Source: Don Fluckinger, SearchHealthIT Content: “Server virtualization might have seen its heyday a few years ago in the general business world, but economics, space requirements in data centers and ease of disaster recovery are all combining to make a virtualized environment an attractive play in health care now. One other reason the technology’s hot: Tidying [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Hipaa’
MediSwipe Inc. Announces Letter of Intent to Acquire HIPAA Compliant Social Media Platform “ReachMeDaily.com”
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 [...]
Patients Medical Record Posted to Facebook â HIPAA Violation
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 [...]
HHS Adopts HIPAA Standard for Electronic Funds Transfers/Remittance Advice (CMS-0024-IFC) Action
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today announced an interim final rule with comment period under which the Department of Health and Human Services adopts standards for the Health Care Electronic Funds Transfers and Remittance Advice transaction under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). (Source: News stories via the [...]
Encryption, HIPAA and your practice.
Authors: Bachman A
PMID: 22073515 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Tennessee Medicine)
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Health organizations not prepared for HIPAA audits
A new survey’s report comes as federal authorities say they would expand enforcement of patient privacy and security requirements. (Source: American Medical News – BUSINESS)
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Don't Stop HIPAA 5010 Change
Despite the government’s announcement that it is delaying enforcement of the HIPAA 5010 electronic claims standards for 90 days, the Texas Medical Association recommends physicians continue planning to begin using the new standards on Jan. 1 if you want to get your claims paid. (Source: Blogged_Arteries)
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HIPAA 5010 deadline stays with bit of leniency
It’s not entirely surprising that CMS has instituted a 90-day grace period for HIPAA 5010. To be clear: The compliance date remains January 1, 2012 but the agency said it will not “initiate enforcement action” on that compliance before March 31, 2012.
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Physicians Get Grace Period from CMS on HIPAA 5010 Enforcement
CMS will look the other way until March 31, 2012, but the Jan. 1, 2012, compliance deadline for providers wonât budge. (Source: Physicians Practice)
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Nov 14: Files Comments Supporting HIPAA and CLIA Changes Giving Patients Access to Lab Results
The federal government issued proposed regulations that would make all lab results subject to the
basic rule that all patient records should be provided to the patient upon request. See the post on
e-patients.net explaining the proposed rule on access to lab results and its background. Following
discussion in the comments to the blog post and on the [...]