By Frank Sivilli – The Office of Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released two reports last week urging the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) to retool its HIPAA enforcement efforts by the start of 2016.
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By Richard Kronick PhD – The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, or AHRQ, an agency within HHS, is the lead Federal agency charged with improving the safety and quality of America’s health care system.
CMS and ONC today released final rules that simplify requirements and add new flexibilities for providers. Also included in the regulations is a 60 day comment period on Merit Based Incentive Payment Systems (MIPS).
CMS and ONC today released final rules that simplify requirements, add new flexibilities for providers, and advances EHR interoperability.
CMS and ONC today released final rules that simplify requirements and add new flexibilities for providers participating in the EHR Incentive Program.
By Steve Spearman – HHS has released a guide to writing a contractual agreement with business associates. In it, they include ten requirements for your contract to meet, and even provide an example contract to give an impression of how these requirements can fit together.
By Malini Sekhar – In a few weeks, we’re hosting our next Demo Day at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), featuring an…
Count down with us in the coming days for tips and information to help you be ready. Get the ABCs and get ready now! View this infographic and all the resource links it contains to help you meet the Oct. 1 compliance deadline.
ONC announced that two electronic health record (EHR) products, previously certified as products that may be used as part of the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs, had their certifications terminated.