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Delivering Quality Health IT Industry & Government News, Insights and Trends that are Physician Focused and Patient Driven®!
In this month’s newsletter, our topics include:
Monthly HHS & CMS Update:
House Of Representatives Votes To Delay ICD-10
In a surprise move, the House of Representatives approved an SGR fix bill that includes a delay to mandatory ICD-10 implementation until Oct, 2015. But not before a public display of political maneuvering that left many wondering if the bill was being rushed.
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Texas DIR Cloud Services Contract Awarded To Environmental Intelligence, LLC
Environmental Intelligence, LLC (EI), has been awarded a contract by the Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR) to provide Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Cloud Broker services to state agencies and eligible customers across Texas.
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Internet Explorer Vulnerability: Steps To Take
Faced with a vulnerability that exposes Microsoft’s Internet Explorer Web browser to a zero-day exploit involved in recent targeted attacks, CISOs need to take prompt action, security specialists say. That includes communicating the vulnerability to end users, using alternate Web browsers and developing an incident management strategy.
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Five Misconceptions About Cloud Computing
There are always questions when it comes to new software or programs that promise to save you money, keep your data secure, and so on. Well, just as there are questions, there are answers as well. It’s time to prove these misconceptions about the cloud incorrect. Some of these misconceptions include…
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Why Does Healthcare Resist Encryption Technology?
The most basic security truth in 2014 is that encryption done properly — a high enough level of encryption, proper safeguarding of the encryption key — is the best thing an IT department can do.
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Recent HIPAA Settlements Points To Unencrypted Laptop Thefts
Concentra Health Services, Addison, Texas, a subsidiary of Humana and a provider of occupational medicine and other health services, has agreed to pay the Office for Civil Rights more than $1.7 million in a federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act privacy and security rule settlement, the HHS agency announced.
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OCR Releases Details On Future HIPAA Audits
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights will resume its HIPAA compliance audit program this fall with a limited number of narrowly focused “desk audits,” plus comprehensive on-site audits “as resources allow.”
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Texas Launches Certification Program To Bolster HIPAA Compliance
A new voluntary privacy and security certification program for covered entities in Texas aims to bolster compliance with HIPAA and state regulations – and perhaps help organizations avoid federal sanctions.
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Monthly HHS & CMS Update:
CMS Reports EHR Adpotion Drop In March
The early adopters and even the late followers appear to have already joined the federal EHR incentive payment program and the holdouts or those not successfully participating are shaping up to be a significant number of providers, the latest CMS data indicate.
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CMS Feels Pressure Over ICD-10 Delay
A new law that delays national implementation of the next-generation medical coding system known as ICD-10 has focused intense attention on the CMS to provide clarity for how hospitals, doctors and insurance companies should move forward.
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ONC Chief DeSalvo Charts New Course
Karen DeSalvo, MD, the national coordinator for health information technology, has proposed that ONC become “more forward-thinking.”
At an April 8 Health Information Policy Committee, which she chairs, she urged the panel to consider what needs to change.
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ONC Chief Vision Of An Interoperable Future
Dr. Karen DeSalvo is a woman in transition.
As the fifth head of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, just four months into the job, she will oversee the winding down of many programs started and run by her two predecessors.
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ONC Chief’s Perspectives On Patient Privacy and Security
Privacy and security are vital components of all major projects that the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT has under way, says Karen DeSalvo, M.D., the new head of the office.
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FDA Calls For Classifying Health IT Products By Patient-Safety Risk Level
The Food and Drug Administration proposed regulating health information technologies based on their potential risks to patient safety, rather than by the technology platform they utilize.
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