HIPAA Final Rule: Enforcement: Four Penalty Tiers
February 21, 2013. Today, we examine the four penalty tiers for violations of HIPAA Rules in the Final Rule: Modifications...
HIPAA Final Rule: Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act: Manifestation or Manifested
Feb 19, 2013
February 19, 2013. Today, we finish examination of modifications of HIPAA Privacy under the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA), by...
HIPAA Final Rule: Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) Definitions
Feb 15, 2013
February 15, 2013. Today, we present several new definitions relating to the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA), which addressed the...
HIPAA Final Rule: Modification of Business Associate Definition, Part (3)
Feb 11, 2013
February 11, 2013. Today, we start to examine (3)—the third paragraph of four—of the business associate definition, as modified by...
HIPAA Final Rule: More on Breach Notification Rule Changes
Jan 31, 2013
January 31, 2013. Today, we briefly identify key changes or reminders regarding breach notification in the preamble of the Final...
HIPAA Final Rule: Breach Notification Guidance Safe Harbor
Jan 30, 2013
January 30, 2013. Today, we look at the definition of unsecured protected health information and the Guidance Specifying the Technologies...
HIPAA Final Rule: Breach Risk Assessment Factors for “Probability Standard”
Jan 29, 2013
January 29, 2013. Today, we cover the four risk assessment factors pertaining to breach notification in the Modifications to the...
Final HIPAA/HITECH Act Privacy, Security, Enforcement, Breach Notification Rules Published in Federal Register January 25, 2013.
Jan 25, 2013
January 25, 2013. The Final Rule is published, at last! Modifications to the HIPAA Privacy, Security, Enforcement, and Breach Notification...
Final Administrative Simplification Rules for Plan ID, NPI Addition, and ICD-10 Code Set Compliance Delay Published in Federal Register
Sep 5, 2012
September 5, 2012. Today, the Federal Register published the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Final Rule: Administrative Simplification:...
CMS and ONC Publish Final Rules for Meaningful Use Stage 2 Security in Federal Register
Sep 3, 2012
September 4, 2012. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) entities: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and...