eCardio Launches the eVolution(SM) Oct 8, 2008
The eVolution(SM) adheres to patient privacy standards and requirements for the electronic transmission of health information, as set forth by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). About eCardio Diagnostics eCardio Diagnostics LLC, is the nation's leading provider of comprehensive and advanced technologies, devices, services and solutions for the diagnosis, monitoring, and subsequent clinical management of cardiac arrhythmias, predominantly in the ambulatory... (PR Newswire)
Motherseeks answers about daughter's death Oct 8, 2008
Hospital officials could not discuss Kieana Young s case, citing federal HIPAA medical privacy regulations, said Jennifer Garbo-Shawhan, an All Saints spokeswoman. While we can not publicly discuss this particular situation, we are reviewing all aspects of the case, Garbo-Shawhan said in a statement. (Racine Journal Times, WI)
The Spam Victim Strikes Back! Oct 5, 2008
I work in a large teaching hospital and can say why J.J. was called by her first name in the doctor's waiting area - HIPAA privacy regulations. At our hospital, patients are called by their first name in the waiting areas, then asked to verify their last name quietly and asked their date of birth as a final identification. (Boston Globe)
Consensus Controls project aims to set benchmarks for compliance Oct 5, 2008
It can be tricky for organizations to figure out appropriate controls to implement for complying with regulations such as HIPAA and SOX, he said ... It can be tricky for organizations to figure out appropriate controls to implement for complying with regulations such as HIPAA and SOX, he said. (Search Security, MA)
HCCA Announces Audit & Compliance Committee Conference, October 27-29, 2008, Fort Lauderdale, FL Sep 25, 2008
One of the opening sessions of the conference - Health Care Risk Areas - will offer a 90-minute review of the substantive risk areas that hospitals face, including false claims issues, Stark and the anti-kickback laws, HIPAA and other laws and regulations. Session topics include Introduction to Health Care Accounting and Fundamentals of Compliance, Tax Exemption Challenges, Fiduciary Duty, Corporate Scandals, SOX, and the Not-For-Profit, Risk Assessments nal Controls. (PR Newswire)
MedAvant Commits to Further Improvements in Electronic Administrative Data Exchange in 2009 Sep 25, 2008
The voluntary business rules cover requirements for electronic connectivity, patient identifiers, claims status and reporting of patient financial responsibility for an increased number of service codes included in the HIPAA standards ... CORE rules are built upon existing standards, such as HIPAA. They are developed through a collaboration with more than 100 healthcare industry stakeholders as partners in a multi-phase rules development process. (Primezone Releases)
Human error to blame for Grady data breach Sep 23, 2008
Any time private health information is made public, it is a potential violation of federal HIPAA regulations, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. The Grady problem also speaks to the dangers of outsourcing work on such information, said Dager, the security expert. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
HCMH soars into future with new technology Sep 17, 2008
"The steps we are taking today will help prepare us for the future of healthcare. This is truly a dramatic leap forward - a transformation - in the improvement of patient safety, quality of care and financial performance as we move toward an integrated healthcare network, said Tom Lee, CEO at PACHS.More about EHR10EHR10 allows Mercy Health Network North Iowa hospitals:A safer environment for patients as physician orders will not be subject to handwriting misinterpretation.Better quality of care... (Forest City Summit, IO)
IT 'Clicks' Healthcare Sep 15, 2008
" Apollo Hospitals plans to integrate their information systems across their network of 42 hospitals. It will also introduce HIPAA standards in its systems for EHR implementations. (HIPAA is the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, USA, 1996. This addresses, among others, privacy concerns in healthcare information). The IT team at Apollo has a core group of 30 people. The growing IT budget at Apollo constitutes around 4.5 per cent of its operational expenses. Pune based (RHC)... (Express Healthcare Management)
Soldiers family: He wasnt cut out to be a scout Sep 14, 2008
Personal information is protected by the Privacy Act, Army Regulation 360-1 and the Healthcare Insurance Portability ntability Act (HIPAA). According to Bill Dietrich, he and Davids mother, Rose Dillman, broke up when he was just a toddler. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)
Taking security beyond the perimeter Sep 11, 2008
