Author: Mon, Donald T.

Source: AHIMA testimony and comments

Publication Date: May 05, 2010

Author: Mon, Donald T.

Source: AHIMA testimony and comments

Publication Date: April 08, 2010

Author: Moodhard, Beth Acker; Gelzer, Reed D.

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: January 2015

One of the many benefits of working in the information management field is being a part of healthcare’s transformation to the use of electronic health records (EHRs). Everyone has a stake in this transformation, and an opportunity to help determine how the transition is actually proceedin....

Author: Mostashari, Farzad

Source: Government (U.S.)

Publication Date: August 27, 2009

Author: National Governors Association

Source: External web site

Publication Date: February 25, 2009

Author: National Opinion Research Center (NORC); U.S. Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology

Source: Government (U.S.)

Publication Date: March 2014

Final report indicates the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT's Workforce Development Program exceeded projections to bolster the health IT workforce.

Author: Nunn, Sandra L.

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: October 2009

Within the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the section known as the HITECH Act provides a combination of incentives and penalties to reduce healthcare costs by automating healthcare records and streamlining health IT. It also broadens the definition of what healthcare information must....

Author: Palkie, Brooke; Sandefer, Ryan; Low, Trina

Source: AHIMA Convention

Publication Date: October 02, 2011

INTRODUCTION

The College of St. Scholastica’s (CSS) Center for Healthcare Innovation, School of Nursing and the School of Health Science’s Department of Health Informatics and Information Management are collaborating with five rural Minnesota hospitals and their shared informa....

Author: Rhodes, Harry B.

Source: AHIMA Convention

Publication Date: October 05, 2009

The accounting of disclosures requirement is one of the most difficult HIPAA privacy rule compliance issues to implement. Following the August 2002 modifications to the privacy rule requirements, the accounting for disclosures requirement has stood out as the HIPAA requirement demanding the big....

Author: Rhodes, Harry B.

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: February 2013

Health information technology systems have supported the administrative functions of healthcare for more than a decade. Historically, these healthcare administrative systems primarily focused on performing fiscal transactions or supporting key ancillary departments. Widespread use of elect....

Author: Rhodes, Harry B.

Source: AHIMA

Publication Date: August 24, 2009

Forty-four states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands enacted data breach notification and reporting laws well before the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) set the first f....

Author: Rhodes, Harry B.

Source: AHIMA

Publication Date: August 24, 2009

A successful breach notification plan encompasses more than just a method for promptly notifying the victims of a security breach event. To be effective the breach notification process must be part of a comprehensive information security plan. Three components are critical to a security breac....

Author: Rhodes, Harry B.; Rode, Dan

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: January 2010

This month the Journal introduces a new “Working Smart” column titled “ARRA on the Job,” offering HIM professionals practical guidance on interpreting, planning for, and implementing provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.



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Author: Rode, Dan

Source: AHIMA testimony and comments

Publication Date: October 21, 2009

Author: Rode, Dan

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: May 2009

When Congress passed the final stimulus bill in February, healthcare received more than just money. Among the billions were major new privacy and security requirements.

Those who followed the Congressional debates on the stimulus bill in the mainstream press probably were surprised t....

Author: Rode, Dan

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: October 2009

Training and Retraining Needed


The addition of new federal privacy and security provisions does not relieve covered entities of their ongoing HIPAA training requirements. Entities must continue to provide HIPAA training to “employees, volunteers, trainees, and other perso....

Author: Rode, Dan

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: October 2011

The term "meaningful use" is used freely within Washington and throughout the healthcare industry. For HIM professionals it is not a new concept, but the term has proliferated in the last few years with the creation of the ARRA-funded EHR incentive program.

At some point the talk wi....

Author: Rode, Dan

Source: AHIMA testimony and comments

Publication Date: December 29, 2009

Author: Rode, Dan

Source: AHIMA regulation analysis

Publication Date: March 15, 2009

Author: Rode, Dan

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: April 2010

The series of snow storms that hit Washington, DC, in February shut down Congress and the federal government for several days. The storms only added to delays that have kept the healthcare industry in a state of flux, awaiting several rules from provisions in the American Recovery and Rein....

Author: Rode, Dan

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: June 2009

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) includes funding, regulations, and guidance requirements for most federal administrative departments, states, and other state-related entities. HIM professionals will be affected by many of these, either directly or indirectly through thei....

Author: Rode, Dan

Source: AHIMA testimony and comments | AHIMA Advocacy and Policy

Publication Date: April 11, 2010

Author: Rode, Dan

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: September 2010

In July the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ended the waiting game for the HITECH privacy and security regulations, the meaningful use final rule, and the final rule on standards and certification.

HIM professionals and their organizations, anxious to familiarize thems....

Author: Rode, Dan

Source: AHIMA testimony and comments

Publication Date: September 16, 2010

Author: Rode, Dan

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: January 2010

Last year saw movement on major HIM issues, starting in January with the publication of the ICD-10-CM/PCS final rule. This was quickly followed by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), which has dominated healthcare discussions all year, matched only by the healthcare reform d....

Author: Rode, Dan

Source: AHIMA testimony and comments

Publication Date: May 19, 2009

Author: Rode, Dan

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: October 2010

The healthcare industry and HIM profession have spent much of 2010 engaged in proposed regulations, comments, and final regulations related to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and HITECH Act. There will be more to come. We have adapted to new Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) requi....

Author: Rode, Dan

Source: AHIMA testimony and comments

Publication Date: March 12, 2010

Author: Rode, Dan

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: November 2009

This season Washington is like a healthcare cauldron, boiling away with bills and initiatives. Here’s a taste of a few that have come to the surface for HIM.
Healthcare Reform

As fall began, five congressional committees had released five different health reform bills. Pre....

