Compliance news and information

About one in 20 participants in the federally funded electronic health-record incentive payment program can expect to be audited for compliance with meaningful use and other program criteria, a federal official said Monday.
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Even with a year's grace period, many providers, payers and health information technology vendors are still running behind schedule for the massive conversion next year to ICD-10 codes.
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Before the release of the omnibus privacy rule earlier his year, or passage of the more stringent privacy provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, or even the main federal health information privacy law, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, there...
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Epic Systems Corp. has more physicians and other eligible professionals who have attested as meaningful users of complete electronic health-record systems in the ambulatory-care setting than any other vendor in a still-crowded and intensely competitive field, an analysis of federal data shows.
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The top federal healthcare privacy and security regulator wants to know what officials from more than 100 organizations that have undergone privacy and security audits thought of the process and what can be done to improve it.
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A hodgepodge of data standards and a fractured network mean digital medical records simply aren't very portable.
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Genesis HealthCare reached a settlement with HHS resolving allegations that the skilled-nursing provider failed to provide interpreting services for a deaf patient.
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Investor-owned healthcare systems have been adding to their legal ranks and boosting self-policing in an attempt to get one step ahead of heightened regulatory activity around fraud and abuse.
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Rapid advancements in medical technology have transformed how we look at our health -- and our privacy. Today, HIPAA, HITECH and PHI compliance regulations compel healthcare professionals and institutions to protect the privacy of electronic patient records. 3M™ Privacy Filters and 3M™...
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Healthcare providers now have a one-stop spot to enroll and provide health plans with their electronic banking information, but the rollout of this new service is only another step in a long slog toward full automation and digitization of healthcare claims processing.
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