News & Analysis

November 1, 2011
Case Management Monthly

When patients are set to be discharged from the hospital, they have the right to appeal that discharge decision. Hospitals have a duty to inform patients that they have this right by providing them with a required notification mandated by CMS called the Important ­Message from Medicare (IM).

November 1, 2011
Briefings on HIPAA

Q A patient signed an authorization form eight months ago, and her attorney is now submitting it to obtain a copy of her medical records. Is this authorization still valid, or do we need to get the patient to sign a new authorization?

November 1, 2011
Briefings on HIPAA

Breaches are expensive and can be directly related to sending PHI unencrypted over the Internet. There are a number of vendors who offer secure messaging tools but not all are equal. Protected Trust is more than just a secure messaging solution. Protected Trust's application also includes tools to assist with broader security control implementation and compliance with HIPAA and HITECH.

November 1, 2011
Briefings on HIPAA

Before HITECH, covered entities (CE) could pretty much say, the government was all bark and no bite when it came to HIPAA enforcement.

November 1, 2011
HIM Briefings

It's almost that time of year again, when holidays abound and people's lives tend to get even more hectic than normal. As a manager, it means planning holiday parties, dealing with requests for time off, and a myriad of other tasks.

October 1, 2011
Briefings on HIPAA

The security of PHI is no longer the exclusive domain of covered entities (CE).

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