The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) periodically issues new and updated Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs). HIPAA.com will periodically reproduce new and updated Questions and Answers pertaining to HIPAA Administrative Simplification standards and implementation specifications and to HITECH Act provisions that will be of interest to its readers. This FAQ [ID#9807] was created on June 22, 2009, and updated by CMS on August 18, 2009. Question: When will CMS begin to pay incentives to eligible professionals and hospitals for using certified Electronic Health Records (EHRs)? Answer: By statute [American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009], the earliest dates that CMS will be able to pay an incentive under Medicare…
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CMS Issues New and Updated HIPAA and HITECH Act FAQs: EHR Incentives
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) periodically issues new and updated Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs). HIPAA.com will periodically reproduce new and updated Questions and Answers pertaining to HIPAA Administrative Simplification standards and implementation specifications and to HITECH Act provisions that will be of interest to its readers. The FAQ [ID#9844] that follows is new, published by CMS on August 13, 2009. Question: Are physicians who practice in hospital-based ambulatory clinics eligible to receive the Recovery Act’s Medicare or Medicaid electronic health record (EHR) incentive payments. Answer: Hospital-based eligible professionals are ineligible for the EHR incentive payments under both Medicare and Medicaid. Our [Department of Health and Human Services] forthcoming NPRM…
Direct Data Entry-No Change in the 5010 Final Rule
In the August 17, 2000 Final Rule for Standards for Electronic Transactions, direct data entry was defined as “direct entry of data (for example, using dumb terminals or web browsers) that is immediately transmitted into a health plan’s computer.” [65 Federal Register 50367] An exception for direct data entry was articulated in the August 17, 2000, Final Rule: A health care provider electing to use direct data entry offered by a health plan to conduct a transaction for which a standard has been adopted under this part must use the applicable data content and data condition requirements of the standard when conducting the transaction. The health care provider is not…
Privacy and Security Framework: Accountability Principle and FAQs
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