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Now that two significant HIPAA compliance deadlines have passed the April 14 deadline for health care industry compliance with the privacy rule and the April 16 deadline for health care business operations to begin testing transactions and code sets its time to take stock of how far along health care organizations really are when it comes to HIPAA compliance.
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Companies seek URAC security accreditation; HIPAA.ICC.NET started to facilitate transmission
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In these times of dwindling health care reimbursement, theres no phrase more significant to access managers and their bosses than denial management.
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Almost every aspect of health care has changed significantly over the last five years, let alone the past 30. Most of us can remember when protecting a patients privacy was an ethical issue for hospitals and physicians. Now its a matter of regulatory requirement under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.
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JCAHO drafts standard for ED overcrowding; Hospitals picked for ED crowding program; Web site offers providers EDI implementation dates; CMS proposes its new Medicare payment rules; Ft. Lauderdale site of Sept. AAHAM conference; More hospitals permitting family during procedures; ED visits up 20% since 92,CDC says
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A report issued by Palisades Systems Inc. in Ames, IA, and Clive, IA-based HIPAA Academy, says that health care organizations that allow peer-to-peer (P2P) and instant messenger applications to run on their computer networks risk compromising patient health information and causing HIPAA privacy violations.
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The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) says its interim final rule establishing rules of procedure for the imposition of civil monetary penalties on entities that violate standards adopted under the administrative simplification provisions of HIPAA will not be in effect after Sept. 16, 2003, because it will be replaced by a final enforcement rule.
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One of the nations leading medical messaging services has taken the lead in developing a sound business associate agreement to present to its clients to fulfill HIPAA requirements.
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The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI) has asked Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson to provide guidance in light of the fact that a substantial number of covered entities will not be able to achieve compliance with HIPAA Transaction and Code Set (TCS) standards by Oct. 16, 2003, as required under the Administrative Simplification Compliance Act.
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As with many areas of health care, new approaches in technology have been sought to ease the way into compliance with HIPAA. One example is the HIPAA GUARD program from Monterey, CA-based Integritas Inc.
