by Gary Pritts | Dec 6, 2011 | HIPAA
The Joint Commission (JCAHO) weighed in recently regarding the issue of physicians using text messages to transmit orders. They didn’t explicitly state that their opinion was related to the HIPAA regulations, but we infer that HIPAA was part of the thought... Read More
by Gary Pritts | Nov 18, 2011 | HIPAA
The Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General, the agency’s watchdog, has released its annual work plan. It is 117 pages specify hundreds of work items reviewing every nook and cranny of the health system. Medicare and Medicaid... Read More
by Gary Pritts | Nov 9, 2011 | HIPAA
The random HIPAA compliance audits mandated under the HITECH Act will begin this month. Yesterday, the HHS Office of Civil Rights (OCR) announced that every covered entity and business associate is eligible for an audit. To guide future audit efforts, a wide range of... Read More
by Gary Pritts | Sep 2, 2011 | HIPAA
Texas Governor Perry recently signed House Bill 300 — which further strengthens Texas medical privacy laws, which were already more stringent than HIPAA. To begin, HIPAA currently covers only providers, insurers, and clearinghouses — while Texas law... Read More
by Gary Pritts | Aug 20, 2011 | HIPAA
On August 11, 2011, the HHS Office of Civil Rights, the agency responsible for enforcement of the HIPAA regulations, delivered its first annual report on HIPAA Compliance and Enforcement to Congress. OCR shed a little light on the subject of random compliance audits... Read More
by Gary Pritts | Jul 20, 2011 | HIPAA
In May 2011 The HHS Office of the Inspector General (OIG) published their findings regarding CMS’s oversight and enforcement of the HIPAA Security Rule. The findings state that the oversight and enforcement actions “were not sufficient” to insure... Read More
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