Trying to secure laptops, cell phones, PDAs, and other mobile devices today is "terrifying," says Christopher Paidhrin, IT security and HIPAA compliance officer at Southwest Washington Medical Center. "End-point security is scarily immature.". (InfoWorld)
Securing the enterprise beyond the perimeter Sep 10, 2008
San Francisco - Trying to secure laptops, cell phones, PDAs, and other mobile devices today is "terrifying," says Christopher Paidhrin, IT security and HIPAA compliance officer at Southwest Washington Medical Center ... For hospitals under the HIPAA hammer, Paidhrin says, the stakes are high. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
AG Mednet Simplifies Image Exchange Infrastructure and Increases Productivity and Revenue For Affiliates in Imaging Sep 8, 2008
Now, they have replaced their legacy infrastructure with AG Mednet's HIPAA compliant platform, which fit easily, and without IT modification, into its existing and expanding practice. Crucial to our success is the efficiency of the network and AG Mednet's 24/7/365 proactive monitoring of all our traffic,'' said Craig Malcolm, Practice Manager. (Primezone Releases)
Resident of group home charged with aggravated battery Sep 5, 2008
Opinionated Gal wrote on Sep 4, 2008 6:29 PM:" I would caution joiegirl78 about HIPAA and her obligation to protect confidential information of current and/or previous clients. (Would you want someone posting your private info on this blog w/o your permission?) A few people are revealing too much here. If aware of abuse/neglect (systemic or otherwise), an individual should contact OIG. In fact, if still employed there, the worker is obligated to do so. Failure to report could fall in the relm of... (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Opinion: Who's reading your medical files today? Aug 26, 2008
In fact, the privacy rule established under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) legally permits healthcare providers to share patients' information with more than 600,000 health- and data-related entities without a patient's consent ... The HIPAA notification form offers no control over who sees your information and instead just tells you about some of the entities that can access your information, rather than asking for your permission ... They know... (Christian Science Monitor)
Entrust IdentityGuard Enables Georgia-based Hospital Network to Deploy Strong Authentication for Remote Access Aug 19, 2008
In addition, the platform supports a wide array of authenticators that, in the future, can help us secure a variety of applications that also house sensitive patient information. " Facilitated by trusted partner PossibleNOW, Entrust IdentityGuard with one of its innovative authentication capabilities, grid cards is now used to authenticate GMC doctors and staff who wish to remotely access the corporate network via SSL VPN. Gwinnett will initially deploy grid cards to be deployed to 1,500 current... (Canada Newswire)
Why you need a HIPAA waiver Aug 16, 2008
As a direct response to this very legitimate concern the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) was passed ... There is one major issue raised by HIPAA that can throw your entire estate plan into disarray and bring your caring family members to the brink of disaster ... The main problem is that HIPAA requires that you give special written authority, BEFORE you are incapacitated, to a third party, such as an adult child, so he or she can access your medical... (Suite101.com)
Roy will be (exhale) . . . ready Aug 15, 2008
The Blazers, however, can not talk about Roy's knees or health history because of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). In two NBA seasons, Roy has missed 33 of 164 games -- 30 because of injury. (OregonLive, OR -- Sports)
Humana Military receives URAC accreditation Aug 12, 2008
Humana Military also has URAC accreditation in the categories of Case Management, Disease Management Asthma, Disease Management Heart Failure, Health Web Site, and HIPAA Privacy. The Humana Military organization administers health benefits to about 2. (Louisville Business First, KY)
State investigates after breach of guv's records Aug 10, 2008
McCurtis said that under the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, commonly called HIPAA, hospitals have to limit employees' access to patients' medical information based on an employee's role in a patient's care. "This is not the first time this has happened," he said of breaches involving patients' health information in Michigan. (MLive.com)
Death for USS Cole bombing Aug 8, 2008
functional knowledge of iso17799/cobit, hipaa. unix and network environment. (Yahoo News -- Yemen)
UCLA statement Aug 6, 2008
