Posted by Jason Greis on March 2, 2011 under Articles | 
On Feb. 22, 2011, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced that it had issued a civil money penalty (CMP) of $4.3 million against Cignet Health of Prince George’s County, MD., the first imposition of a CMP by OCR for a violation of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy Rule. Two days later, HHS announced that General Hospital Corporation and Massachusetts General Physicians Organization, Inc., collectively referred to as Mass General, agreed to pay $1 million to settle potential violations of the HIPAA Privacy Rule. Read More...
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Posted by Jason Greis on August 6, 2010 under Articles |
Summary of Proposed Changes to Privacy, Security and Enforcement Rules Read More...
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Posted by Jason Greis on February 22, 2010 under Articles |
Having reached the one year anniversary of the HITECH Act, enacted as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, many changes to the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules are now effective. Unfortunately, since the Department of Health and Human Services has not yet issued guidance with respect to most of these changes, Covered Entities and Business Associates must begin good faith compliance based solely on the language of the HITECH Act. Below are some highlights. Read More...
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Posted by Jason Greis on December 6, 2009 under Articles |
Covered entities (i.e. LTACHs and other healthcare providers), and the business associates that assist them with the performance of functions and activities that involve access to protected health information (“PHI”), are now subject to much greater regulation of their information security practices as a result of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (“HITECH Act”). The HITECH Act was included as Title XIII of the Federal economic stimulus package, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (“ARRA”), and represents the most expansive modification to the Federal privacy and security rules for health-related businesses since the 1996 enactment of HIPAA. Read More...
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Posted by Jason Greis on August 26, 2009 under Articles |
On Aug. 24, 2009, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published interim final regulations (the Rule) governing notification of breaches of unsecured protected health information (PHI) by HIPAA-covered entities and business associates. The Rule is one of several sets of regulations mandated by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH Act), enacted on Feb. 17, 2009, as a part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). The Rule will be effective on Sept. 23, 2009. Read More...
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Posted by Jason Greis on August 7, 2009 under Articles |
Many LTACHs and other post-acute care providers have inquired whether they are eligible to apply for and receive incentive payments to adopt certified electronic health record (“EHR”) technology under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (the “HITECH Act” or the “Act”). To put it simply, the answer appears to be “no.” Read More...
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