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Privacy and Security for All: Building the "Model Clinic" for Healthcare Security and Compliance
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....
Problem Lists in Health Records: Ownership, Standardization, and Accountability
Author: AHIMA HIE Practice Council
Source: AHIMA report
Publication Date: December 09, 2012
Public Law 111-5, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
Author: Asmonga, Donald D.
Source: AHIMA regulation analysis
Publication Date: April 12, 2009
Pursuit of Meaningful Use
Author: Kloss, Linda L
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: February 2010
On January 13 the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services published a notice of proposed rulemaking containing the stage 1 criteria for meaningful use of certified electronic health records. As this is the prerequisite to receiving incentive payments provided through the American Recovery a....
Putting It in Writing: Updating BA Agreements to Cover Breach Notification
Author: Hjort, Beth M.; Rhodes, Harry B.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: June 2010
When ARRA extended sections of the HIPAA privacy and security rules to cover business associates (BAs), it created a seismic shift in their contractual relationships with covered entities (CEs). Further, the changes became effective simultaneous with other ARRA amendments that require CEs and....
Qualifying for Meaningful Use
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA report | Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: September 2010
Qualifying for Meaningful Use
Author: AHIMA
Source: Journal of AHIMA - website
Publication Date: February 2010
Feb 24, 2010 04:21 pm
AHIMA Meaningful Use White Paper Series
Paper no. 7
Preceding papers in this series have reviewed the requirements in the notice of proposed rulemaking on meaningful use, published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in....
Quality Check: An Overview of Quality Measures and Their Uses
Author: Dimick, Chris
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: September 2010
Meaningful use and pay-for-performance are shining a spotlight on quality measures. There are hundreds of measures in use, but most fall within three broad categories.
Just performing a healthcare service may not be enough to receive payment anymore. Increasingly, payers are ty....
Raising the Bar on Healthcare Data: Meeting Requirements Is a Complicated Challenge
Author: Kloss, Linda L
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: May 2009
The passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act means that American taxpayers are now directly funding the adoption of electronic health records and the investment in health information exchange. Yes, you and I are writing the checks that defray some of the cost of this important tra....
Rapid Release of Rules Means Work Ahead
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....
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