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Is HIPAA Privacy Rule a failure in protecting Patient Privacy?
Institute of Medicine has released a new report on its findings that the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Rule not only fails to adequately protect the privacy of people’s personal health information but it also hinders important health research discoveries. HIPAA act regulates what uses and disclosures of personally identifiable health information … Continue reading
HIPAA Requirements for business associates
In keeping with the growing privacy and security compliance as per the American laws, business associates are immediately required to comply directly with many of the HIPAA’s rules. If as a business associate, you fail to comply with these rules, you are subject to civil and criminal penalties, including a provision that allows individuals to … Continue reading
A New Health IT Bill On the Floor for U.S. House of Representative’s Preview
In order to speed up the collection of nationwide electronic health record infrastructure the U.S. House of representatives may have to go under consensus to pass a bill regarding this. However, some are oppose to this exercise giving inappropriate funding an excuse for postponing this bill. This legislation, if passed in its practical implementation will … Continue reading
SAS 70 Audits
SAS 70 Audits (Statement on Auditing Standards No. 70) is described as auditing statement regulated by Auditing Standards Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) that is officially termed as “Reports on the Processing of Transactions by Service Organizations”. An auditor issues report after assessing internal controls of service organization on the … Continue reading
Document Shredding Business in Boom – Thanks to HIPAA
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 may have restricted and devoid insurance and health sector of certain benefits because of certain prohibitions in its act related to identity theft but has benefited a US, Knoxville-based document shredding company that is looking in positive mood to ascertain margin able profit as a result of … Continue reading