Health IT, HIPAA, and the CMS Incentive Programs Blog
For physicians, hospitals, government agencies, and business associatesCounty DD Boards — Don't update those HIPAA policies!
All of Ohio's County Boards of Developmental Disability have received a beautifully bound set of freshly updated HIPAA policies from the County Board Association. These changes are based on the new HIPAA law enacted in 2009. Don't give into the temptation to simply...
HIPAA Enforcement Update
With reports about multi-million dollar HIPAA fines in the news for the first time, and discussion of stiff new HIPAA penalties from the HITECH Act, administrators and physicians are asking about the new enforcement activities. Recently, a small organization was hit...
Mass General and Cignet Health Hit with $5.3M HIPAA Fines
The Obama Administration continues to accelerate its enforcement of the HIPAA Privacy and Security rules. This month saw two additional $1M+ fines. On February 4, 2011, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued its first-ever Civil Monetary...
“Meaningful Use” – the Computer Security Risk Assessment
To achieve “meaningful use” and to earn incentive payments, medical practices must perform a HIPAA-mandated computer security risk analysis — and use it. So what is a computer security risk analysis?
Top 10 Computer Security List for Medical Practices
Physician practices have become more reliant on computer technology, the internet has connected most computers, and small mobile devices are everywhere. The net result is that practices are more exposed to computer security problems than ever before. With a small or medium sized practice’s limited resources, what are the most important computer security steps to take? Here is the top 10 computer security list for medical practices.
Selecting an EHR (for physicians)
The ARRA imperative to implement electronic records leaves many physicians feeling daunted. With hundreds of vendors touting their wares, health reform and uncertain change on the horizon, and colleagues’ stories of EHR disasters, the task can seem frightening and overwhelming. Here is a roadmap for moving forward.
Eagle Case Study: VAR Partnership
Eagle consulted and helped manage HIPAA compliance for a medical practice management software vendor as part of a program that included review and guidance for software features, client training classes, and a smart business associate agreement. Some of the costs of this major transition were defrayed with client training revenues.
