HIPAA news and information

Many private and public health insurers are violating federal rules for the rapid electronic handling of queries for information about patients' coverage, according to insurance claims transmission experts.
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Hospitals and office-based physicians not yet using an electronic health-record system can get some free help from the federal government on what to expect when contracting to buy EHR software or services.
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The healthcare industry is gradually overcoming its fears and is—finally—about to get high on the cloud.
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Unbeknownst to millions of Americans who seek health and fitness help on their computers or smartphones, bits and pieces of their personal, sensitive health information are loose on the Internet.
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About “Why one Medicare Pioneer ACO succeeded in saving money”, I really like this article. It is so easy to just listen for and repeat negative comments about the Pioneer ACO experience. I like to learn from...
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Technology industry association leaders who testified Thursday before a House subcommittee hearing on whether legislation is needed for data breach reporting called for Congress to pre-empt state laws on data breaches. But at least one witness opposed such preemption.
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Regarding “WellPoint to pay $1.7 million HIPAA penalty”: WellPoint is just the tip of the iceberg. Since all of our personal phone messages, e-mails and Internet correspondence have been tapped into by the National Security Agency, why would we even be concerned about our medical...
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Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan has asked a number of popular online healthcare websites and healthcare services providers to be more transparent about their privacy policies and how they use their customers' personal information.
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Unauthorized peeking at patient medical records remains an unsolved problem among healthcare providers, and privacy experts contend it's just in our nature to snoop.
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WellPoint is set to crash two Top 10 lists—the number of members' records exposed in a security breach, and the size of the federal settlement amount paid as a result.
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