Who’s Accessing Your Data?: The Insider Threat
By Matt Fisher – Despite the fact that ransomware and hacking attacks draw the biggest headlines, it is actually improper insider access that causes the highest number of data breaches.
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By Law, Hospitals Now Must Tell Medicare Patients When Care Is ‘Observation’ Only
By Susan Jaffe – Under a new federal law, hospitals across the country must now alert Medicare patients when they are getting observation care and why they were not admitted — even if they stay in the hospital a few nights.
OCR Issues Second Largest HIPAA Fine to Date – $5.5 Million
By Art Gross – According to an article over on tripwire, a covered entity is facing serious penalties after the Office for Civil Rights issued them a hefty fine for their failure to comply with audit procedures including review, modification and termination of users’ access.
5 Ways Technology Makes Behavioral Health Care Better
By D’Arcy Gue – Are you old enough to remember the pre-concert security searches for recording devices that were once part of every live music experience? Yes, musicians once had some semblance of control over bootleg audio and video.
Why ERISA is Your Best Friend When Fighting Denials
By Lisa Eramo – When it comes to denials, physicians may feel as though insurance carriers have always have the upper hand. But this long-held belief isn’t true—especially when the claims in dispute are subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) of 1974.
BI and Analytics Centers of Excellence: Current Models No Longer Making the Grade
By Arun Rangamani – A business intelligence and analytics center of excellence (CoE) is an organizing mechanism to align people, processes, technology and culture.
HIPAA Certified: Not So Fast
By Matt Fisher – A healthcare organization compare a number of vendors, product features and gets close to choosing one. Just before making the ultimate decision, someone asks, what about HIPAA?
Dear Health Affairs…We have a suggestion.
By John P. Kansky – A few months ago, Health Affairs, a leading journal of health policy thought and research, published an article by Dr. Julia Adler-Milstein and colleagues that found that the number of health information exchanges is declining.
Blockchain: A Bulls-Eye for Healthcare IT Interoperability?
By D’Arcy Gue – It’s no exaggeration to say that our EHR systems’ lack of interoperability is the single strongest barrier to nationwide population health management.