573 results.
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Tracking the Industry’s Progress: AHIMA Survey on ICD-10 and 5010 Compliance
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA
Publication Date: September 21, 2011
HHS Steps up HIPAA Audits: Now Is the Time to Review Security Policies and Procedures
Author: Greene, Adam H
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: October 2011
Now Is the Time to Review Security Policies and Procedures
In June 2011 the Department of Health and Human Services awarded KPMG a $9.2-million contract to create an audit protocol and audit organizational compliance with the HIPAA privacy and security requirements.1 The co....
Charting HIPAA’s Course: Past Roads Lead to Today’s ARRA, Affordable Care Act Changes
Author: Rode, Dan
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: February 2012
This year the healthcare industry will contend with more changes to HIPAA resulting from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and the Affordable Care Act of 2010. In order to understand where the HIPAA regulations are heading, it helps to take a look back at the roads they ha....
Simplification at Last? HHS Rolls out Operating Rules for HIPAA Transaction Standards
Author: Dimick, Chris
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: February 2012
The HIPAA transaction standards-meant to streamline financial and administrative transactions-have instead devolved into a kind of free-for-all. Now the first operating rules are in hand to standardize use of the standards and gain the efficiencies originally intended.
When it....
The Privacy Mindset: Setting Better Boundaries with Third-Party Record Reviewers
Author: Derlink, Amy L; Schembari, Elaine
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: March 2012
Responding to an audit can be hectic and stressful, but HIM professionals must remember to hold external record reviewers accountable to good privacy and security practices.
When you visit the hair salon, take an exercise class, or sit across from a financial planner, you expect them....
Keeping It Private: Staying Compliant with the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules
Author: Tomes, Jonathan P.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: March 2012
HHS's renewed interest in auditing for compliance is a good reminder to covered entities to ensure their privacy and security programs are up to date.
The Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) announcement of a new program to audit compliance with the HIPAA priva....
Automation for Privacy and Security Compliance
Author: McLendon, Kelly
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: March 2012
There has been a lack of enforcement of the privacy and security rules ever since HIPAA's inception. As such the adoption of comprehensive HIPAA compliance programs has lagged behind EHR development and implementation.
This in turn has caused little funding to be budgeted by provide....
HIPAA Compliance for Clinician Texting
Author: Greene, Adam H
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: April 2012
The HIPAA privacy and security rules need not act as an obstacle to efficient communications, but keeping texting compliant requires planning and diligence.
Text (or SMS) messaging has become nearly ubiquitous on mobile devices. According to one survey, approximately 72 perce....
The New Privacy Officer
Author: Dimick, Chris
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: April 2012
It has been a decade since the first privacy officers took their jobs in response to the HIPAA privacy rule. A slew of changes since then have added more responsibility, required more skills, and demanded more time of them than anyone could have imagined.
When Nancy Davis, R....
Guidance Regarding Methods for De-identification of Protected Health Information in Accordance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Rule
Author: U.S. Office for Civil Rights
Source: Government (U.S.) | U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
Publication Date: September 04, 2012
Modifications to the HIPAA Privacy, Security, Enforcement, and Breach Notification Rules Under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act and the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act; Other Modifications to the HIPAA Rules
Author: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Source: Government (U.S.)
Publication Date: January 25, 2013
Analysis of Modifications to the HIPAA Privacy, Security, Enforcement, and Breach Notification Rules under HITECH and GINA; Other Modifications to the HIPAA Rules
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA regulation analysis
Publication Date: January 25, 2013
Modifications to the HIPAA Privacy, Security, Enforcement, and Breach Notification Rules Under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act and the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act; Other Modifications to the HIPAA Rules; Final Rule
Author: U.S. Office for Civil Rights
Source: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | U.S. Office for Civil Rights
Publication Date: January 2013
Rule modifies HIPAA by implementing statutory amendments under HITECH to strengthen the privacy and security protection for individuals’ health information; modifies the Breach Notification Rule under the HITECH Act, modifes the HIPAA Privacy Rule to strengthen the privacy protections for genetic information and makes certain other modifications to the HIPAA Privacy, Security, Breach Notification, and Enforcement Rules (the HIPAA Rules) to improve their workability and effectiveness and to increase flexibility for and decrease burden on regulated entities.
