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Medicare Fee-for-Service Recovery Audit Program: CMS Announces Additional Documentation Limits for Medicare providers (except suppliers and physicians)
, March 2012
The Tennessee Blue Cross Privacy Breach: What You Need To Know, March 2012
Privacy And Security Audits To Begin, November 2011
OCR Reports Breach Data, October 2011
DHHS Issues Proposed Rule Amending HIPAA/CLIA, September 2011
Signature Requirements - The Never Ending Story, July 2011
Accounting of Disclosures NPRM Also Would Require Accounting of Access, June 2011
Coming Soon to a Provider Near You: Increased HIPAA Enforcement, June 2011
Getting Ready to Certify Meaningful Use?, April 2011
HIPAA Penalties are Real (and Real Serious): DHHS Imposes a $4.3 Million Fine for HIPAA Violations, March 2011
Does The WikiLeaks Scandal Have Anything To Do With Health Information Management?, February 2011
CMS: Signatures Required On Laboratory "Requisitions", But No Effect On "Orders" - Clear As Mud?, January 2011
Documentation of Informed Consent – Does "Clarification" Create a New Legal Standard?, November 2010
Trick Or Treat: Privacy And Security Breach Reporting Procedures Now More Coordinated - And More Scary, October 2010
What's That, You Say?
Employee Expectations of Privacy When Using Employer-Provided Technology – And How Employers Can Defeat Them, September 2010
The HITECH Proposed Rule, Practically Speaking: Comments, Please?, August 2010
Class Action Suits for Medical Records Copy Overcharges Pose a Threat, July 2010
HIPAA Violation Results in Criminal Conviction and Prison Sentence, June 2010
PHI Faux Pas: Social Media and the Unauthorized Disclosure of PHI, April/May 2010
News Flash: ONC Issues Health IT Certification - And De-Certification - Rule, March 2010
Finding Meaning In "Meaningful Use": CMS Issues Proposed Rule", January 2010
Limitations Of Damages Provisions In Information Technology Contracts: Part Two - The "Learned Intermediary Doctrine", January 2010
Metadata, November 2009
HITECH: Frequently Asked Questions, October 2009
HIPAA GOES "HITECH": Privacy Considerations Under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, September 2009
Another Retroactive (But Important) Policy Change, August 2009
All Signatures Are Not Created Equal: A Never-Ending Story?, July 2009
Protecting Your Registered Trademark on Facebook: Time is Running Out, June 2009
How ONC Plans To Implement The HITECH Act, May/June 2009
Disposal And Destruction Of Protected Health Information, April 2009
The Economic Stimulus Package: Changes To HIPAA, March 2009
Cell Phone Camera Use in Healthcare Facilities: Shutter It, March 2009
New Institute Of Medicine Report Advocates Eliminating HIPAA Privacy Rule For Research, February 2009
Implementation Assistance For Electronic Health Records, January 2009
2008 Year End Matters, December 2008
OIG To CMS: HIPAA Security Rule Oversight And Enforcement Leaves Much To Be Desired, November 2008
Recovery Audit Contractors Are Coming—Part I, March 2008
Recovery Audit Contractors Are Coming—Part II, October 2008
HIPAA Security Audits, September 2008
All Signatures Are Not Created Equal—The Last Word?, August 2008
Limitation of Damages Provisions in Information Technology Contracts: Not Having to Say You're Sorry?, July 2008
Unsolicited Medical Information: Use It Or Lose It?, May/June 2008
Emerging Issues In Release Of Information, April 2008
All Signatures Are Not Created Equal – New Developments, March 2008
Control Over Medical Records Disclosed In Litigation, February 2008
Mythbusters # 3 – Applicability Of HIPAA To "Trial Subpoenas", January 2008
Release Of Information To The Military, December 2007
Questions Remain About The Risks Of IT Subsidies, November 2007
Mythbusters #2 – Use Of Partial Social Security Numbers, October 2007
All Signatures Are Not Created Equal, September 2007
Emergency Department Release Of Information, August 2007
Picking The Right Health Information Solution, July 2007
One Of Life's Most Embarrassing Moments, June 2007
Two New Federal Developments, May 2007
E-Mail: Ownership, Control, And Compliance, April 2007
Will IRS Hit Donation Guidance Spur Adoption Of EHRS?, March 2007
Is There Bite to HIPAA's Privacy Rule?, March 2007
Convicted Sex Offenders And Ramifications For Health Care Facilities, February 2007
Commonly Asked Questions About National Provider Identifiers, January 2007
Verification Of A Patient's Personal Representative – How Much Is Enough?, December 2006
Key To Increasing HIPAA Enforcement May Be Provider-Imposed Sanctions, November 2006
GAO Reports On HIM & HIT Issues, October 2006
New Stark And Anti-Kickback Exceptions For E-Prescribing And EHRS, September 2006
Hurricane Katrina: Lessons (And Opportunities) For The HIM And HIT Communities, July/August 2006
Collections Activity: What Is The "Minimum Necessary"?, June 2006
Mind The Gap #3: Medical Staff Regulations And Research, May 2006
Mythbuster: Redisclosure Of Medical Records, April 2006
DHHS Issues Final HIPAA Enforcement Provisions, March 2006
Mind The Gap #2 – Problems With Joint Commission Compliance, February 2006
Treatment And Release Of Minors' Health Information, January 2006
Mind The Gap #1 – Problems With Patient Registration, December 2005
Compensation Of Medical Coders: Eligible For Overtime, November 2005
Privacy Vs. Security: Can You E-Mail A Patient His Or Her PHI?, October 2005
Security Rules Blues, May 2005
Informed Consent, It's Not Just A Piece of Paper, April 2005
Trash It!, April 2004
HIPAA Q&A – Prisoner PHI, April 2004
Georgia's New "Survivor" Rule, October 2002
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