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AHIMA External HIPAA Audit Readiness Toolkit
Author: Beckett, Barb; Beidler, Aurae; Halpert, Aviva M.; Davis, Nancy; Gorton, Elisa R.; McLendon, Kelly; Rose, Angela Dinh; Shindell, Roger; Tucker, DeAnn
Source: AHIMA toolkit
Publication Date: January 2017
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AHIMA External HIPAA Audit Readiness Toolkit. Appendix A: HIPAA Audit Protocols Summaries and Checklist
Author: McLendon, Kelly
Source: AHIMA toolkit
Publication Date: January 2017
overview of the Office of Civil Right’s HIPAA Audit Protocol, including summaries
Release of Information: When to Call a Healthcare Compliance Attorney
Author: Herrin, Barry S.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: September 2016
The HIPAA-HITECH modifications to the Privacy and Security Rules have made the management of the release of information function even more complex for providers. Add in state law and other protections, and it can be difficult for health information management (HIM) professionals to know ju....
Information Release to Patient Families and Caregivers: What Does HITECH/HIPAA Actually Say?
Author: Butler, Mary
Source: Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: July 01, 2016
One of the most important objectives of the HIPAA Privacy Rule—and the HITECH Act in particular—was to ensure that consumers have easy and affordable access to their own protected health information. The regulations also clarified how and when medical information about a patien....
What to Expect When Phase 2 HIPAA Audits Begin
Author: Rose, Angela Dinh
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: June 2016
The HITECH Omnibus Rule mandated that the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) conduct periodic audits on the privacy and security compliance of covered entities and business associates. It was during the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) update session on March 21, 2016 at the 20....
Release or Not? Patients’ Rights to Health Records Becoming Increasingly Complex
Author: Butler, Mary
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: April 2016
It is a dark and stormy night at a mid-sized regional trauma center when an EMS team brings in a 30-year-old man who is suffering from a prescription narcotics overdose. The patient is conscious but disoriented when he arrives on a gurney. When he wakes up, his loved ones, dutifully at his....
OCR Clarifies Policy on Medical Record Request Fees
Author: Greene, Adam H
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: April 2016
In 2009, CONGRESS passed the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, which granted individuals a right to have a copy of their records sent to a third party, according to 42 U.S.C. § 17935(e) of the regulation.
Unfortunately, many attorn....
Report to Congress: Update On The Adoption Of Health Information Technology And Related Efforts To Facilitate The Electronic Use And Exchange Of Health Information
Author: U.S. Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
Source: Government (U.S.) | External healthcare industry report
Publication Date: February 2016
2015 Report To Congress on Health IT Adoption, Use, and Exchange
Electronic Health Record Use a Bitter Pill for Many Physicians
Author: Meigs, Stephen L; Solomon, Michael
Source: Perspectives in Health Information Management
Publication Date: January 2016
Abstract
Electronic health record (EHR) adoption among office-based physician practices in the United States has increased significantly in the past decade. However, the challenges of using EHRs have resulted in growing dissatisfaction with the systems among many of these physicia....
AHIMA Comments on the Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program, Stage 3, and Modifications to Meaningful Use in 2015 through 2017 Final Rule
Author: Gordon, Lynne Thomas
Source: AHIMA testimony and comments
Publication Date: December 15, 2015
Letter to Andrew M. Slavitt, Acting Administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services
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