News & Analysis

October 1, 2013
Briefings on HIPAA

The healthcare industry is changing rapidly, and if you've been paying attention to the news you've probably noticed the recent wave of hospital mergers.

September 1, 2013
Briefings on HIPAA

Trying to keep up with one of the Kardashians may have resulted in the firing of six people at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.

September 1, 2013
Briefings on HIPAA

Q. Is it a HIPAA violation if a hospital receives a faxed Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) request and the hospital cannot ­identify the patient by full name, last name, or date of birth? These requests contain name, date of birth, provider, and the HEDIS Measure (Chlamydia screening, cervical cancer screening, cholesterol management, etc.) and last date of service of the patient. Typically, these faxed requests are from business associates of the patient's health insurance, but occasionally they come directly from the insurance company.

September 1, 2013
HIM Briefings

Also known as the "mega rules," the omnibus final rules are clarifications and finalizations of the HIPAA rules of 2003, the HITECH rules of 2008, and the incorporation of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) rules into the Privacy and ­Security rules. These are not sweeping changes, as many ­describe, but clarifications. In most cases, what are now final rules are best practices that organizations should already be following.

September 1, 2013
Briefings on HIPAA

The HIPAA omnibus rule has changed the game when it comes to business associates (BA).

September 1, 2013
Briefings on HIPAA

To comply with the HIPAA omnibus final rule, healthcare organizations need to revise their risk assessment process to determine whether they must notify affected individuals of a breach.

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