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The Health & Human Services Department published draft guidance to help healthcare providers and payers figure out what is expected of them in doing a risk analysis of their protected patient health information.
The security rule of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) requires that providers, payment plans and their [...]
By Margaret Collins BLOOMBERG NEWS
Sierra Morgan was billed $12,000 on her health care credit card in November for liposuction, a procedure she never requested or received.
“It’s depressing to know that someone used my name and knows so much about me,” said Morgan, 31, a respiratory therapist from Modesto, Calif.
There were more than 275,000 cases in [...]
How ARRA and HITECH provisions affect HIPAA compliance
AIS reported taht the new HITECH Act requires hospitals, providers, health plans and other HIPAA covered entities (CEs) to meet a February 2010 deadline for revising their business associate (BA) agreements. New language in BA amendments should require BAs to comply with (a) the HIPAA Security Rule,(b) new [...]
