HIPAA Business Associates and now Subcontractors – A Big Heads Up!
HIPAA Business Associates and HIPAA Compliance Whew! Nothing like a Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) from Health and Human Services (HHS) to send the…
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Download an EHR Criteria Checklist
Now that the Stage 1 meaningful use final rules have been published, the objectives and measures have been set. Eligible Professionals must become meaningful users…
HIPAA proposed modifications released
Today, the Department of Health and Human Services issued a notice of proposed rulemaking to modify the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996…
6 Myths Surrounding ARRA/HITECH EHR Incentives
The following is a guest post provided by Jim Tate, Founder of EMR Advocate and a contributing expert for HITECH Answers. In a time when hospitals and…
Is your copier a HIPAA security hole?
One of the areas we continually monitor here at HITECH Answers is HIPAA. We have added a new resource to our HIPAA page – HIPAA…
HIPAA Security and Laptop Theft
The following guest post is provided by Bob Chaput, President of Data Mountain LLC, a data security, disaster recovery and data protection services firm. HITECH…
Hospital based physicians get new definition for HITECH incentives
HR 4851, the Continuing Extension Act of 2010 was signed into law in April. It extends unemployment benefits, delays Medicare reimbursement cuts for physicians, and…
CMS NPRM – Incentive Programs for Eligible Professionals
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on December 30, 2009, outlining both the objectives and measures…
ONCHIT Interim Final Rule Overview
The Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) issued an Interim Final Rule (IFR) on December 30, 2009. The rules propose the initial set of standards,…