"We are focused on two things now one looking backward, the other forward. First, we continue our internal investigation to make sure we have uncovered any and all violations of patient records. We are working with DPH and the federal authorities toward to this goal. "Second, starting May 19, 2008 we implemented a new training and certification module for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). All doctors, staff, and students must complete certification by August 18. (Los Angeles Times)
Health care, conservation influencing today's office Aug 3, 2008
HIPAA enlisted the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to publish and enforce new rules to ensure the standardization of patient health care data, including electronic administrative and financial records ... HIPAA does not require hospitals and other health care facilities to retrofit for compliance, but more and more of these types of organizations are doing it anyway ... It is also evident that HIPAA's message is starting to spill into the office environment. (Denver Business Journal, CO)
Private medical data exposed Jul 30, 2008
The security breach may be a violation of the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), which protects patients' medical information ... Since the passage of HIPAA, health insurers, hospitals, doctors and other medical providers have increased their efforts at protecting the privacy of medical records ... The feds are helping by piloting education projects about HIPAA and other protections for medical records. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Kaiser Permanente's health data deal to test device connections Jul 27, 2008
just announced a pilot with to put its volunteer employees' basic health data on Microsoft's HealthVault PHR. Meanwhile, , Intuit, Microsoft, , AARP and Consumers Union, plus a host of other organizations, agreed in late June on a voluntary PHR privacy protection "framework" to reassure consumers that their personal data will be safe online, even if it isn't covered by federal HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) privacy protections. But hidden beneath the hype are more... (San Francisco Business Times, CA)
Decorum In Doctor's Office Seems To Be In Short Supply - 7/26/2008 Jul 26, 2008
It is not only rude, but also a violation of HIPAA privacy laws. Another problem -- and forgive me, because this is gross -- is that when we tell a patient the amount of the co-pay, she will reach into her bra and pull out WET cash and expect us to take it from her. (FOX23.com, OK)
Smartphones opening up enterprise risks Jul 25, 2008
A large health science community at the university deals with data that could potentially fall under HIPAA requirements while faculty members have student information that must be kept secure ... A large health science community at the university deals with data that could potentially fall under HIPAA requirements while faculty members have student information that must be kept secure. (Search Security, MA)
Automatic anonymization of medical records Jul 25, 2008
In order to preserve patient confidentiality, however, the U.S. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) requires that protected health information (PHI) be removed from medical records before they can be disseminated ... The software uses lexical look-up tables, regular expressions, and simple heuristics to locate both HIPAA PHI, and an extended PHI set that includes doctors' names and years of dates. (BioMed Central)
Organization develops health care security framework Jul 24, 2008
Health care organizations are dealing with multiple standards and regulations, including HIPAA, which isn't specific in its security requirements ... Fifty-five percent said they're frustrated about the lack of standards for HIPAA compliance ... said the HITRUST CSF "is a great idea but the problem is that so many hospitals haven't even begun looking at information security or HIPAA.". (Search Security, MA)
Longtime con artist gets 10-year sentence Jul 22, 2008
The Department of Health and Human Services said the penalty is the first of its type to be enforced under the privacy section of the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, or HIPAA, since it took effect in 2003. Previously, the agency has only required alleged violators to upgrade their privacy and security practices. (OregonLive, OR -- Business)
Portland officer chooses privacy over truth in medical matter, faces firing Jul 22, 2008
"I wouldn't ask that question because I think that then is a HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) violation.". Police did a criminal investigation into the alleged fraud. (OregonLive, OR -- News)
'Rampage' Jackson hospitalized for 'unusual behavior' Jul 18, 2008
Jackson's present status is unclear, as California's HIPAA laws guarding medical privacy preclude police from giving any further information. A UFC official reached said the company had no immediate comment. (MSNBC -- Sports)
