News & Analysis

January 1, 2013
Briefings on HIPAA

Complying with the HIPAA Privacy Rule isn't always easy, but it can be even more complicated for assisted living facilities.

January 1, 2013
Briefings on HIPAA

When it comes to data breaches, it's not a question of if, but a matter of when, says Cris V. Ewell, PhD, chief information security officer at Seattle Children's Hospital, Research, and Foundation.

January 1, 2013
Briefings on HIPAA

Q&A, Patient preference, incidental disclosures, and email blasts

January 1, 2013
HIM Briefings

The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) wants improved and unified health information governance to standardize EHR use. AHIMA says the move will lead to technology that provides better, more efficient patient care.

January 1, 2013
Strategies for Healthcare Compliance

Despite efforts to prevent data breaches in healthcare, they continue to cause alarm. Almost 20 million patient health records have been ­compromised in the past two years, according to statistics from HHS.

January 1, 2013
Briefings on APCs

Hospitals earned a big win with drug payments this year in the 2013 OPPS final rule, released November 1. CMS decided to finalize its proposal to follow the statute and reimburse facilities at the average sales price (ASP) plus 6%.

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