HIPAA regulatory compliance info for healthcare today
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It’s one thing to prepare your organization with a solid defense against a potential privacy breach. Add in an HHS/OCR audit or investigation, and it becomes crucial that organizations take the necessary steps to comply with the HIPAA Privacy, Security, and Breach Notification rules.
Mahmood Sher-Jan, vice president of product management at ID Experts, and Chris Apgar, president and CEO at Apgar and Associates, outline 10 tips for preparing for an OCR audit.
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LOS ANGELES, Feb. 2, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — MediSwipe Inc. (www.MediSwipe.com) (OTCBB:MWIP.OB), a merchant payment solutions and financial products company for the medical health care industry, today announced a Letter of Intent to acquire the assets of ReachMeDaily.com, (www.ReachMeDaily.com) a Florida based social media and HIPAA compliant platform which connects families with seniors residing in nursing homes and assisted living facilities. The acquisition will be subject to satisfactory due diligence, completion of definitive agreements by both parties. (Source: Medical News (via PRIMEZONE))
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TMA and the American Medical Association report that many medical practices are seeing more of their claims rejected in recent weeks. The conversion to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Version 5010 transaction standards on Jan. 1 could be the culprit. (Source: Blogged_Arteries)
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American Medical Association CEO James L. Madara, MD, wrote to House SpeakerBoehner (R-Ohio) to urge him to take action against the implementation of ICD-10, informing him that the transition to ICD-10 as mandated by HIPAA would place a heavy burden on physicians without offering a direct benefit to individual patient care. (Source: Cardiovascular Business News)
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iMedicor (PINKSHEETS: VMCI) today announced it is adding esMD (Electronic Submission of Medical Data) and HIH (Health Information Handler) technology and certifications to iMedicor’s flagship service, the HIPAA-compliant Social Health Information Exchange (SocialHIE).
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Source: John, EMR and HIPAA Content: “Iâve generally been writing more about the EMR side of EMR and HIPAA lately. For the most part, it seems readers are more interested in EMR and EHR than they are in the details of HIPAA. Although, one of my top posts ever is from back in 2006 about [...] (Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics)
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Conclusion:
Extrinsic warming (to 37°C) does not appear to affect adverse event rates for intravenous injections of iopamidol 300 of less than 6 mL/sec but is associated with a significant reduction in extravasation and overall adverse event rates for the more viscous iopamidol 370.
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Source: Jane Newman, Dr Chrono Content: “Last September, the Department of Health and Human Services introduced an amendment to the CLIA Program and HIPAA Privacy Rule: Patientsâ Access to Test Reports. The rule proposes that patients have unfettered access to clinical lab test reports upon request. While hospitals, clinical labs, and clinicians say they support [...] (Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics)
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