Reviewing the New HIPAA Rules
Author: Dimick, Chris
Source: AHIMA regulation analysis | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: March 2013
At 138 fine-print pages, the final rule detailing the HITECH Act’s modifications to HIPAA privacy and security requirements is not a quick or easy read. But it is an important read since the content of the Federal Register post drastically impacts HIM professionals and their business....
Breach Notification Triggers Receive Update
Author: Bowen, Rita K.
Source: Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: April 2013
The HIPAA Omnibus Rule, the new Final Rule modifying HIPAA, was published in the Federal Register on January 25, 2013. The amended rule went into effect on March 26 and full compliance is expected by September 23. For HIM professionals, the most far-reaching of the changes to HIPAA is that....
Privacy After Death
Author: Hofman, Judi
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: April 2013
Due to new HIPAA rules, HIM must strike an appropriate privacy balance when releasing decedent records
HIPAA Turns 10: Analyzing the Past, Present and Future Impact
Author: Solove, Daniel J
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: April 2013
Ten years ago after countless years of germination and many twists and turns, the HIPAA Privacy Rule finally became effective. It would soon be followed by the HIPAA Security Rule-which was published in 2003 and became effective in 2005-and eventually by the HIPAA Enforcement Rule and the....
The Omnibus Arrives: OCR Issues HITECH-HIPAA Final Privacy Rule
Author: Rode, Dan
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: April 2013
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has published the long-awaited final omnibus rules covering many HITECH Act requirements in the January 25, 2013 Federal Register (78FR5566). The rule is officially titled “Modifications to the HIPAA Privacy, Security, Enforcement, and Breach Notific....
De-identification and the Sharing of Big Data
Author: White, Susan E
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: April 2013
One of the newest buzz words in data analytics is “Big Data,” and the data created through the healthcare industry is some of the “biggest” around. The widespread implementation of electronic health records (EHRs) and the need to share data to measure quality and ma....
When to Send a Breach Notification: New HIPAA Rules Revise “Harm” Standard
Author: Warner, Diana
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: April 2013
The HITECH Act’s omnibus HIPAA modification final rule, released January 25, 2013, finalized sweeping changes to privacy and security regulations. Though much of the proposed rule was adopted, the omnibus rule included major changes made to the “harm threshold” standard i....
HIPAA Mighty and Flawed: Regulation has Wide-Reaching Impact on the Healthcare Industry
Author: Solove, Daniel J
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: April 2013
How HIPAA has performed overall as a privacy law is open to interpretation, but most agree it has had a wide-reaching impact on the healthcare industry. In comparison to the dozens of federal privacy laws for various industries, HIPAA is one of the most comprehensive and detailed.
HIPAA Changes Call for Revising BA Agreements
Author: McDavid, Jan P
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: May 2013
Business associates (BAs) of HIPAA-covered entities like hospitals and doctor's offices should already be intimately acquainted with HIPAA's privacy and security regulations. BAs should already have business associate agreements with every covered entity with whom they work and assume resp....
Regulations Governing Research (2013 update) - Retired
Author: Warner, Diana
Source: AHIMA practice brief
Publication Date: May 2013
This practice brief reviews the federal regulations that affect research and the requirements regarding the use and protection of an individual's information.
Release of Information for Marketing or Fund-raising Purposes (2013 update) - Retired
Author: Schmidt, Peg; Downing, Kathy
Source: AHIMA practice brief
Publication Date: August 2013
Editor's note: This update supplants the 2002 practice brief "Release of Information for Marketing or Fund-raising Purposes."
Since its original compliance date in 2003, the HIPAA privacy rule required covered entities (CEs) to adhere to certain standards relative to the use....
Adapting BA Practices to Meet the Omnibus Rule
Author: McSteen, Thomas
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: September 2013
The 2013 HIPAA Omnibus Rule marks a key milestone for implementation of the 2009 Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH). One of the most far-reaching impacts of HITECH and the Omnibus Rule is that business associates (BA) and their subcontractors now mu....
