Editor's note: The following is adapted from the HCPro book The HIPAA Omnibus Rule: A Compliance Guide for Covered Entities and Business Associates, by Kate Borten, CISSP, CISM, president of The Marblehead Group in Marblehead, Mass. To learn more about the book, go to www.hcmarketplace.com.
There is some common ground in the corrective action plans (CAP) that OCR has imposed on healthcare organizations it has investigated for HIPAA privacy and security deficiencies.
As an HIM director, you are responsible for the integrity of your patients' records-even when your hospital shuts down certain wings of the facility or closes its doors entirely.
HIM directors can always do more to gear up for the super transition into ICD-10 next year. In fact, one way you can begin preparing is to pinpoint specific elements in ICD-9 that already exist in the record and will be documentation and coding musts once the new code set arrives.
