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 [...]
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MGMA sends suggestions to CMS over HIPAA rule
The Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) has sent a letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) outlining their recommendations on the interim final rule (IFR), âHIPAA Administrative Simplification: Adoption of Operating Rules for Eligibility for a Health Plan and Healthcare Claim Status Transactions.â (Source: CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives)
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Tripping Over the HIPAA Hurdle.
Authors: Hermos JA, Spiro A
PMID: 21810718 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Annals of Internal Medicine)
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HHS issues $4.3M fine to Maryland provider over HIPAA violation
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Servicesâ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights has issued a notice of determination finding that Cignet Health of Prince Georgeâs County, Md., violated the Privacy Rule of HIPAA. HHS has imposed a civil money penalty of $4.3 million for the violations, representing the first financial penalty issued by HSS [...]
AHIMA raises concern over HHS privacy rules
In a response to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Civil Rights’ notice of proposed rulemaking on modifications to the HIPAA Privacy, Security and Enforcement rules under the HITECH Act, the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) raised concerns about the sale of patient health information when an organization [...]
Rite Aid pays HHS $1M over HIPAA violations
Rite Aid, along with its 40 affiliated entities, have agreed to pay $1 million to settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy Rule, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced. (Source: CMIO.net: The News Weekly for Health IT Executives)
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Changes in the institutional review board submission process for multicenter research over 6 years
Although collaborative research across sites is essential to increase the statistical power and generalizability of research findings, the need to undergo multiple institutional review board (IRB) reviews is a challenge. The purposes of this paper are to describe changes in the IRB submission process in 2 national multisite studies before and after the implementation of [...]
Hillary Clinton plans Adventist take over of religious health care system
The Adventists did it in Nazi Germany and now they will do it here. Nationalized health care puts them in charge of your family’s health. Ouch.
Nurses Fired Over Cell Phone Photos Of Patient
Nurses, accused of photographing an X-ray of patient with a stuck "sex toy" in the rectum and posting the pictures on the Internet, have been fired.
California Hospital Association quashes nurse warnings over H1N1 for Halloween walk-out
California Hospital Association quashes nurse warnings over H1N1 for Halloween walk-out SACRAMENTO, Calif., Oct. 20 — The California Hospital Association (CHA) is engaged with hospitals and state and local public health officials in a voluntary statewide effort to ensure that all hospital workers — including registered nurses — are vaccinated against the H1N1 flu virus. [...]