Guidance on Significant Aspects of the Privacy Rule
Author: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Source: Government (U.S.) | External web site | U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
Publication Date: September 2013
This U.S. Department of Health and Human Services web site provides guidance on aspects of the HIPAA privacy rule. New sections added in 2013 address decedents, student immunizations, and refill reminders.
OCR Releases Results of HIPAA Compliance Audit Pilot
Author: Downing, Kathy; McMillan, Mac
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: October 2013
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009, in section 13411, requires the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to conduct periodic audits to ensure covered entities and business associates are meeting HIPAA compliance requirements.
The findings of....
Notice of Privacy Practices (2013 update)
Author: McLendon, Kelly; Rose, Angela Dinh
Source: AHIMA practice brief
Publication Date: October 2013
Editor's note: This update supplants the February 2011 practice brief "Notice of Privacy Practices."
Timely, accurate, and complete health information must be collected, maintained, and made available to members of an individual's healthcare team so that members of the team can a....
Patient Access and Amendment to Health Records (2013 update)
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA practice brief
Publication Date: October 2013
This practice brief has been updated. See the latest version here. This version is made available for historical purposes only.
Privacy and Security Training (2013 update) - Retired
Author: Downing, Kathy; Lucci, Susan; Lerch, Diane M
Source: AHIMA practice brief
Publication Date: October 2013
Editor's note: This update replaces the November 2010 practice brief "HIPAA Privacy and Security Training."
On January 25, 2013, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) published the long-awaited Health Insurance Portability and Accoun....
Universal Use of ICD-10-CM/PCS in the US
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA
Publication Date: October 2013
Talking points for the adoption of ICD-10-CM/PCS
Checking In on Accounting of Disclosures
Author: Downing, Kathy; McLendon, Kelly
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: November 2013
Accounting of disclosures (AOD) is one "patient right" listed within the HIPAA Privacy Rule. Since the rules were implemented in 2003, AOD has been a topic of much discussion but has not generated much regulatory action from the US Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Office for....
Redisclosure of Patient Health Information (2013 update)
Author: Downing, Kathy; Odia, Godwin
Source: AHIMA practice brief
Publication Date: November 2013
Editor’s note: This update supplants the 2009 practice brief “Redisclosure of Patient Health Information.”
Redisclosure is the act of sharing or releasing health information that was received from another source (e.g., external facility or provider) and made part....
Security Risk Analysis and Management: An Overview (2013 update)
Author: Walsh, Tom
Source: AHIMA practice brief
Publication Date: November 2013
Editor’s note: This update replaces the January 2011 practice brief “Security Risk Analysis and Management: An Overview.”
Managing risks is an essential step in operating any business. It’s impossible to eliminate all threats; however, healthcare organizati....
Authorization Requirements for the Disclosure of Protected Health Information - Retired
Author: Dunn, Rose T; Rose, Angela Dinh; Wieland, LaVonne R.
Source: AHIMA practice brief
Publication Date: November 2013
Editor’s note: The following article supplants information contained in the October 2002 “Required Content for Authorizations to Disclose” Practice Brief.
The HIPAA privacy rule became effective April 14, 2003, and established standards for information disclosure....
Guidelines for a Compliant Business Associate Agreement - Retired
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA practice brief
Publication Date: November 2013
This 2013 practice brief version has been retired and is retained here for historical purposes. Read the 2016 updated version of this Practice Brief here.
The Privacy Rule portion of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996 defines a "business....
HIPAA Security Overview - Retired
Author: Miaoulis, William M
Source: AHIMA practice brief
Publication Date: November 2013
Editor’s note: This update replaces the April 2004 and the November 2010 practice briefs titled “A HIPAA Security Overview.”
The HIPAA security rule has remained unchanged since its implementation more than a decade ago. However, the Health Information Technology for Economic a....
Avoiding Liability for Business Associates' Breaches: Rule Changes Overview
Author: Tomes, Jonathan P.
Source: Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: January 2014
HIM professionals and privacy and security officers are likely already familiar with their facility’s business associates. But with the recent dramatic changes to the business associate relationship in the HITECH Act and the Omnibus Final Rule, there is plenty of new ground....
