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Identifying Issues in Facility and Provider Mergers and Acquisitions (2012 update)
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: February 2012
Editor's note: This practice brief supplants the November 1996 brief "Managing Health Information in Facility Mergers and Acquisitions."
Healthcare's rapidly changing environment has prompted an increase in mergers and acquisitions as facilities and providers strive to s....
Governmental Audit Toolkit
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA toolkit
Publication Date: December 02, 2011
This toolkit is designed to provide guidance to HIM professionals on how to prepare for and ensure compliance in managing governmental audits.
Fall Preview: A Look at the Season’s Expected Rules
Author: Heubusch, Kevin
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: November 2011
Perhaps one of the biggest jobs related to implementing the ARRA provisions right now is keeping track of the moving parts. Publication of the act in 2009 was a kind of Big Bang-an explosion of provisions that rocked the healthcare universe. Since then, however, the pieces have traveled at dif....
Keeping Compliant: Managing Rising Risk in Physician Practices
Author: Brocato, Lori; Emery, Steven; McDavid, Jan P
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: November 2011
A mix of new regulations and initiatives-with audits and attestations in their wake-have put a new focus on compliance in physician practices and clinics.
Recovery audits, breach notification regulations, and modifications to the HIPAA privacy rule are forcing rapid workflo....
Work Plan Fiscal Year 2012
Author: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Office of the Inspector General
Source: Government (U.S.)
Publication Date: October 03, 2011
Transitioning to a Principle Based Privacy Compliance
Author: Williams, Jutta; Thomason, Mary
Source: AHIMA Convention
Publication Date: October 02, 2011
Balancing the protection of individual privacy and the need to use data to provide quality healthcare is no easy task for healthcare workers – or for regulators. Not surprisingly, regulatory requirements for governing the use of health information are complex and have required revision.....
Managing Compliance in Healthcare An Integrated Approach to Privacy, Security, and Identity Management
Author: Shim, Steven
Source: AHIMA Convention
Publication Date: October 02, 2011
Overview
This is a unique and challenging time for the healthcare industry in terms of Health Information Technology (IT) adoption and satisfying regulatory requirements such as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) and HITECH Act privacy and security com....
Sanction Guidelines for Privacy and Security Violations (2011 update)
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: October 2011
This practice brief has been updated. See the latest version here. This version is made available for historical purposes only.
Observation Services - Ensuring Every Dollar
Author: Canter, Kelly
Source: AHIMA Convention
Publication Date: October 02, 2011
Introduction
Inpatient medical necessity has become a very hot topic for the Recovery Audit Contractors (RACs) over the last 12 months. Due to the focus on medical necessity for inpatient admissions, proactive and reactive hospitals are scrutinizing their admission practices. Since there....
Managing Data Breaches: A View from the Trenches
Author: Edelstein, Scott A; Poulson, Mary
Source: AHIMA Convention
Publication Date: October 02, 2011
Introduction
An insurer notifies 1.9 million individuals nationwide that their health care and personal information may have been breached as a result of nine server drives missing from a California data center.
A hospital employee was commuting on the subway and left documents....
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