Author: Amatayakul, Margret

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: September 2001

HIPAA's administrative simplification regulations appear to be anything but simple. Part of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, these provisions are intended to achieve efficiency and effectiveness and promote use of information systems. There are definite....

Author: Amatayakul, Margret

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: October 2002

Every healthcare provider has experienced managing patient complaints, whether they are about cold food, unresponsive staff, or missed medication. However, when it comes to privacy and confidentiality, complaints need to be handled a bit differently. In this article, we'll explore how to handl....

Author: Kloss, Linda L

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: April 2004

The past year has been a remarkable one for highly public challenges to privacy of personal health information. Access to records has been sought for presidential candidates and in high-profile cases such as Michael Jackson, Rush Limbaugh, and Kobe Bryant. The Department of Justice is attempti....

Author: Rode, Dan

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: May 2003

With the release of the final HIPAA security regulations in February, HIM has taken yet another step toward the transition from paper to the electronic health record (EHR). This article discusses key areas of security compliance and how your organization can be prepared.

When PHI Go....

Author: AHIMA Policy and Government Relations Team

Source: AHIMA regulation analysis

Publication Date: January 02, 2001

This entire document is also available as a single PDF (portable document format) file. It is a very large file (86 pages, 520K) and may take sometime to download. 

Amid fanfare that included a presidential address, the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), rel....

Author: AHIMA Policy and Government Relations Team

Source: AHIMA Advocacy and Policy | AHIMA regulation analysis

Publication Date: January 02, 2001

Notes

Readers will notice that some word such as "healthcare" may be written in more than one way in this analysis. Style guides often require the term "healthcare" be stated as such, however, the federal government uses the term as "health care." In this document we will be using the te....

Author: Rode, Dan

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: February 2001

Amid much fanfare that included a ceremony with AHIMA representatives as invited guests, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released the HIPAA standards for privacy of individually identifiable health information on December 20, 2000. The rule was published in the Feder....

Author: AHIMA

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: February 2010

HIPAA’s Accounting of Disclosure Provisions Led to Few Patient Requests; Now ARRA Is Upping the Ante

Provisions within the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act extend HIPAA’s accounting of disclosure regulations for providers who maintain electronic health records. The provisions a....

Author: Putt, Stephanie H.

Source: In Confidence (newsletter)

Publication Date: November 02, 2001

Being the privacy officer for one of the world’s largest healthcare delivery systems is often a daunting responsibility, yet it offers an opportunity to make a difference and face new challenges. The Veterans Health Administration, or VHA, is part of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). T....

Author: Mandell, Steve; Manny, Barbara

Source: AHIMA Convention

Publication Date: September 23, 2002