance question.
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 48, December 21, 2009
Prepare written policies that address the process for internal reporting. Consider what potential...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 48, December 21, 2009
HITECH states covered entities must incorporate the new provisions into their BA contracts.
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 50, December 15, 2009
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) likely will publish a draft or interim final rule outlining the...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 50, December 15, 2009
Q: If a breach of PHI occurs and the business associate (BA) or covered entity does not have...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 47, December 14, 2009
This HIPAA internal sanctions audio conference may help you get your policy in line with the HITECH...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 47, December 14, 2009
Learn the answer to this HIPAA compliance scenario.
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 47, December 14, 2009
You are only as good as the team you form for security breach notification.
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 47, December 14, 2009
Experts told HIPAA Weekly Advisor they expect OCR, the HHS agency that enforces the HIPAA privacy...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 49, December 8, 2009
Q. If we update our Notice of Privacy Practice (NPP), do we need to redistribute it to existing...
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Briefings on HIPAA, Issue 12, December 1, 2009
Covered entities must carefully select and contract with software vendors and investigate the...
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Briefings on HIPAA, Issue 12, December 1, 2009
Learn the answer to this and other tough HIPAA compliance questions.
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Briefings on HIPAA, Issue 12, December 1, 2009
HHS will begin enforcing the breach notification provisions around February 22, 2010. The forms...
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Briefings on HIPAA, 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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Briefings on HIPAA, Issue 12, December 1, 2009
In this issue of BOH, you’ll learn the right steps to take when finding and contracting with...
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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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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 48, December 1, 2009
HIM directors play a key role in collaborating with IT staff members to ensure acceptable...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 48, December 1, 2009
HIPAA privacy and security officers must face the reality that employees may misuse their access to...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 45, November 30, 2009
HITECH provides new resources to improve healthcare through advances in health IT and provides...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 45, November 30, 2009
That private information – including names, birth dates, Social Security numbers and injuries...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 45, November 30, 2009
Learn the answer to this tough HIPAA compliance question from your colleague.
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 45, November 30, 2009
If the BA is an agent of the CE, the CE is considered to have notice of the breach at the time the...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 47, November 24, 2009
HHS unveiled its online breach reporting forms one week after its interim final rule on breach...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 46, November 17, 2009
Q. How should we manage the tracking/logging of PHI that may be stored in standard Microsoft...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 43, November 16, 2009
You can protect your organization by investing in communication devices such as BlackBerry®...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 44, November 16, 2009
See the posts that get your HIPAA colleagues talking.
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 43, November 16, 2009
Check out our new whitepaper, our third on HITECH-related regulations and laws.
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 45, November 10, 2009
Q: I am beginning to hear about HIPAA violations occurring on popular Internet sites (e.g...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 45, November 10, 2009
HIPAA privacy and security officers must face the reality that employees may misuse their access to...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 42, November 9, 2009
Learn the answer to this HIPAA compliance question.
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 42, November 9, 2009
“Many of these documents help clear up questions on whether the subsequent 1135 waivers...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 42, November 9, 2009
The previous delay announcement—from August 1 enforcement to November 1—came in July...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 42, November 9, 2009
Check out our latest HIPAA white paper regarding provisions in the HITECH Act.
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 41, November 2, 2009
Learn the answer to this tough compliance question.
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, 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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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 41, November 2, 2009
Want to add your feedback on HHS' new harm threshold?
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, 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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HIM-HIPAA Insider, 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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HIM-HIPAA Insider, 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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HIM-HIPAA Insider, 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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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 39, October 19, 2009
Learn the answer to this challenging HIPAA compliance question.
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 39, October 19, 2009
Lisa Martinelli, Highmark, Inc.'s chief privacy officer, told the Tribune-Review the information...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, 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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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 39, October 19, 2009
The Red Flags Rule, which will be enforced beginning November 1, requires healthcare entities...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 38, October 12, 2009
The Congressmen say this concept was explicitly rejected when they crafted the American Recovery...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 37, October 5, 2009
Q. Several weeks ago, some security specialists indicated that their staff members take paper PHI...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, 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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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 37, October 5, 2009
“People are shell-shocked,” says Blustein, partner and co-chair of Garfunkel Wild &...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, 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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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 39, September 29, 2009
Nothing is concrete, but the fog surrounding meaningful use—its eventual definition...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, 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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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 36, September 28, 2009
Don't forget to dish out those Notice of Privacy Practices.