Avoiding Liability for Business Associates' Breaches: Guidance
Author: Tomes, Jonathan P.
Source: Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: January 2014
This is the second installment in a three-part article series on avoiding liability for breaches by business associates. This article will provide guidance on how to avoid liability for breaches by business associates.
For background on the changes to the busin....
Avoiding Liability for Business Associates' Breaches: Adjustments and Ongoing Strategies
Author: Tomes, Jonathan P.
Source: Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: January 2014
This is the third installment in a three-part article series on avoiding liability for breaches by business associates. This article will discuss adjustments needed in the business associate relationship, as well as ongoing strategies for adapting to the recent changes.
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HIPAA Whistleblower Protections Promote Information Governance
Author: Butler, Mary
Source: Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: March 01, 2014
Health information management (HIM) professionals are too often witness to an array of fraudulent activities, whether its fraud via “upcoding,” improper disclosure of protected health information (PHI), or other breach activities.
Since reporting noncomplia....
Bringing the C-Suite Up to Speed on HITECH-HIPAA
Author: Butler, Mary
Source: Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: April 2014
The HITECH-HIPAA Final Rule has changed the way healthcare organizations do business, and those with seats in the C-suite can’t afford to stay out of the weeds with the new regulations.
Daniel Solove, founder of the HIPAA training firm TeachPrivacy, and law professor at....
HHS Opens Up National Patient Access to Lab Test Reports
Author: AHIMA Advocacy and Policy Team
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: April 2014
The healthcare patient engagement revolution rolls on in the US, with the latest victory for patient advocates coming via a change in patient access rights to lab test information. New legislation recently enacted makes it easier than ever before for all US patients to gain access to thei....
Managing a Patient’s Right to Request Restrictions of Disclosures to Health Plans
Author: AHIMA Work Group
Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: April 2014
Covered entities should already have in place the mechanisms for limiting PHI under minimum necessary policies and procedures. This Practice Brief provides guidance to assist organizations in complying with the 2013 HITECH-HIPAA Omnibus Rule’s new disclosure restriction requirements.
Seven Select Questions to Ask Your Privacy Officer (Or Yourself)
Author: Downing, Katherine
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: April 2014
On January 25, 2013, the US Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) published the long-awaited HITECH-HIPAA Omnibus Final Rule in the Federal Register. As anticipated, the Omnibus Rule includes some of the most significant changes to patient priva....
Top HITECH-HIPAA Compliance Obstacles Emerge: Analyzing lessons learned from six months of Omnibus Privacy Rule implementation efforts
Author: Butler, Mary
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: April 2014
Have a spare 32.8 million hours? The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) sure hopes so.
As noted in the Federal Register, that figure is the total number of hours the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) estimated it would take all HIPAA-covered entities combined....
On the HIPAA Hook
Author: Hicks, Andrew
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: April 2014
Some healthcare business associates are still asking if HITECH-HIPAA impacts them. The answer is just as important to their affiliated healthcare providers.
Thousands of companies are now legally obligated to comply with the HITECH-HIPAA regulations because of their busines....
Black Market PHI Does Exist: Why It’s Time to Take Security Risk Assessments Seriously
Author:
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: May 2014
Many health information management (HIM) experts have wondered whether there is protected health information (PHI) on the black market. In short, the answer is “yes.” According to a 2012 Ponemon Institute study, 90 percent of healthcare organizations surveyed have had at least....
HIPAA Breach Enforcement Roundup
Author: Cacciatore, Victoria; Downing, Katherine
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: July 2014
Criminal attacks on healthcare systems have risen 100 percent since 2010, according to a recent Ponemon study.1 This makes it obvious that the privacy and security of patient health information is vulnerable and highly susceptible to data breach. The HIPAA Breach Notification Rule became e....
HIPAA's Place in Court-Ordered Discovery: Determining What's Legal During Litigation Health Record Requests
Author: Hedges, Ron; Brady, Kevin
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: September 2014
Every Health information management (HIM) professional, lawyer, and healthcare consumer should be familiar with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). For healthcare consumers, HIPAA offers protections and rights of access to personal health information. For HIM....
