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Meaningful Use morphs into “Advancing Care Information” under MACRA/MIPS
Editor’s Note: Subsequent to the publication of this article, CMS has renamed the MIPS “Advancing Care Information” category to “Promoting Interoperability”. The MACRA legislation established the Medicare Incentive Payment System (MIPS)... Read More
OCR Details 5 Most Common HIPAA Mistakes
The Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights (OCR) recently detailed the 5 most common mistakes that organizations make in their HIPAA compliance programs, as reported by TechTarget’s SearchHealthIT coverage. According to OCR, the 5 most common HIPAA... Read More
The HIPAA Internal Audit
Because the Honor System Doesn’t Work Electronic record systems contain a vast trove of interesting information – which can be a great temptation for a curious employee when they know that their relative, friend or neighbor was in the clinic. It has been 15... Read More
Vendor Risk Highlighted by Medhost Backdoor
This month Carnegie Mellon University’s CERT Division issued an advisory regarding a flaw in Medhost’s Perioperative Information Management System (PIMS). PIMS is a widely used suite of applications for surgery departments to manage surgical cases from... Read More
