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[DRAFT] Template: Health Information Privacy and Security Breach Notification Letter
Author: Hjort, Beth M.
Source: AHIMA
Publication Date: November 24, 2009
Communicating Security Efforts: Informing Consumers of Data Protection Programs Helps Build Trust
Author: Parmigiani, John
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: November 2009
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act has both pushed and trumpeted the emergence and attendant benefits of a healthcare environment where patient safety and improved patient outcomes are directly linked to shared digitized patient information. However, with this has come media hype of th....
HIPAA Administrative Simplification: Enforcement. Interim Final Rule; Request for Comments
Author: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Source: Government (U.S.)
Publication Date: October 30, 2009
HIM Can Help in the Battle Against Medical Identity Theft
Author:
Source: AHIMA Today
Publication Date: October 07, 2009
The woman rushed into the emergency department at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in extreme pain. She presented her insurance card and name to registration and was quickly examined by medical staff. Doctors determined the woman needed an emergency appendectomy. But staff soon realized tha....
HIPAA Administrative Simplification: Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information
Author: U.S. Office for Civil Rights
Source: Government (U.S.) | U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
Publication Date: October 07, 2009
ROI on ROI: Speakers Describe a Release of Information Shared Services Model that Splits Work and Revenue
Author:
Source: AHIMA Today
Publication Date: October 06, 2009
All facilities require a dedicated release of information (ROI) function, and they have traditionally either performed it in-house or wholly outsourced the function. Performing ROI in-house is often fraught with difficulties, such as slow turnaround times and service limitations with fulfillm....
Medical Identity Theft: An Exploratory Foundational Study
Author: Mancilla, Desla; Moczygemba, Jackie
Source: AHIMA Convention
Publication Date: October 05, 2009
Introduction and Literature Review
Medical identity theft is a growing concern for everyone in healthcare. Medical identity theft is defined "when someone uses an individual's identifying information, such as their health insurance information or social security number, without th....
Legal Issues in Complying with the New Identity Theft Red Flags Rule
Author: Edelstein, Scott A
Source: AHIMA Convention
Publication Date: October 05, 2009
Background
On November 9, 2007, six federal agencies, including the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), published what have come to be known as the “Red Flags Rule.”1 This rule, promulgated pursuant to the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003,2 requires financial institutio....
Leveraging EMRs for Revenue-positive Business Processes: Release-of-information Management at Lehigh Valley Health Network
Author: Greene, Zelda; Hynes, Stephen
Source: AHIMA Convention
Publication Date: October 05, 2009
Stephen Hynes
President and Chief Operating Officer
MRO Corporation
Introduction
In a recessionary economic climate and with billions of federal dollars to be invested in the adoption of electronic medical record (EMR) systems through the HITECH Act1, it’s important to....
Accounting of Disclosures: ARRA’s Impact
Author: Rhodes, Harry B.
Source: AHIMA Convention
Publication Date: October 05, 2009
The accounting of disclosures requirement is one of the most difficult HIPAA privacy rule compliance issues to implement. Following the August 2002 modifications to the privacy rule requirements, the accounting for disclosures requirement has stood out as the HIPAA requirement demanding the big....
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