Regional Sales Manager(EMR/PM/Healthcare) Jul 18, 2008
The product addresses emerging HIPAA requirements for both the patient and physician. JOB DESCRIPTION. (The Clarion-Ledger)
Bear voted GCS board president Jul 17, 2008
The board appointed Sutherland as HIPAA privacy official. Director of pupil personnel services Lisa Knowles was appointed to oversee compliance with the Americans With Disabilities Act, and Sutherland was appointed to handle private school transportation requests. (Catskill Daily Mail, NY)
Housing Authority faces complaint Jul 16, 2008
In rebuttal, DeChiara said she was not required to reveal her son s disabilities under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996. The letter further states there is a public park (Veterans Park) with swings sets available approximately eight to 10 houses from the complainants home. (Burlington Union, MA)
Baseball Bat Murder Trial Set for October Jul 16, 2008
She cited state statutes and HIPAA regulations. Chavis' attorneys had filed notice of a diminished-capacity and intentional-intoxication defense, Krueger said. (The Pilot Newspaper)
Fire department urges bike safety in wake of accident Jul 16, 2008
McKinney fire officials declined to release any information about the time, location or people involved in the accident citing Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) requirements that prevents public officials from releasing information that could reveal details of patients medical records. Grant said first and foremost, anyone who rides a bike should wear a helmet, a message the fire department has been trying to get across to children through their Risk Safety classes held... (McKinney Courier-Gazette, TX)
Can airlines refuse to fly a dying passenger? Jul 13, 2008
We will never know what the basis was for the expert recommendations to Allegiant Hills privacy is protected by HIPAA but we have to assume it was valid. I suspect many of you dont know what is or what they do. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Call Desk Inc to Offer Live Virtual Medical Receptionists to Medical Clinics Jul 13, 2008
Call Desk Inc announced that they have enhanced their services to provide HIPAA compliant virtual medical receptionists to medical clinics ... (PRWEB) July 13, 2008 -- Call Desk Inc announced that they have enhanced their services to provide HIPAA compliant virtual medical receptionists to medical clinics. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
Wellness Programs and Lifestyle Discrimination — The Legal Limits Jul 13, 2008
HIPAA Nondiscrimination Rules. -->Americans with Disabilities Act. (New England Journal of Medicine)
Shifts in Health Information Jul 13, 2008
2 However, HIPAA's privacy rule provision for disclosure without consent for "treatment, payment, or healthcare operations" (TPO) actually eliminates privacy. Although it. (New England Journal of Medicine)
One Subpoena Is All It Takes to Reveal Your Online Life Jul 8, 2008
HIPAA is a good start, but I don t think there is any law against someone surreptitiously collecting your DNA from your shedded skin cells and publicizing your gene sequences ... Perhaps something like the very simple and unobtrusive HIPAA would do the trick. (New York Times)
Marshall Norris Joins NavigatorMD as Director of Business Development and Sales Jul 3, 2008
Previously, he co-founded Sourceworks ClaimsPay, a pioneering HIPAA compliant electronic claims payment firm connecting Insurance Payers, Medical Providers and Claimants. His bio also includes Vice President with the Heusinkveld Group developing business opportunities in the self-funded reinsurance market, Regional Director with Highmark Insurance Group and Regional Manager with Boston Mutual Life. (PR Newswire)
Prescription for Protecting Online Health Records Jun 26, 2008
Like other companies outside the traditional health care industry, neither Google nor Microsoft is subject to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, or HIPAA. The 12-year-old federal law strictly shields medical records from unwelcome eyes. That loophole has caused some privacy watchdogs to warn patients that digitizing their health records could make it easier for the government, a legal adversary or a marketing concern to obtain their medical information. (Newsmax)
Electronic Medical Records See Slow Adoption By U.S. ... Jun 20, 2008
HIPAA, short for Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, creates two classes of entities: covered entities (who provide care) and business associates (who are involved in care, but dont provide it), said Frohlich ... Because Google isnt a business associate or a covered entity, its not bound by HIPAA, he said. (Fox News)
