Summary and Analysis of Final Omnibus HIPAA Rule
Date: February 14, 2013Federal Law: A Summary of the Proposed HIPAA Regulations Implementing HITECHGenetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act...
View ArticleSide-by-Side Table: Comparing HIPAA Regulations to the Proposed and Final Rules
Date: February 14, 2013Summary: This side-by-side table compares every provision of the Proposed/Interim Final Rules with the relevant sections of the HIPAA Administrative Simplification regulations...
View ArticleThe HIPAA Omnibus Final Rule: Overview and Implications for the AF4Q Alliances
Date: March 13, 2013Federal Law: A Summary of the Proposed HIPAA Regulations Implementing HITECHGenetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of...
View ArticlePatient Privacy Requirements Beyond HIPAA
Date: April 23, 2013Federal Law: A Summary of the Proposed HIPAA Regulations Implementing HITECHHealth Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA)read more
View ArticleHHS Releases Enhanced Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate...
Date: April 25, 2013Summary: The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Minority Health released enhanced standards on Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) in...
View ArticleHouse Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Holds...
Date: April 29, 2013Summary: The U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held a hearing on April 26, 2013 entitled "Does HIPAA Help or Hinder...
View ArticleHHS Releases Voluntary Guidelines for Health Information Exchange
Date: May 8, 2013Summary: The Department of Health and Human Services has released its "Governance Framework for Trusted Electronic Health Information Exchange." The purpose of the framework is to...
View ArticleAnnals of Internal Medicine Article Examines Physician Adoption of a Basic...
Date: June 4, 2013Author: Catherine M. DesRoches, DrPH; Anne-Marie Audet, MD; Michael Painter, MD; and Karen Donelan, ScD Published: Annals of Internal Medicine Summary: This article examines...
View ArticleFederal Judge Lifts 33-Year Ban on CMS Disclosure of Physician Reimbursement...
Date: May 31, 2013Summary: A long-standing Federal court injunction that prohibited CMS from releasing physician reimbursement data has been dismissed. On May 31, 2013, a judge in the U.S. District...
View ArticleCMS Releases Charge Data for Common Inpatient Services and Specific...
Date: June 17, 2013Summary: The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released in May the average charges for the 100 most common Medicare inpatient procedures, demonstrating the wide...
View ArticleSenators Introduce Bill to Provide the Public Free Access to Medicare Claims...
Date: June 20, 2013Summary: Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) introduced the Medicare Data Access for Transparency and Accountability Act (Medicare DATA Act, S. 1180) on June...
View ArticleHHS Publishes Proposed Rule Regarding Privacy and Breach of Health...
Date: July 1, 2013Summary: The Department of Health and Human Services published on June 19, 2013, a proposed rule requiring health insurance exchanges created under the Affordable Care Act to report...
View ArticleHIPAA Business Associate Resources: Determine What a Business Associate Is...
Date: July 1, 2013Summary: HealthInfoLaw.org has posted three new resources related to business associates under the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules. These short and straightforward documents are...
View ArticleONC Issues Progress Report to Congress on the Adoption of EHRs and the...
Date: July 1, 2013Summary: The Office for the National Coordinator of Health IT issued a progress report to Congress as required by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health...
View ArticleCMS/ONC to Hold Joint Webinar on Accelerating Health Information Exchange
Date: August 1, 2013Summary: The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) with the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) will hold a webinar on the overall...
View ArticleONC/CMS Principles and Strategy for Accelerating Health Information Exchange...
Date: August 8, 2013Summary: On August 7, 2013, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)held a webinar...
View ArticleHealth System Transformation and the Role of Health Information Law
Date: August 31, 2013Author: Jane Hyatt Thorpe Summary: This article, written by Jane Hyatt Thorpe for Public Health Reports, explains the legal aspects of health information and why they are...
View ArticleUnderstanding the Interaction Between EPSDT and Federal Health Information...
Date: September 4, 2013Author: Jane Hyatt Thorpe and Sara Rosenbaum Summary: This paper examines the federal and state law underpinnings of access to patient health records across health care...
View ArticleFast Facts: What is Protected Health Information?
Date: September 9, 2013Federal Law: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA)read more
View ArticleONC Issues Progress Report to Congress on the Adoption of EHRs and the...
Date: July 1, 2013Summary: The Office for the National Coordinator of Health IT issued a progress report to Congress as required by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health...
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