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 36, September 28, 2009
What's hot on the HIPAA Update blog?
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, 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-HIPAA Insider, 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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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 32, August 31, 2009
Learn the answer to this tough HIPAA compliance question.
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, 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-HIPAA Insider, Issue 34, August 25, 2009
HHS released an interim final rule regarding breach notification and the acceptable methods for...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, 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-HIPAA Insider, 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-HIPAA Insider, Issue 33, August 18, 2009
Hospitals should take a tiered approach when establishing sanction policies that consider various...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 30, August 17, 2009
You will find all these training resources on our new blog, HIPAA Update.
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, 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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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 29, August 10, 2009
Learn the answer to this challenging HIPAA scenario.
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, 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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HIM-HIPAA Insider, 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-HIPAA Insider, 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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HIM-HIPAA Insider, 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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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 28, August 3, 2009
Learn the answer to your tough HIPAA privacy and security questions.
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, 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-HIPAA Insider, 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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HIM-HIPAA Insider, 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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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 27, July 27, 2009
The language in your business associate agreement should require the BA to notify the covered...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 26, July 20, 2009
The answers to your toughest HIPAA questions.
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 26, July 20, 2009
HHS is hiring privacy specliasts. What does this mean for enforcement?
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, 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-HIPAA Insider, 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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HIM-HIPAA Insider, 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-HIPAA Insider, 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-HIPAA Insider, Issue 26, June 30, 2009
HIPAA does not address faxing patient information specifically, but does protect it under the...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 23, June 29, 2009
Want to know all about the HITECH? CMS has a fact sheet for you.
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 23, June 29, 2009
Get your answers to the toughest HIPAA questions from your colleagues.
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, 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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HIM-HIPAA Insider, 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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HIM-HIPAA Insider, 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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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 22, June 22, 2009
The answers to your tough HIPAA compliance questions.
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 22, June 22, 2009
The final definition of "meaningful use" could be quite different when CMS issues a...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, 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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HIM-HIPAA Insider, 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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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 21, June 15, 2009
Rhode Island patients can share their information with their state -- if they want to.
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 23, June 9, 2009
As technology grows, evolves, and spawns newer versions of itself, security and privacy challenges...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 20, June 8, 2009
The HIPAA privacy rule addresses disclosure of PHI for treatment and payment purposes and permits...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 20, June 8, 2009
CVS promises it is working diligently on protecting patients' privacy.
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 20, June 5, 2009
Red Flags Rule -- comply today. Be thankful you avoided public scrutiny tomorrow.
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, 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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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 19, June 1, 2009
Your answer to a HIPAA compliance question.
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 19, June 1, 2009
Here's a few ways to get started with compliance of HITECH.
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, 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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HIM-HIPAA Insider, 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-HIPAA Insider, Issue 21, May 26, 2009
CMS issued a special edition Medlearn Matters article (SE0904) that provides an overview of the...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, 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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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 18, May 18, 2009
The answers to your tough HIPAA questions.
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 18, May 18, 2009
Let your thoughts be heard about unsecure PHI with HHS.
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, 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-HIPAA Insider, 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-HIPAA Insider, 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-HIPAA Insider, Issue 17, April 28, 2009
HHS published guidance April 17 that identifies the technologies and methodologies that render...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 17, April 28, 2009
If you’re thinking about taking advantage of the incentive payments for EHR implementation...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 15, April 27, 2009
How do you comply with HIPAA working with patient photographs?
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 15, April 27, 2009
Miss HHS' draft guidance on securing PHI? We've got it.
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 15, April 27, 2009
How should your business associates be trained? We want to know.
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, 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-HIPAA Insider, 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-HIPAA Insider, 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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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 14, April 20, 2009
Looking for a new definition of unsecured protected health information?
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 14, April 20, 2009
Learn the answers to your toughest HIPAA questions.
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, 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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HIM-HIPAA Insider, 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-HIPAA Insider, 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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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 13, April 13, 2009
Organizations should use these OCR principles to better understand how they can exchange...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, 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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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 14, April 13, 2009
Learn the answer to this important HIPAA compliance question.
