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Breach Notification: Technically Speaking November 18, 2009 9:50 AM by Cheryl McEvoy: While researching for my encryption article, " Are You Secured? " I was struck by what I would consider a loophole in the breach notification rules. According to the new regulations, when a security breach or theft occurs, the covered entity or business Read More...
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FTC Probes CVS November 6, 2009 9:51 AM by Cheryl McEvoy: Your friendly neighborhood drug store--OK, more like the corporate colossus that runs it--is under investigation again. CVS Caremark Corp. announced yesterday that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is investigating the company's business practices, according Read More...
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Abortion Records Go on Long, Strange Trip February 24, 2009 4:05 PM by Lynn Jusinski: When patient records of women receiving abortions made their way from the Sedgwick County, KS, court to the Johnson County, KS, district attorney's office and then probably on to somewhere in Virginia and then back to Johnson County, KS, that's an issue Read More...
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ICD-10 Final Rule Issued; Implementation Slated for 2013 January 15, 2009 12:22 PM by Lynn Jusinski: The eagerly awaited Final Rules for adoption of ICD-10 will be published in the next few days, and the implementation date has been bumped from 2011 to 2013. The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) released a brief statement today Read More...
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