Monthly Archives: February 2010
Hiring a HIPAA compliance consultant
HIPAA lays down numerous laws, rules, and regulations to which you are subject and the volume of information you are accountable for is massive indeed. To manage through, you need a compliance consultant who utilizes these guidelines as well as the laws, rules, and regulations of the various agencies to help you formulate an effective … Continue reading
Getting started with your home-based medical transcription business
As HIPAA becomes more and more important, the career opportunities for a home-based medical transcriptionist are very bright. But to start your career as a medical transcriptionist you need to follow certain guidelines and steps so that you can set up a successful home-based medical transcription business. To begin with, you have to find a … Continue reading
MCS sues CHS for breach of contract
Managed Care Solutions (MCS) had signed an exclusive three-year deal in 2003 to manage and collect payments for all Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems (CHS) hospitals, which then numbered 111, for a 22 percent cut of collections. However, now CHS, which operates 122 hospitals with approximately 18,000 licensed beds in 29 states, is being sued … Continue reading
Treatment of requests for additional restrictions on disclosure of PHI
Under HIPAA’s Privacy Rule, individuals may request additional restrictions on uses and disclosures of their protected health information. However, covered entities are not bound to agree to any restriction. If the restriction is accepted, covered entities must abide by it except in emergency situations where a use or disclosure is necessary to provide treatment and … Continue reading
MindLeaf introduces new 5010 conversion services
MindLeaf Technologies, Inc., is a leading provider of HIPAA 5010 conversion services. The company has announced that it will provide these services to clearinghouse, payer and provider organizations. MindLeaf’s introduced its new 5010 conversion services at the 2nd WEDI 5010, ICD-10 Forum, February 2nd through 4th, at the Hyatt Regency in Austin, TX. At the … Continue reading
Paul Reymann to review HIPAA & HITECH at LogRhythm’s webinar
Based in Boulder, Colorado with European Headquarters in Maidenhead, England, and Asia Pacific operations in Hong Kong, LogRhythm provides enterprise-class SIEM 2.0 Technology – log and event management, file integrity monitoring, and network and user monitoring in a single integrated solution – that empowers organizations to comply with regulations, secure their networks, and optimize IT … Continue reading
Lighthouse Continuity Partners LLC opens office in Greenville
With an objective of helping eastern North Carolina businesses with disaster preparedness and response, Lighthouse Continuity Partners LLC has established an office in Greenville. This office offers a full range of disaster planning services and products including a free initial assessment, project management, impact analysis, planning, strategy development, external agency coordination, training, exercising and other … Continue reading
The Winter IT Summit to take place on February 9-10
The Winter Health IT Summit of the Institute for Health Technology Transformation is taking place on February 9-10 in Phoenix, Arizona. The Winter Health IT Summit is designed to bring together C-level, physician, practice management and IT decision-makers from North America’s leading provider organizations and physician practices. It was announced recently that Redspin, Inc. will … Continue reading
HIPAA for fundraising purposes
If required for fundraising purposes, the covered entities can disclose to a business associate or institution-related foundation, only two types of PHI without specific permission. These informations are basic demographic informations relating to an individual, and dates of health care provided to an individual. Although it has not been clarified in the regulations as to … Continue reading
Emedon launches online resource to help transition to HIPAA upgraded version
Emdeon Inc. has announced the availability of HIPAA Simplified, a one-stop online resource for guiding the healthcare industry’s transition to HIPAA 5010, NCPDP D.0 and ICD-10 standards. The Web site is located at www.hipaasimplified.com and it will feature technical gap analysis documentation, simplified business-level topics, trading partner transition strategy information, frequently asked questions, testing tools … Continue reading