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, 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-HIPAA Insider, Issue 14, April 7, 2009
The World Privacy Forum announced its publication of a comprehensive HIPAA privacy guide written...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, 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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HIM-HIPAA Insider, 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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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 13, April 6, 2009
The HITECH calls for breach notification requirements for covered entities and business associates...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, 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-HIPAA Insider, 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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HIM-HIPAA Insider, 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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HIM-HIPAA Insider, 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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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 12, March 30, 2009
Know the major provisions in the HITECH Act? How about these, too?
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, 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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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 11, March 23, 2009
An electronic security breach may have exposed 1,000 Social Security Numbers.
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 11, March 23, 2009
Mark these important dates down on your HIPAA calendar.
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, 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-HIPAA Insider, 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-HIPAA Insider, Issue 11, March 17, 2009
Medical identity theft is an ugly reality for healthcare organizations, patients, and payers...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 10, March 16, 2009
Got a success story regarding your HIPAA compliance or training program? Let us know.
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 10, March 16, 2009
Business associates have new compliance requirements regarding the HIPAA Security Law. Here are a...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, 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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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 10, March 16, 2009
The federal goverment changed the penalties for privacy breaches. Here's how the break down.
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, 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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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 9, March 9, 2009
Got PHI questions? The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) may have your answer.
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 9, March 9, 2009
Learn the answer to this HIPAA question from one of our readers.
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, 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-HIPAA Insider, 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-HIPAA Insider, 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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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 8, March 2, 2009
Q: Do patients need to renew HIPAA acknowledgements every year?
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 8, March 2, 2009
The economic stimulus package approved on Feb. 17 included billions of dollars for health...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 8, March 2, 2009
HIPAA doesn’t prevent attorneys from questioning physicians about their patients&rsquo...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 8, March 2, 2009
The Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council updated its Payment Card Industry Data...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, 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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HIM-HIPAA Insider, 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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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 6, February 23, 2009
Q. May a spouse obtain the prescription records of an incarcerated spouse without written...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 6, February 23, 2009
CVS will pay the price for potential privacy breaches on millions of patients’ records.
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 7, February 17, 2009
Q. Funeral homes sometimes call requesting a deceased patient’s Social Security number (SSN...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, 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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HIM-HIPAA Insider, 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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HIM-HIPAA Insider, 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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HIM-HIPAA Insider, 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-HIPAA Insider, Issue 6, February 10, 2009
As healthcare continues its push toward more transparency, consumers are taking a more proactive...
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APCs Insider, 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-HIPAA Insider, 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-HIPAA Insider, 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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HIM-HIPAA Insider, 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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HIM-HIPAA Insider, 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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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 3, February 2, 2009
The consumer should be the key focus for consideration of prevention, detection, and remediation of...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, 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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HIM-HIPAA Insider, 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-HIPAA Insider, 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-HIPAA Insider, 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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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 2, January 26, 2009
You can never have enough HIPAA privacy and security training at your facility -- especially your...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 2, January 26, 2009
A West Virginia town’s health department officials identified a former temporary billing...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 2, January 26, 2009
BlueCross sent “explanation of benefit” forms to members in November that also featured...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, 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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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 1, January 19, 2009
Get your information on protecting the confidentiality of PII from NIST via its new release.
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 1, January 19, 2009
Consumers will be happy with this update as far as sharing their family health history.
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 1, January 19, 2009
Physicians’ offices are not bereft of HIPAA compliance issues.
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, 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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HIM-HIPAA Insider, 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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HIM-HIPAA Insider, 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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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 1, January 12, 2009
The Obama era begins this month. You should begin watching his Congress now.