Author: Rode, Dan

Source: AHIMA Advocacy and Policy | AHIMA testimony and comments

Publication Date: September 08, 2010

Author: Rode, Dan

Source: AHIMA testimony and comments

Publication Date: May 29, 2009

Author: Rode, Dan

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: July 2009

The summer forecast calls for heat and activity—at least in Washington, where Congress and the Obama administration continue to work on healthcare reform, ARRA’s healthcare provisions, and privacy and security issues.

Author: Rode, Dan

Source: AHIMA testimony and comments

Publication Date: May 16, 2010

Author: Rode, Dan

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: June 2011

The theme of this month's Journal is very timely on two accounts. First, the process for implementing ICD-10-CM/PCS is heating up as the industry is now six months from what many consider the first national milestone: the January 2012 compliance deadline for the HIPAA 5010 transaction upgrade.....

Author: Rode, Dan

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: November 2012

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), along with the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC), formally released three final rules around the the time of the Labor Day holiday. Appropriately enough, the arrival of these final rules spells out much work ahead for t....

Author: Rode, Dan

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: July 2010

As this issue goes to press, healthcare remains unsettled, waiting on the publication of key rules related to ARRA and the HITECH Act.

Until these rules appear, providers cannot assess with any certainty their willingness and ability to apply for the meaningful use incentive program....

Author: Rogers, Anne M

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: March 2015

HIPAA-HITECH regulations have imposed many important compliance requirements on US healthcare organizations, large and small. However, the reality is that many small- and medium-sized healthcare organizations, private practitioners, and non-profit clinics often struggle to comply with the....

Author: Rollins, Genna

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: January 2013

The preparation for any great journey usually begins with reflection on lessons learned and research on just how those lessons can be utilized down the unpredictable road. The paradigm shift of electronic health records has caused HIM professionals to steer their work and career into promi....

Author: Rollins, Genna

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: October 2009

The success of health IT will hinge on how well it is planned and managed. Provisions in the stimulus bill that promote professional support and fund training offer exceptional opportunities to HIM programs, individuals, and the profession.



For years AHIMA and col....

Author: Rose, Angela Dinh

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: June 2016

The HITECH Omnibus Rule mandated that the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) conduct periodic audits on the privacy and security compliance of covered entities and business associates. It was during the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) update session on March 21, 2016 at the 20....

Author: Rose, Angela Dinh

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: January 2014

Editor’s note: This is the first installment of a three-part series reviewing AHIMA’s HITECH Frequently Asked Questions.


This month marks the one-year anniversary of the publication of the final HITECH Omnibus Rule, which became effective March 26, 2013. Covered e....

Author: Rose, Angela Dinh; Greene, Adam H

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: February 2014

The final HITECH-HIPAA Omnibus Rule was released in January 2013 and expanded some of HIPAA’s original requirements involving its privacy, security, and enforcement components. The Omnibus also finalized the Breach Interim Final Rule as well as the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA).

The following are some commonly asked questions about the HITECH Omnibus Rule implementation and compliance requirements, specifically regarding the rule’s areas addressing business associates, breaches, and GINA.

Author: Rose, Angela Dinh; Greene, Adam H

Source: Journal of AHIMA | AHIMA Q and A

Publication Date: March 2014

This article concludes a three-part series discussing the most commonly asked questions regarding compliance requirements surrounding the final HITECH Omnibus Rule, released in January 2013. It highlights the updated requirements and provides answers to questions regarding decedent protected health information (PHI), the release of immunization records to schools, and the enhanced request for restrictions requirements.

Author: Rudloff, Rob

Source: AHIMA Convention

Publication Date: September 28, 2010

Background


HITECH has introduced new security requirements around HIPAA including new breach requirements and associated penalties. This paper addresses the information security and privacy requirements and provides practical solutions to address them. Many organizations already....

Author: Rulon, Vera

Source: Journal of AHIMA - website

Publication Date: April 2009

The Journal of AHIMA kicks off our Health Information Privacy and Security Week series with a post from AHIMA president Vera Rulon, MS, RHIT, CCS, FAHIMA. Rulon is director of strategy and communications in the chief medical office of Pfizer, Inc.

So I get this communication that my c....

Author: Rulon, Vera

Source: AHIMA Advocacy and Policy

Publication Date: July 22, 2009

Author: Sandefer, Ryan; Brinda, Danika; Wapola, Janelle; Maki, Shirley Eichenwald; Marc, David

Source: Educational Perspectives in Health Informatics and Information Management

Publication Date: July 2013

Abstract


Currently, minimal requirements exist for assessing the usability of electronic health record (EHR) systems. Usability requirements are especially lacking for the increasing use of mobile devices to access EHRs. Therefore, the authors investigated the usability of three c....

Author: Sandefer, Ryan; Marc, David; Kleeberg, Paul

Source: Perspectives in Health Information Management

Publication Date: April 2015

Abstract


The purpose of this study was to assess EHR Incentive Program attestations of eligible US hospitals across geography and hospital type. The proportions of attestations were compared between metropolitan, micropolitan, and rural hospitals and by whether a hospital was crit....

Author: Schachter, Abigail; Rein, Alison L.; Sabharwal, Raj

Source: External healthcare industry report | U.S. Office of the National Coordinator for HIT

Publication Date: August 2013

This issue brief describes current challenges encountered when using electronic data for quality measurement and improvement, and shares promising strategies and tactics deployed by Beacon Communities.

Author: Seidman, Joshua J

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: June 2009

Getting a return on health IT investment will require that patients receive information that helps them improve their health.

At a late February government affairs retreat of the eHealth Initiative (eHI), shortly after the passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA),....