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OCR Releases Results of HIPAA Compliance Audit Pilot
Author: Downing, Kathy; McMillan, Mac
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: October 2013
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009, in section 13411, requires the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to conduct periodic audits to ensure covered entities and business associates are meeting HIPAA compliance requirements.
The findings of....
Electronic Copy versus Electronic Access
Author: Emery, Steven; McDavid, Jan P
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: March 2011
Registration for the meaningful use program opened in January, and many HIM professionals and chief information officers are preparing their organizations to meet stage 1 meaningful use criteria. Two of the objectives directly affect an organization's release of information (ROI) process. Part....
Compliance Issues in Practice: Shore-Up Your Program Before Auditors Hit the Door
Author: Emery, Steven; McDavid, Jan P; Robb, Deborah
Source: AHIMA Convention
Publication Date: September 25, 2010
Introduction
Nearly ten years since the Office of Inspector General (OIG) first issued guidance for physician practices on compliance with federal legislation, many physician practices still lack a proactive, cost-effective approach to achieving compliance. Taking this critical step can....
Compliance in Practice: Mitigating Risk in Clinics and Physician Practices
Author: Emery, Steven; McDavid, Jan P; Robb, Deborah
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: March 2010
Managing compliance can be a challenge for physician practices short on staff and budget.
Reducing risk and capturing benefits begins with a focus on the areas of greatest concern.
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) first issued guidance for physician practices on compliance....
Patient Portals and Meaningful Use: Using Portals to Meet the Patient Access Objectives
Author: Eramo, Lisa A
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: March 2011
The stage 1 meaningful use criteria do not require that eligible providers (EPs) and eligible hospitals (EHs) create patient portals, but portals may be the best option for meeting certain stage 1 patient access and electronic communication-related provisions. Portals may also be mandatory in....
Personal Check: Patients the New Ally in Data Integrity Management
Author: Eramo, Lisa A
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: May 2013
When Deborah Kohn recently logged onto her healthcare provider's patient portal to view her X-ray reports, she immediately knew something wasn't quite right. She'd undergone one X-ray of her left hand and another of her right hand. The problem?
Both X-ray reports were identi....
Basic Training: Community Colleges Tackle Six-month Health IT Programs
Author: Eramo, Lisa A
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: October 2010
The federal government has put $70 million toward training programs to boost the health IT workforce. Colleges got to work without knowing who would enroll, who would teach, and who would offer the jobs. This month, the first students are in the seats.
This fall, more than 80 commun....
Pacing the ARRA Changes: Tackling the ARRA Rules and Regulations as They Come
Author: Featheringham, Meg
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: August 2010
Through the winter and spring healthcare waited for the next round of ARRA-related regulations. Now they are here, and organizations are tagged with implementing compliant programs.
How do you get started when it seems that everything needs doing at once?
Over the past year and....
Many Roads to Data Exchange
Author: Fernandes, Lorraine M.; O'Connor, Michele
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: June 2010
Federal dollars are spurring efforts for health information exchange, but to say there is more than one approach is an understatement. Providers and payers are taking local, state, regional, and federal routes in search of connected healthcare.
The last year has seen tremendous excit....
Aligning HIE: Model to Organize Networks on Core Principles, Collaborative Activities
Author: Finn, Zach; McNeill, Marjorie H; Cooper, Lontejuana S; Kaelin, Lawrence Dan; Byington, Allen
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: August 2010
An HIE model developed in Florida leverages local and regional networks and offers a flexible, scalable framework that aligns them with national health IT and exchange priorities.
By Zach Finn; Marjorie H. McNeill, PhD, RHIA, CCS; Lontejuana S. Cooper, MSHA, RHIA, CPM; L....
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