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 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...
HHS appoints members to HIT Policy and Standards Committee
May 11, 2009
On Friday, May 8, 2009, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced appointments to the Health Information...
Contingency Plan: Data Backup-What to Do and How to Do It
Apr 2, 2009
In our series on the HIPAA Administrative Simplification Security Rule, this is the first implementation specification for the Administrative Safeguard...
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
Feb 20, 2009
ONE HUNDRED ELEVENTH CONGRESS of the UNITED STATES of AMERICA American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 Making supplemental appropriations...
President Obama to Sign ARRA’s HITECH provisions Tuesday, February 17, 2009, in Denver, CO
Feb 17, 2009
The Senate joined the House on Friday evening, February 13, 2009, in passing the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which...
Time to Review Your Security Risk Assessment
Feb 13, 2009
With the March 17, 2009 effective dates for the new 5010 Version of HIPAA Administrative Simplification Transaction Standards and the...
Final HIPAA Enforcement Rule
Jan 19, 2009
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Office of the Secretary 45 CFR Parts 160 and 164 | RIN 0991–AB29 HIPAA Administrative Simplification:...
Proposed Rule for Electronic Claims Attachments
Jan 19, 2009
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Office of the Secretary 45 CFR Part 162 | [CMS–0050–P] | RIN 0938–AK62 HIPAA Administrative Simplification: Standards for...