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How Law, Investigation, Ethics Connect to HIPAA
Author: Ruano, Michael
Source: In Confidence (newsletter)
Publication Date: November 02, 2003
Part nine in a 10-part series.
This article is the ninth of a 10-part series that introduces the domains of information security and relates them to federal HIPAA regulations. The information security domain of law, investigation, and ethics covers these topics in depth and provides a p....
How does the HIPAA Privacy Rule relate to state public records laws?
Author: U.S. Office for Civil Rights
Source: Government (U.S.) | U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
Publication Date: August 24, 2004
Question
State public records laws, also known as open records or freedom of information laws, all provide for certain public access to government records. How does the HIPAA Privacy Rule relate to these state laws?
Answer
If a state agency is not a “covered entity”, as....
How an Integrated Delivery System Organized, Approached, and Monitored HIPAA Privacy Compliance: a Case Study
Author: Miller, Judith A.
Source: In Confidence (newsletter)
Publication Date: November 02, 2003
Advocate Health Care is a large, fully integrated not-for-profit healthcare delivery system in metropolitan Chicago. Many months prior to the April 14, 2003, deadline, Advocate began preparing for the HIPAA privacy compliance deadline.When April 14 arrived, Advocate’s associates and physician....
HIPAA Whistleblower Protections Promote Information Governance
Author: Butler, Mary
Source: Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: March 01, 2014
Health information management (HIM) professionals are too often witness to an array of fraudulent activities, whether its fraud via “upcoding,” improper disclosure of protected health information (PHI), or other breach activities.
Since reporting noncomplia....
HIPAA Violation? Sue Me
Author: AHIMA
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: March 2011
This is a true story that occurred recently in Indiana. Failing to collect payment for treatment, a medical group sent a patient to collections. In providing the unpaid bills to the collections attorney, practice staff failed to redact sensitive information. When the attorney filed the bills wi....
HIPAA Turns 10: Analyzing the Past, Present and Future Impact
Author: Solove, Daniel J
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: April 2013
Ten years ago after countless years of germination and many twists and turns, the HIPAA Privacy Rule finally became effective. It would soon be followed by the HIPAA Security Rule-which was published in 2003 and became effective in 2005-and eventually by the HIPAA Enforcement Rule and the....
HIPAA, Too: Many ARRA Privacy Provisions Amend HIPAA, Not Create New Regulation
Author: Rhodes, Harry B.; Rode, Dan
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: January 2010
This month the Journal introduces a new “Working Smart” column titled “ARRA on the Job,” offering HIM professionals practical guidance on interpreting, planning for, and implementing provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
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HIPAA Standards Benefit Unrealized Related to Requests for Supporting Documentation
Author: Gorton, Elisa R.; Lantis, James R. Jr.; Lemery, Chrisann
Source: External - used with permission
Publication Date: May 07, 2008
Health care providers have begun to raise concerns regarding what they perceive to be conflicts between requests for information, using language such as "any and all", and the HIPAA mandate to provide only the "minimum necessary." (Health Plan & Provider Report, BNA)
HIPAA's Place in Court-Ordered Discovery: Determining What's Legal During Litigation Health Record Requests
Author: Hedges, Ron; Brady, Kevin
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: September 2014
Every Health information management (HIM) professional, lawyer, and healthcare consumer should be familiar with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). For healthcare consumers, HIPAA offers protections and rights of access to personal health information. For HIM....
HIPAA's New Mandate for Psychotherapy Notes
Author: Rhodes, Harry B.
Source: Behavioral Health
Publication Date: July 02, 2001
The new HIPAA privacy final rule mandate that affords a higher level of privacy restriction to psychotherapy notes is creating a fair amount of confusion for healthcare providers. Restricted access to mental health records should not be something new to health information management profession....
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