Law Changes Patient Access to Clinical Lab Reports
Author: McLendon, Kelly
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: October 2014
The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) continues to look for avenues to allow greater patient access to their own health information so that they may be more active in their healthcare management. HHS recently created final rules that remove the Clinical Laboratory Improveme....
Industry Awaits Phase 2 of HIPAA Audit Program
Author: Asmonga, Donald D.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: January 2015
The wait for the second round of mandated privacy and security audits from the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) continues. OCR is currently working through final details for the revised audit plan as they await finalization of new technolog....
Cracking Encryption: Despite Benefits, Technology Still Not Widely Used to Combat Multi-Million Dollar Breaches
Author: Butler, Mary
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: April 2015
In movies and on television lately, Hollywood has made encryption and decryption look exciting, glamorous, and world-saving. The film The Imitation Game and the BBC show The Bletchley Circle chronicle how British code breakers decrypted military strategy codes from the Nazi encryption tool....
Clearing the HIPAA Cobwebs: New ONC Chief Privacy Officer Lucia Savage Focuses on Balancing Privacy and Security with Expanding Interoperable EHR Exchange
Author: Dimick, Chris
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: April 2015
The spiders of time have been hard at work on the US healthcare privacy and security rules, to the point that their place in health IT interoperability has become fogged and is inhibiting their proper role in the meaningful exchange of health information, according to Lucia Savage, JD, th....
Responding to Requests from Law Enforcement Officials for Release of PHI
Author: DeMasters, Dana
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: May 2015
A police officer arrives in the emergency department of a hospital at 2 a.m. seeking information about a patient who was recently admitted following a motor vehicle accident. The officer suspects the patient was intoxicated while driving and assertively asks the nurse to tell him the resul....
Sample (Chief) Privacy Officer Job Description
Author: AHIMA Privacy and Security Practice Council
Source: AHIMA sample job description
Publication Date: May 2015
Position Title: (Chief) Privacy Officer1
Immediate Supervisor: Chief Executive Officer, (Chief) Compliance Officer, Senior Executive (Chief operating officer, CIO), (Senior) In-house Counsel, or Practice Manager
Position Overview: Under HIPAA (the Health Insur....
Ensuring Your Business Associates Provide ‘Satisfactory Assurances’
Author: Lewis, Sharon; McLendon, Kelly
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: October 2015
HIPAA uses the term “satisfactory assurances” four times in the text of its Privacy and Security Rules. Each time the statement is used it describes a covered entity’s (CE) responsibility to obtain satisfactory assurances from a business associate who creates, receives, maintains, or tran....
AHIMA Lends Expertise to ONC Patient Matching Initiative
Author: AHIMA Advocacy and Policy Team
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: October 2015
The ability to securely and accurately match patients with their electronic health records (EHRs) across all health information exchanges (HIEs) remains a serious patient privacy, safety, and quality issue facing the HIM community. As many as eight to 14 percent of all health records incl....
Cybersecurity 101
Author: Lucci, Susan; Walsh, Tom
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: November 2015
One of the most alarming statistics in the news, which is growing with intent and severity, is the prevalence of cyber-attacks, particularly in healthcare. It is an alarming trend that has gained a good deal of attention. For example, in July 2015, UCLA reported that up to 4.5 million pati....
Shifting from Reactive to Proactive HIPAA Audits
Author: Brinda, Danika
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: January 2016
Stories about workforce members inappropriately accessing health information continue to plague the Department of Health and Human Services’ Data Breach Portal—which lists US provider data breaches that affect more than 500 individuals. Recently two data breaches reported on th....
Finding John Doe: Patient Matching and the Need for a National Health Safety Identifier
Author: Butler, Mary
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: March 2016
Over the past several years it’s been hard to avoid public conversations about the “childhood obesity epidemic.” One of the biggest targets for regulators like the USDA and for politicians such as former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has been Americans’ addi....