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, 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-HIPAA Insider, 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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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 51, December 15, 2008
Last week’s issue discussed the use of “honeypots,” fictitious medical records...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, 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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HIM-HIPAA Insider, 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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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 51, December 15, 2008
Q. It’s my understanding that HIPAA doesn’t require breach notification except through...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 50, December 8, 2008
Some facilities use “honeypots” as bait to catch snooping staff members who are in...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 50, December 8, 2008
The International Association of Privacy Professions and Intel have teamed up to dedicate January...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 50, December 8, 2008
The Departments of Education and HHS recently issued guidance on the Family Educational Rights and...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, 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 Insider, Issue 49, December 5, 2008
To catch snooping staff, some hospitals and other HIPAA-covered entities use fictitious medical...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 48, December 1, 2008
Two professors at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland have called for increasing oversight...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 48, December 1, 2008
Your remote access employees must follow company protocol for HIPAA compliance. In fact, you should...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 48, December 1, 2008
Vandals stole an unattended laptop that included health information of 100,000 patients from the...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, 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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HIM-HIPAA Insider, 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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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 47, November 24, 2008
The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) released an article aimed at helping...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, 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-HIPAA Insider, Issue 45, November 18, 2008
The American Hospital Association (AHA) announced in a November 4 press release that it has...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 46, November 17, 2008
Transmitting PHI via cell phone or BlackBerry—whether verbally, via text message, or...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 46, November 17, 2008
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released publication SP 800-124...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 46, November 17, 2008
The American Hospital Association (AHA) announced in a November 4 press release that it has...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 46, November 17, 2008
A. Answering the court’s questions with the minimum information necessary would not have...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 44, November 11, 2008
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a final report October 27 reviewing CMS’ HIPAA...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 45, November 10, 2008
Frequent practice is essential to protecting patient information, maintaining business operations...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 45, November 10, 2008
The recent rash of privacy and security breaches involving high-profile victims illustrates the...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 45, November 10, 2008
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a largely critical final report October 27 reviewing...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, 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-HIPAA Insider, 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-HIPAA Insider, Issue 43, November 4, 2008
On October 24 the American Hospital Association (AHA) published a sample policy hospitals can use...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 44, November 3, 2008
Your healthcare organization may already have an identity theft policy in place to mitigate the...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 44, November 3, 2008
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released publication SP 800-66 Revision...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, 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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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 43, October 27, 2008
Thanks to new legislation, protecting people’s data is now of primary importance in several...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 43, October 27, 2008
Providing every person with a unique patient identification number would be worth the high price...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 43, October 27, 2008
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has extended the red flags medical identity theft rule...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, 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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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 42, October 20, 2008
San Juan Regional Medical Center has terminated the employment of a nurse who publicized an...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, 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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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 42, October 20, 2008
Human error—not hackers—is apparently to blame in a security breach that affected 45...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 42, October 20, 2008
Q. Our organization received information indicating that medical personnel must attend at least 50...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 41, October 13, 2008
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released the publication SP 800-115...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 41, October 13, 2008
Advances in information technology (IT) can improve the quality and other aspects of healthcare...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, 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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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 41, October 13, 2008
Q. What are the reporting requirements when a company laptop computer containing specially...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 40, October 6, 2008
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed legislation creating an oversight office to...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, 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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HIM-HIPAA Insider, 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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HIM-HIPAA Insider, 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
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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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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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 39, September 29, 2008
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) on September 17 released a report on HHS’ work to...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, 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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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 39, September 29, 2008
HHS’ Office for Civil Rights has published two guides (one for healthcare providers...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, 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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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 38, September 22, 2008
Boulder Community Hospital has notified police that copies of patient intake forms are...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, 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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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 38, September 22, 2008
CMS reminds healthcare providers with NPIs that have records in the National Plan and Provider...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, 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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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 37, September 15, 2008
National Institute of Health (NIH) officials have removed two databases containing patient DNA...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 37, September 15, 2008
CMS has issued MLN Matters 6129 (based on Transmittal R5172CP), which clarifies changes affecting...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 37, September 15, 2008
HHS’ Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology will sponsor a Town...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 37, September 15, 2008
Q. If an employer pays for employee physicals or consultations that are performed for employment...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 36, September 8, 2008
Six Alzheimer’s patients at Brookside Assisted Living in Buford, GA, are victims of identity...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, 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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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 36, September 8, 2008
CMS will post sample findings and lessons learned from the security compliance reviews it began...
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, 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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HIM-HIPAA Insider, 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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HIM-HIPAA Insider, 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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HIM-HIPAA Insider, Issue 35, September 1, 2008
Healthcare staff frequent participants in medical identity theft
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HIM-HIPAA Insider, 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...
