HIPAA regulatory compliance info for healthcare today
The privacy rules created by HIPAA can seem cumbersome but every practice should evaluate its operations to make sure it is compliant. (Source: Physicians Practice)
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HealthLeaders Media article discusses things you should know about the HIPAA Privacy Rule disclosures proposed rule published May 31 in the Federal Register. (Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center)
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The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) proposes a new rule that would give individuals the right to find out who has accessed their protected health information electronically. This proposed legislation is a requirement under HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability) Act Privacy Rule. The HSS says members of the public can comment [...]
Ken Diamond introduces and explains privacyharbor’s brand new Beacon Desktop Email Notifier for their private email application.
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ICD-10 is a diagnostic coding system implemented by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1993 to replace ICD-9, which was developed by WHO in the 1970s. ICD-10 is in almost every country in the world, except the United States. This code set is scheduled to replace ICD-9-CM, our current U.S. diagnostic code set, on October [...]
Ken Diamond explains the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and how Privacyharbor exceeds these standards.
(Source: Psychiatr News)
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HIPAA stands for Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act is a federal law enacted in 1996 as an attempt at incremental health care reform and experts consider it the most significant health care legislation since Medicare in 1965. HIPAA intent is to reform the health sector, reducing costs, streamlining processes, and administrative costs, and improve [...]