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Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
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Appeals court upholds HIPAA conviction of EHR snooper
A federal appeals court has upheld the conviction of a former employee of the UCLA Healthcare System for accessing the hospital's electronic health record system without authorization, in violation of HIPAA.
Protect medical devices from cybercrime
It's disconcerting to think that medical devices, such as MRI machines and insulin pumps, are increasingly the victim of hacking, malware and other cybercrimes . But it's particularly frightening
HHS delays ICD-10, releases health plan identifier rule
The Department of Health & Human Services this week officially proposed delaying the ICD-10 deadline by an extra year to Oct. 1, 2014. It also released a proposed rule establishing a unique
CMS delays 5010 enforcement, yet again
Once again, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has postponed enforcement of its regulations requiring the use of the 5010 standards in all electronic healthcare transactions. Just
Blue Cross spends $18.5M on HIPAA violation
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee has the dubious distinction of becoming the first health insurer to receive a fine--a hefty $1.5 million--for violating the Health Insurance Privacy and
ASC X12 tables new 6020 standards as providers slog through 5010
Asked why he wanted to climb Mount Everest, British mountaineer George Mallory famously replied, "Because it's there." That seems to be the attitude of the Accredited Standards Committee X12.
Providers: Treat your EHRs like cupcakes
If you've ever baked a cupcake you know that, after painstakingly icing and decorating them, the last thing you want is for them to get crushed before you have a chance to eat them. Which is why I
From Meaningful Use Stage 2 to stronger HIPAA regs, HHS gets ready to juggle
We all know that 2012 will be a watershed year for electronic health records systems. The Department of Health and Human Services' fall 2011 agenda , which it presented to the Office of Management and
Prime hospital CEO, CMO blasted for sharing patient chart with media
Two executives at Shasta Regional Medical Center, owned by Prime Healthcare Services, are facing severe criticism after sharing a patient's medical chart with news outlets. The incident, in addition
Blogger: Make Meaningful Use go away
Wouldn't it be nice if Meaningful Use to go the way of the dinosaur? That's the sentiment Health IT consultant John Lynn, author of the EMR and HIPAA blog, who laments in that Meaningful Use
