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Preventing Data Breaches: Are Healthcare Organizations Doing Enough?
April 25, 2012 12:00 PM by Lisa Brzezicki
In an April 20 press release, the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) announced that it discovered a breach of patient information, which resulted when a document sent to an individual outside of UAMS for analysis of billing charges was Read More...
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AHIOS Annual Meeting Addressed Current State of HIPAA
November 23, 2011 2:53 PM by Lisa Algeo
The Association of Health Information Outsourcing Services (AHIOS), an organization committed to promoting excellence in the handling and dissemination of confidential, patient-identifiable information, held its annual meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah, Read More...
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Three UMC Tucson Employees Fired for Accessing Victims' Medical Records
January 13, 2011 8:54 AM by Lisa Algeo
According to a statement issued by the University Medical Center, Tucson, AZ, the hospital has terminated three clinical support staff members this week for inappropriately accessing confidential electronic medical records of victims in Saturday's shooting. Read More...
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AHIMA Responds to HHS Privacy Rules
September 14, 2010 9:35 AM by Lisa Algeo
In a letter last week directed to Georgina Verdugo, JD, LLM, MPA, director of the Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Civil Rights (OCR), the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) responded to the July 14 proposed privacy rule Read More...
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Rite Aid to Pay $1 Million to Settle HIPAA Case
July 28, 2010 6:47 AM by Lisa Algeo
Rite Aid Corp. and its 40 affiliated entities have agreed to pay $1 million to settle potential violations of the HIPAA Privacy Rule, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced. In a coordinated action, the company also signed a Read More...
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Remember Your Manners
June 30, 2010 9:33 AM by Lisa Algeo
(Editor's note: The following blog is written by Skyler Perkins, a full-time AuD student at ATSU - Arizona School of Health Sciences.) I usually experience healthcare from the provider's point of view, but I recently had the opportunity to experience Read More...
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AHIOS Spring Meeting Tackles Tough Topics
June 17, 2010 10:32 AM by Lisa Algeo
The Association of Health Information Outsourcing Services (AHIOS) gathered for its annual Spring meeting in New Orleans back in March. Joining the AHIOS members at the meeting were healthcare industry expert, Dr. Deborah Peel of Patient Privacy Rights Read More...
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MGMA Says New Accounting for Disclosures Rules Are Onerous
May 20, 2010 9:47 AM by Lisa Algeo
The Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) submitted comments this week to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) in response to the request for information, "HIPAA Privacy Rule Accounting of Disclosures Under Read More...
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OCR Offers HITECH Guidance
May 12, 2010 9:23 AM by Lisa Algeo
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is responsible for issuing periodic guidance on the provisions in the HIPAA Security Rule. It will offer a series of guidance documents to assist organizations in identifying and implementing the most effective and appropriate Read More...
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HITECH: Put Responsibilities on Paper
March 17, 2010 8:49 AM by Cheryl McEvoy
While interviewing for my articles on HITECH requirements for medical transcription service providers and independent contractors (ICs), I couldn't help thinking, "I am so glad I just write about this stuff." I never would want to handle the stress of Read More...
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HHS Names New Leaders, Still No CMS Head
February 19, 2010 10:51 AM by Cheryl McEvoy
What a week it's been for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Aside from celebrating the first anniversary of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), officials introduced several new comrades to the public. On Feb. 17, Joy Pritts Read More...
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In the News
January 15, 2010 11:18 AM by Cheryl McEvoy
It's Friday--time to catch up on the news. I was hoping to share a delightful health-related story with you, but there were too many good ones, and who am I to single out? So, on to a list we go; I'll leave it up to you to pick and prune according to Read More...
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Movies and Medical Records
November 3, 2009 12:47 PM by Lisa Algeo
(Editor's note: The following blog was written by Mark McGraw, an associate editor on staff at ADVANCE .) It's movie night, and you're not interested in subtitles or surrealism. Maybe next week you'll go for the one with the "Winner: Best Foreign Language Read More...
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PHRs Go Overseas
October 29, 2009 9:26 AM by Cheryl McEvoy
If you've been following Jay's blog, " XY Files in and MT World ," recently, you know there have been some frightening reports of medical records being sold overseas. It's enough to make you hunker down in the States and demand your records stay local. Read More...
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