| HIPAA News |
HHS Adopts final security standards
for protecting individually identifiable health information
when it is maintained or transmitted electronically by health
plans, certain health care providers and health care clearinghouses. (February
13, 2003)
HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson today announced the adoption of final security
standards for protecting individually identifiable health information when
it is maintained or transmitted electronically. At the same time, he also
announced the adoption of modifications to a number of the electronic transactions
and code sets adopted as national standards.
http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2003pres/20030213a.html |
CMS NAMED TO ENFORCE HIPAA TRANSACTION
AND CODE SET STANDARDS - HHS Office for Civil Rights To Continue
To Enforce Privacy Standards (October 15, 2002)
HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson announced today that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services (CMS) will be responsible for enforcing the transaction and code
set standards that are part of the administrative simplification provisions
of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA).
http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2002pres/20021015a.html |
HHS Issues First Major Protections
for Patient Privacy (August 9, 2002)
HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson today issued the first-ever comprehensive
federal regulation that gives patients sweeping protections over the privacy
of their medical records. The final regulation, which takes effect April
14, 2003, will ensure strong privacy protections without interfering with
Americans' access to quality health care.
http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2002pres/20020809a.html |
Modifications to the Standards for
Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information - Final
Rule (August 9, 2002)
Overview: The Department of Health and Human Services on August 14th will
publish final modifications to the Privacy Rule to ensure that the Rule
provides strong privacy protection without hindering access to quality
health care. President Bush and Secretary Thompson are committed to maintaining
protections for the privacy of individually identifiable health information.
Based on the comments received on the notice of proposed rulemaking, the
Department modified a number of provisions of the Privacy Rule.
http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2002pres/20020809.html |
HIPAA Privacy Reg Compliance: Take
One Step at a Time (July 29, 2002) AMedNews.com
Getting ready for the April 2003 implementation date for HIPAA privacy
regulations is a little bit like planning for a wedding. Get busy planning
now and break down everything that needs to be done into small steps. If
you do it one step at a time, it can be a more manageable process.
http://www.ama-assn.org/sci-pubs/amnews/pick_02/bica0729.htm |
HHS Announces New Director, OCR (July
26,2002)
HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson today named Richard M. Campanelli as the
new director of the department's Office for Civil Rights (OCR). Campanelli
will provide overall leadership of OCR's mission to promote and ensure
that individuals have equal access and opportunity in all HHS programs,
without facing unlawful discrimination. OCR also has responsibility for
medical privacy issues.
http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2002pres/20020726e.html |
HIPAA Compliance: How to Get
an Extension (May 2002) - Family Practice Management. The
federal government will give you another year to comply with
the transactions and code sets standards, but you have to ask
for the extension by October 15, 2002. If the Centers
for Medicare and Medicaid Services have filed for an extension,
shouldn't you as well? Here's how.
http://www.aafp.org/fpm/20020500/52hipa.html |
HIPAA Says Practices Need a Privacy
Official (March 11, 2002)
AMNewsThe deadline for implementing the privacy regulations for the
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act is only months away,
and one of the provisions requires health care organizations, including
physician offices, to appoint someone on staff as a privacy official. For
physicians in small practices, however, hiring and training a privacy official
isn't as complicated as it sounds.
http://www.ama-assn.org/sci-pubs/amnews/pick_02/bisb0311.htm |
What You Need to Know About HIPAA (March
2001) - Family Practice Management Your practice can't
afford to ignore this legislation. David C. Kibbe, MD,
MBA, and co-author of AMA's Field Guide to HIPAA Implementation
offers a broad overview of this important legislation.
http://www.aafp.org/fpm/20010300/43what.html |