Information Governance for Offsite Data Security
Author: Saharia, Devendra
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: April 2016
Disruptive technology can turn any industry on its head—virtually overnight. Just five years ago, summoning a taxi was an inefficient, time-consuming effort that often involved dialing up a dispatcher, who contacted a driver, who would then make their way to your location, perhaps in an h....
OCR Clarifies Policy on Medical Record Request Fees
Author: Greene, Adam H
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: April 2016
In 2009, CONGRESS passed the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, which granted individuals a right to have a copy of their records sent to a third party, according to 42 U.S.C. § 17935(e) of the regulation.
Unfortunately, many attorn....
Understanding Disclosures for Firearm Background Checks
Author: Davis, Nancy; Glondys, Barbara
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: May 2016
Federal law prohibits the sale of firearms to certain individuals with a history of mental illness. Recent mass shootings have focused attention on the fact that the individuals perpetrating these crimes often had a documented history of mental illness which went undetected despite state a....
Information Release to Patient Families and Caregivers: What Does HITECH/HIPAA Actually Say?
Author: Butler, Mary
Source: Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: July 01, 2016
One of the most important objectives of the HIPAA Privacy Rule—and the HITECH Act in particular—was to ensure that consumers have easy and affordable access to their own protected health information. The regulations also clarified how and when medical information about a patien....
Making HIPAA Work for You: Discussing Record Access (and More) for Consumers
Author: Butler, Mary
Source: Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: August 01, 2016
The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has taken many steps to try and clear up consumer confusion regarding the more consumer-centric aspects of HIPAA’s Privacy Rule and Security Rule. The most recent efforts include the Office of the National Coordinator’s Patien....
OCR Continues to Define Patient Access Guidelines
Author: Bowen, Rita K.; Hofman, Judi; Lucci, Susan; McLendon, Kelly
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: September 2016
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has made it abundantly clear through numerous communications that providing individuals easy access to their own health information is one of OCR’s most important mandates. Giving patients and their personal representatives access to their own information....
Reduce BA Risk Through Due Diligence and Documentation
Author: Twiggs, Mariela; Goldstein, Sara
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: October 2016
Healthcare provider organizations rely on a variety of entities to help them carry out healthcare activities and functions. If these entities create, maintain, or transmit protected health information (PHI) on behalf of a provider organization, they are considered a business associate (BA....
Guidelines for a Compliant Business Associate Agreement (2016)
Author: AHIMA Work Group
Source: AHIMA practice brief
Publication Date: October 2016
This update supersedes the November 2013 practice brief, Guidelines for a Compliant Business Associate Agreement.
The Privacy Rule portion of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) defines a "business associate (BA) as a person or entity that performs....
Using Aliases to Protect Privacy in Healthcare
Author: Barrett, Charlotte S; Beidler, Aurae; Davis, Nancy; Glondys, Barbara
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: November 2016
Developing policies and standard procedures when working with patient aliases is one way to both respect patient privacy but also ensure the accuracy and integrity of patient data.
As defined in AHIMA’s Pocket Glossary, an “alias” is “a name added to,....
Making Amendments to Health Records (2017 Update)
Author: Burton, Ben; Downing, Katherine
Source: AHIMA practice brief | Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: April 2017
Editor’s Note: This Practice Brief update supplants part of the 2013 Practice Brief “Patient Access and Amendment to Health Records.”
Before April 2003, a patient’s legal right to amend his or her health records was limited to those patients treated at hea....
Are You Ready for a HIPAA Audit?
Author: Wiedemann, Lou Ann
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: April 2017
Editor’s Note: The following is an excerpt from the new “External HIPAA Audit Readiness Toolkit” developed by AHIMA. The full toolkit is free for AHIMA members.
THE HITECH OMNIBUS Rule mandated that the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) condu....
Is HIPAA Outdated? While Coverage Gaps and Growing Breaches Raise Industry Concern, Others Argue HIPAA is Still Effective
Author: Butler, Mary
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: April 2017
A Beverly Hills plastic surgeon, let’s call him Dr. Hollywood, has a thriving business—an impeccable office, gracious and welcoming staff, and top of the line equipment and devices. His clientele is primarily celebrities and other wealthy socialites who can afford to pay out of....
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