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HHS Issues Rule Requiring Individuals Be Notified of Breaches of their Health Information
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Aug 24th, 2009
On August 19, The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued “breach notification” regulations requiring healthcare providers and other Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) covered entities to notify affected individuals following a breach of unsecured...
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CMS Notice Urges Providers to Plan for Version 5010 of the HIPAA Standards
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Jun 1st, 2009
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is urging providers to be ready for Medicare's transition to an updated online claims submission system. The implementation of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) 5010 will result in substantial changes in the content...
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HIPAA Privacy Clarifications on Sharing Information with Family and Friends
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Sep 29th, 2008
In an apparent reaction to the understandably cautious manner in which many providers restrict the discussion of private health information with the family, friends and others involved in the patient’s care, HHS has released a very brief, 2-page, guide that clarifies this issue. Given some of the...
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National Provider Identifier (NPI) Registry Opens
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Sep 24th, 2007
While VNAs got a temporary reprieve from reporting the NPIs of their referral sources, now would be a good time begin to collect any missing NPIs. CMS has officially opened public access to the directory of NPIs. And, since physician bills have been rejected for missing NPIs for a few months,...
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Avoiding Risk: New Guidance on HIPAA Security Standard
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Jan 22nd, 2007
Privacy experts say the easiest way to get into HIPAA trouble is a computer security breach. While other HIPAA risks usually involve only a single person, when computers get involved you increase your risk by the number of personal health records that machine can access. Recent, well publicized...
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Physician NPI Delays Could Stall Home Health Claims
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Oct 30th, 2006
Assuming that all our members have obtained National Provider Identifier (NPI) numbers, so they can bill Medicare (and any other insurer) after May 23, 2007, there is another, perhaps more formidable hurdle. According to CMS sources, the majority of physicians do NOT have an NPI number. And,...
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