CMS Issues New and Updated HIPAA and HITECH Act FAQs: EHR Incentive Payment Start Dates
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) periodically issues new and updated Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs). HIPAA.com will periodically...
CMS Issues New and Updated HIPAA and HITECH Act FAQs: EHR Incentives
Aug 26, 2009
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) periodically issues new and updated Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs). HIPAA.com will periodically...
HHS Issues Interim Final Rule for HITECH ‘Breach Notification’
Aug 21, 2009
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary, Kathleen Sebelius, has issued the Interim Final Rule for Breach Notification for...
HHS Secretary Delegates to ONC Head New HITECH Act Authority
Aug 20, 2009
Effective August 7, 2009, and published in the Federal Register on Tuesday, August 18, 2009, Secretary Kathleen Sebelius of the...
HHS Secretary Sebelius Delegates Oversight and Enforcement of HIPAA Security Rule to OCR
Aug 4, 2009
U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has delegated oversight and enforcement of the HIPAA Administrative Simplification Security...
What’s In Your Personal Health Record?
Aug 3, 2009
The 800-pound gorilla at the center of health information transformation is the patient. This sleeping giant is slowly emerging from...