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The latest U.S. Healthcare Industry HIPAA Survey ... indicates participants in the health care system view the HIPAA privacy and security standards as building blocks for web-based communication structures rather than simply a compliance burden.
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With only one enforcement criminal conviction recorded since 1996, HIPAA is failing to meet its mandate, according to Info-Tech Research Group.
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The Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) has raised concerns about electronic claims attachments with federal officials.
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The rise in bariatric surgery and the trend toward Americans getting ever larger is creating a new liability threat that risk managers must address proactively, ...
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Hospitals and physician offices must accommodate obese patients or risk running afoul of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA), the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), or the Rehabilitation Act, ...
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The American Society for Healthcare Risk Management (ASHRM) in Chicago recommends that risk managers assess their organization's readiness for treating obese patients.
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There has not yet been a major case illustrating the perils of poorly constructed gainsharing agreements, probably because everyone is so scared of the potential penalties that they go to great lengths to make sure everything is on the up and up, ...
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Health care giant Kaiser Permanente is introducing the idea of a "preoperative safety briefing" to all of its facilities with the aim of encouraging more communication among surgical team members.
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The emergency department can be an especially difficult place to balance the need for security of patient records with easy access for physicians and staff, but one hospital in Chesterfield, MO, is finding that a high-tech solution can do the job.
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The Department of Health and Human Services published the final enforcement rule for all HIPAA Administrative Simplification rules with an effective date of March 16, 2006.