Pastoral care volunteer training offered at Rockport hospital Jun 17, 2008
neimon wrote on Jun 16, 2008 5:58 PM:" It's "HIPAA." And it's not a privacy act. It's an act to allow portable healthcare which has obviously failed if you've tried making COBRA payments after a layoff. Privacy is one small part of the whole act.Otherwise, thank you for the kind article. ". The opinions expressed in reader-posted comments are not necessarily the opinions of MaineCoastNOW.com, Courier Publications or its newspapers and staffs. (Courier Publications, ME)
ACCESS: Patients often struggle to obtain records Jun 12, 2008
HIPAA allows health care providers to withhold records in some circumstances, as long as they explain why they are doing so. Among the records that may be withheld: psychiatric documents and documents generated in preparation for a legal action. (USA Today -- News)
Cost of health care, number of uninsured, two major issues in Kansas, executive says Jun 5, 2008
Received the HIPAA Quarterly Report. Received the Public Relations Quarterly Report. (Abilene Recorder Chronicle)
Health Department addresses tumor inquiry protocol May 31, 2008
When we inquired as to why these individuals in question would not be contacted directly, both Pruitt and Gonder explained that due to HIPAA guidelines the Department of Health is restricted from seeking these individuals out. According to Pruitt, he did not know if any of the individuals had either received the Health Department form or if any of those forms had been received back from affected individuals at this time. (Cameron Observer, MO)
AMICAS Announces Integrations at More Than 100 MEDITECH Facilities May 28, 2008
-- Vision Watch(TM) offers reporting functionality that complements the tools found in the MEDITECH RIS. These capabilities empower radiology administrators with easily accessible information required to run their departments and facilities effectively, such as data on referring physician volume reports, imaging equipment utilization, and HIPAA reporting needs -- all in a Web-based, drill-down, "point and click" user interface. -- Vision Series PACS includes a bi-directional interface with all... (PR Newswire)
Passport Health buys Illinois competitor May 22, 2008
Nebo specializes in real-time, online processing of administrative EDI, HIPAA compliant transactions and has more than 2,500 health care facilities nationwide. The private firm provides data management software and services that allow health care professionals to automate workflow. (Nashville Business Journal, TN)
Google's New Project: Your Health Records May 20, 2008
Of course - despite safeguards required under the federal HIPAA law (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996) - there is also the possibility that someone could break into your doctors office to steal your records or that your health care provider could be careless about its own privacy and security policies. Because of my inability to import information into the service, I find it of minimal use at the moment but I do see the potential, especially after more service... (CBS News -- Iraq)
Emerging-Market M&As Reflect Global Changes • Microsoft, Google Join The Health Care Field May 17, 2008
But Dunbrack, who recently wrote a report on PHRs, says it's unlikely that records people store with Google or Microsoft would fall under the same strict privacy mandate health care providers must adhere to under HIPAA, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. The reason is simple Google and Microsoft are not health care providers, payers or clearinghouses, says Dunbrack, who used to work as a corporate HIPAA officer ... "Unless Google and Microsoft engage in business-associated... (Investors Business Daily)
Photo contributed Carla King, Debbie Greenspon and Leta Vess are three of the four certified tumor registrars who work in the Cancer Registry at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital. Not pictured is Elaine Jones. May 15, 2008
Any time any piece of patient information is shared, it is done in accordance with all Health Information Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) regulations to protect confidentiality, Vess points out. Our cancer registrars are truly valuable to the war on cancer, says Husted. (Rockingham Daily Journal, NC)
Editorial: Log into plan for online medical data May 8, 2008
But the Health Records Bank of Oregon program for Medicaid patients is just the first part of an effort to file most Oregonians health care records in an online database as part of compliance with the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, commonly known as HIPAA.. Passed by Congress in 1996, HIPAA set a national standard for electronic transfers of health data ... If you have some immediate concerns about that act, chances are that those involved with implementing HIPAA's... (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
