November 30th is Attestation Deadline for Eligible Hospitals
Hospitals Must Attest by November 30 to Receive Payment for 2013 EHR Incentive Program Participation The following is correspondence from the CMS on the EHR…
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Potential HIPAA Breaches can be Found Everywhere
Hidden HIPAA Breaches in the Workplace By Bob Grant Chief Strategy and Compliance Officer for Compliancy Group LLC Look around you there are potential breaches…
November HIT Policy Committee Reports of 2014 Edition Vendors
HIT Policy Committee Meeting The Health IT (HIT) Policy Committee was created under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) and charged with making recommendations to…
Healthcare.gov Improvements and Updates
Can Sebelius Survive the Heat? With 143 days remaining to enroll in a Healthcare Exchange, Healthcare.gov is still working overtime to iron out the wrinkles. They…
NIST Workshop November 14-15
Cybersecurity Needs Health Sector Input Seeking: Health sector input into The National Institute for Standards and Technology’s (NIST) national voluntary framework for improving cybersecurity Target…
The Gold Not Taken – Meaningful Use Tale of Woe
By Jim Tate, EMR Advocate Meaningful Use Audit Expert Twitter: @JimTate, eMail: audits@emradvocate.com Life is full of missed opportunities. As we age the list of…
Who Can Save Healthcare.gov?
Who’s to Blame for Healthcare.gov? With 150 days remaining to enroll in a Healthcare Exchange, Healthcare.gov still has some issues. You can find almost a…
HIPAA Security Rule Offers Just a Little Leeway
HIPAA Security Rule – Addressable, not Optional! By Mike Semel Blog: 4Medapproved.com/HITSecurity Twitter: @SemelConsulting Everyone complains that the HIPAA Security Rule is inconvenient— which it…
EHR Makers Surprised by Stage 2 Complexity
2014 EHR Certifications By Anthony Brino, Associate Editor Government Health IT and Diana Manos, Healthcare IT News As the end of 2013 closes in, most…