Five HIPAA Compliance Activities Your Organization Must Undertake
HIPAA Administrative Simplification was enacted on August 21, 1996 as Subtitle F of Title II of Public Law 104-191. The so-called...
ONC’s Dr. Blumenthal Announces SHARP Program Funding Availability
Please read the following announcement released on December 18, 2009: A Message from Dr. David Blumenthal, National Coordinator for Health...
HHS Secretary Delegates to ONC Head New HITECH Act Authority
Effective August 7, 2009, and published in the Federal Register on Tuesday, August 18, 2009, Secretary Kathleen Sebelius of the...
HHS appoints members to HIT Policy and Standards Committee
On Friday, May 8, 2009, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced appointments to the Health Information...
ARRA’s HITECH Privacy Provisions Apply HIPAA Security Rule to Business Associates
President Obama signed into law the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) on Tuesday, February 17, 2009. The...
Time to Review Your Security Risk Assessment
With the March 17, 2009 effective dates for the new 5010 Version of HIPAA Administrative Simplification Transaction Standards and the...
Are You Subject to HIPAA Privacy Rules when Publishing Confidential Health Information on a Social Network?
It’s unlikely the social networking sites are health care providers, so HIPAA’s privacy rule doesn’t apply; but other privacy business...
House and Senate Agree on ARRA Provisions
On Wednesday, February 11, 2009, House and Senate conferees reconciled the House and Senate versions of the American Recovery and...
Senate Passes American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)
Tuesday afternoon the Senate passed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the so-called Economic Stimulus bill. Previously, the House of...
What Does the HITECH Act Mean to You?
Even though the US Senate is likely to pass the stimulus package in the next day or two, the House...
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