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New HIPAA Privacy And Security Rules Goes Into Effect Today

Posted on by Frank J. Rosello

While Tuesday marks the effective date of a host of new federal privacy and security rules, including extending legal liability to business associates of healthcare providers and restoring a measure of patient control over disclosure of their records, compliance won’t … Continue reading

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EHR Installation Does Not Equal Effective Implementation

Posted on by Frank J. Rosello

When it comes to your organization successfully adopting electronic health records, it’s not just a matter of “going live” with the technology, says Don Harrison, co-leader of the Sunday workshop titled “Solving the Healthcare IT Adoption Dilemma,” at the 2013 … Continue reading

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EHR Incentive Payments Reach $12 Billion

Posted on by Frank J. Rosello

With some healthcare providers now into their second year of meaningful use reporting, Medicare and Medicaid electronic health record payments were estimated at $12.3 billion paid to a total of 219,000 physicians and hospitals through the end of February 2013 … Continue reading

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CMS Releases RFI on HIE’s

Posted on by Frank J. Rosello

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) have published a joint request for information asking industry stakeholders for suggestions on what more, or less, the federal government should … Continue reading

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ONC Chief Reinforces Commitment to Health IT

Posted on by Frank J. Rosello

The day after President Bill Clinton told the HIMSS13 audience that the healthcare system was broken, but could be fixed, ONC chief Farzad Mostashari, MD, offered a personal example of that broken system: his Mom. Mostashari launched his own keynote … Continue reading

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ONC Announces New HIE Toolkit For Rural Providers

Posted on by Frank J. Rosello

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) has announced the release of a new rural health information exchange (HIE) toolkit. ONC’s National Rural Health Resource Center has made available a set of “practical” HIE resources that … Continue reading

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Health IT Seen As Vital To Payment, Delivery Reform

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The CMS and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology are absolutely committed to using health information technology as a foundation for healthcare system payment and delivery reform.That was the message put forth Tuesday morning at the … Continue reading

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MU Stage 2 Should Alleviate Some HIE Confusion

Posted on by Frank J. Rosello

The meaningful use Stage 2 standards are expected to reduce some of the confusion associated with health information exchange. Some of that confusion, including questions over a public or private exchange model, consent management, structured data use and challenges to … Continue reading

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HIMSS13 Update – OCR Director Discusses HIPAA/HITECH Compliance

Posted on by Frank J. Rosello

It’s about the patients, it’s about safeguarding privacy, and it’s about trying to avoid making the same mistakes twice, said Office for Civil Rights Director Leon Rodriguez to hundreds of HIMSS13 attendees Monday morning at “A Dialogue On HIPAA/HITECH Compliance: … Continue reading

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US Sequester Will Affect Medicare EHR Incentive Program

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The fiscal trap that members of Congress and the president set for themselves will punch a 2% hole in one of the federal electronic health-record incentive payment programs under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, a federal official has confirmed.The … Continue reading

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