Three Key Properties of HIPAA Privacy and Security of Protected Health Information
HIPAA.com has received from its readers requests for information on topics related to HIPAA Administrative Simplification Privacy and Security Rules...
HIPAA ‘Protected Health Information’: What Does PHI Include?
Sep 1, 2009
HIPAA.com has received from its readers requests for information on topics related to HIPAA Administrative Simplification Privacy and Security Rules...
CMS Issues New and Updated HIPAA and HITECH Act FAQs: EHR Incentive Payment Start Dates
Aug 27, 2009
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 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...
Transmission Security Encryption: What to Do and How to Do It
Jul 14, 2009
In our series on the HIPAA Administrative Simplification Security Rule, this is the second of two implementation specifications for the...
Transmission Security Integrity Controls: What to Do and How to Do It
Jul 13, 2009
In our series on the HIPAA Administrative Simplification Security Rule, this is the first implementation specification for the Technical Safeguard...
Transmission Security: What This HIPAA Security Rule Technical Safeguard Standard Means
Jul 10, 2009
This is the fifth and last Technical Safeguard Standard of the HIPAA Administrative Simplification Security Rule. It has two implementation...
Person or Entity Authentication: What to Do and How to Do It
Jul 9, 2009
In our series on the HIPAA Administrative Simplification Security Rule, this is the fourth Technical Safeguard Standard. There is not...