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Access Report: OCR Tries Subtraction through Addition in Accounting of Disclosure Rule
Author: Heubusch, Kevin
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: July 2011
The Office for Civil Rights proposed rule on the HITECH modifications to the HIPAA accounting of disclosure provision contains an interesting attempt to balance the mandates of the statute with the realities of today's accountings.
OCR was faced with the difficult task of expanding a....
AHIMA Comments on Proposed Rulemaking Regarding the HIPAA Privacy Rule Accounting of Disclosures under the HITECH Act
Author: Rode, Dan
Source: AHIMA testimony and comments
Publication Date: July 29, 2011
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....
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....
Privacy and the EHR
Author: Nelson, Debra S
Source: AHIMA Convention
Publication Date: October 02, 2011
Determining how to implement privacy regulations and policies in an electronic record environment can not only be daunting but also thought of quite late in the EHR implementation process. Daily processes and tasks such as reviewing the medical record with patients to processing requests for a....
Little Breaches: OCR Releases First “Small Breach” Data
Author: Heubusch, Kevin
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: October 2011
The Office for Civil Rights has been publicly reporting incidents of large-scale health data breaches since early 2010, but last month it reported to Congress numbers that the industry has only guessed at to date-the reports it has received of breaches involving fewer than 500 individuals.
Sanction Guidelines for Privacy and Security Violations. Appendix A: Sample Privacy and Security Violation Severity Determination Document (2011 update)
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA practice brief attachment
Publication Date: October 2011
This practice brief has been updated. See the latest version here. This version is made available for historical purposes only.
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.
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.....
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....
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