Author: Apgar, Chris

Source: Journal of AHIMA - website

Publication Date: April 2009

Continuing our Health Information Privacy and Security Week series, today Chris Apgar, CISSP, president of Apgar & Associates LLC, takes a look at medical identity theft within the context of the Red Flags Rule.

Much is reported in the news about identity theft including new cat....

Author: Burrington-Brown, Jill

Source: AHIMA recognition week resources | AHIMA presentation

Publication Date: April 13, 2009

Author: U.S. Federal Trade Commission

Source: Government (U.S.)

Publication Date: April 07, 2009

Author: U.S. Government Accountability Office

Source: Government (U.S.)

Publication Date: February 27, 2009

Author: Davis, Nancy

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: February 2009

Like many other privacy and security officers, I was vaguely aware of the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act. I knew that the act, passed by Congress in 2003, was intended to provide consumers with protection from identity theft. I knew the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) was in charge o....

Author: AHIMA

Source: AHIMA practice brief

Publication Date: February 2009

This practice brief has been updated. See the latest version here. This version is made available for historical purposes only.

Author: Hofman, Judi

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: February 2009

Hospitals and other healthcare organizations are expecting greater scrutiny of their HIPAA compliance programs in 2009. Last year the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced plans to ramp up its HIPAA enforcement efforts even before an Office of Inspector General report chid....

Author: Johnson, Kathy M; Bloom, Allison; Morris, Denise; Madamba, Roderick

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: February 2009

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is expected to announce the official start date of the Recovery Audit Contractor program this month, but it is already time for providers to be preparing for a potential audit. Managing a RAC audit effectively and efficiently requires preparing de....

Author: U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Source: Government (U.S.)

Publication Date: January 06, 2009

Author: Dimick, Chris

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: January 2009

Get hip with HIPAA.

That’s just one tagline attached to Sharp Healthcare’s HIPAA education modules. Photos from the age of hip—the late 1960s and early 1970s—permeate the online HIPAA training modules. Musicians Jimi Hendrix and Bob Dylan and era-TV icons like the....