6,000 UCSF patients' data got put online May 3, 2008
A federal privacy regulation known as HIPAA, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, sets standards to protect personal health information ... "It seems they may have released more information than permitted," said Gail Sausser, a HIPAA consultant and adjunct professor of health law at Seattle University's School of Law ... UCSF officials say the use of a department's name is not prohibited under HIPAA. But it acknowledged that such a disclosure is against its own "best... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Ask the AD -- April Edition May 2, 2008
I have discussed this with Assistant AD for Sports Medicine Ed Thompson, and he tells me that all athletes, whether professional or collegiate, fall under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) with regards to release of injury information. Professional leagues can set policies regarding the release of injury information, and that is probably negotiated into their collective bargaining agreements with the players. (Siusalukis.com)
How to Choose a Personal Health Record May 2, 2008
Under HIPAA, health plans, doctors, hospitals, clinics and nursing homes, are legally bound to protect patients' medical records ... To make sure, look for the phrase "HIPAA-covered" in your provider's security policies ... On the other hand, PHRs like Microsoft's planned HealthVault or WebMD's Health Manager fall outside HIPAA's protective umbrella. (SmartMoney)
DoD News Briefing with Ad... May 2, 2008
COL. HOROHO: There is a HIPAA compliance. So when individuals -- when service members seek mental health care from -- on an outpatient perspective or an inpatient, that is protected health information. (DOD DefenseLINK -- News)
Flaherty: Elder Affairs warns of new scam Apr 23, 2008
Due to HIPAA regulations, rectifying those wrongful charges may be extraordinarily difficult. The modified records may be used to treat the senior in an actual medical crisis as well. (Medford Transcript, MA)
Northwestern escapes DOJ subpoena Apr 21, 2008
In a 16-page decision, U.S. Chief District Judge Charles Kocoras denied the governments request to obtain patient medical records from Northwestern, citing the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) and Illinois medical privacy law ... Northwestern spokeswoman Kelly Sullivan said that HIPAA and the Illinois law required the hospital to protect the privacy and confidentiality of patient records ... But we assume that HIPAA medical records privacy protections... (Crain's Chicago Business)
Can We Trust Google With Our Medical Records? Apr 19, 2008
Microsoft and Google, the authors note, are not bound by the privacy restrictions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, or Hipaa, the main law that regulates personal data handling and patient privacy. Hipaa, enacted in 1996, did not anticipate Web-based health records systems like the ones Microsoft and Google now offer ... Even more surprising is the response of Peter Neupert, the vice president in charge of Microsofts health group, who resisted the suggestion of... (New York Times)
A warning against tech companies storing private health records Apr 17, 2008
But Microsoft and Google, the authors note, are not bound by the privacy restrictions of of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, or HIPAA, the main law that regulates personal data handling and patient privacy ... But the authors see a need for safeguards, suggesting a mixture of U.S. regulation perhaps extending HIPAA to online patient record hosts contract relationships, certification standards and consumer education programs ... But he resisted the suggestion of extending... (International Herald Tribune -- Technology)
Moving toward greater communication Apr 17, 2008
First responders, police officers, hospital admissions, now all were precluded from releasing "private" information protected under HIPAA. Even more people were confused about whether they were or were not covered by HIPAA, so the rule became to just shut the information down. Don't say anything or HIPAA will get you. (Ames Daily Tribune, IA)
Sparta High School health screenings halted amid protests Apr 16, 2008
free_speech wrote on Apr 16, 2008 5:46 AM:" ASt a minimum, the patient has to sign a HIPAA disclosure form for their health information to be used by anyone. Did this occur? ". Sully wrote on Apr 16, 2008 4:44 AM:" Eye pupil size? I am old enough to have had many physicals including several in the military. I did not know eye pupil size was any part of them. I would be interested to here what the importance of eye pupil size is in a health screening. ". (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
