HIPAA
This has been a very disturbing and emotional week for our country. We know full well that there are racial disparities in our health care system and we are working hard to address them. Further, we know that there are racial disparities in our criminal justice system and we see them taking place.…
The health care system suffers from an overabundance of paper work. Hospitals and health systems can realize improvements and significant savings by increasing the volume of electronic data exchange called for under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountably Act's administrative…
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) established new standards for the confidentiality, security, and transmissibility of health care information. There are three types of standards created by HIPAA: privacy, security and administrative simplification (e.g.,…
On July 10, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released an order addressing a number of important issues under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). This legal advisory provides a detailed summary of the order.
CMS, the CDC, and the Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights published in the Feb. 6 Federal Register a final rule under which patients can gain direct access to laboratory test reports, upon their request.
Testimony of the American Hospital Association before the Standards Subcommittee of the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics: “Industry implementation of updated and new HIPAA Standards and Code Sets X12 Version 5010, NCPDP Version D.0, NCPDP Version 3.0 and ICD-10” (June 17, 2011…