Author: Humphrey, Heather L.

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: February 2005

A few years ago, the Y2K crisis refocused the data world. Suddenly medical device manufacturers saw the inherent risks data brought to the business industry. What began with answering a simple question about date functionality quickly moved to conversations about personal information, its appr....

Author: Amatayakul, Margret

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: January 2005

As healthcare organizations put the finishing touches on their HIPAA security compliance plans, many are finding that updating access controls is not easy. Clinicians often scoff at the word “control” in general and at “access control” in particular. Not all products ar....

Author: Amatayakul, Margret

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: November 2004

The HIPAA security rule includes a requirement for audit controls and to monitor and manage ongoing security for a variety of processes. But the requirement for internal audit was changed to “information security activity review,” and there is no other specific reference to auditin....

Author: Gilles, Kathy

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: November 2004

More than 18 months after the HIPAA privacy rule compliance date, there is still one area that remains problematic for many covered entities—the use and disclosure of protected health information (PHI) for research purposes. One point of significant confusion is the relationship between....

Author: Bowman, Sue E

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: November 2004

CMS Proposes Mandatory State Reporting of Medicaid and SCHIP Payment Errors


The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published a proposed rule in the August 27 Federal Register that would require state agencies to estimate improper payments in the Medicaid program an....

Author: Busch, Rebecca S.

Source: AHIMA Convention

Publication Date: October 15, 2004

Organized crime is defined by The Oxford English Dictionary as: "of or pertaining to a coordinated criminal organization directing operations on a large or widespread scale."1 The term was first used and noted in a book called Organized Crime in Chicago , published by the Illinois Association....

Author: Cogley, Janis

Source: AHIMA Convention

Publication Date: October 15, 2004

Introduction

The origins of using diagnosis codes in hospitals and other healthcare settings goes back to the early 1950s when the US Public Health Service and the Veterans Administration extended the concept of using the International Classification of Diseases to hospital indexing of m....

Author: Mikels, Debbie

Source: AHIMA Convention

Publication Date: October 15, 2004

Abstract

This article reviews successful strategies in preparing for HIPAA Privacy compliance. There are ongoing challenges organizations will face after the compliance date, such as managing research issues, identifying all business associates, and managing the accounting of disclosures....

Author: Gross, Bradley

Source: AHIMA Convention

Publication Date: October 15, 2004

The Past

One of the most basic tenets of freedom is the right to privacy. Indeed, Americans can trace their privacy rights back to colonial times, when the framers of the Constitution declared that American citizens had the "right to personal security and security in [their] documents."....

Author: Davis, Nancy; Lemery, Chrisann

Source: AHIMA Convention

Publication Date: October 15, 2004

Introduction

On April 14, 2003, health care providers and health plans, as covered entities under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), were required to be in compliance with the Privacy Rule. Effective April 14, 2005, these same covered entities wil....