Baseball Bat Murder Trial Set for October Jul 16, 2008
She cited state statutes and HIPAA regulations. Chavis' attorneys had filed notice of a diminished-capacity and intentional-intoxication defense, Krueger said. (The Pilot Newspaper)
Fire department urges bike safety in wake of accident Jul 16, 2008
McKinney fire officials declined to release any information about the time, location or people involved in the accident citing Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) requirements that prevents public officials from releasing information that could reveal details of patients medical records. Grant said first and foremost, anyone who rides a bike should wear a helmet, a message the fire department has been trying to get across to children through their Risk Safety classes held... (McKinney Courier-Gazette, TX)
Can airlines refuse to fly a dying passenger? Jul 13, 2008
We will never know what the basis was for the expert recommendations to Allegiant Hills privacy is protected by HIPAA but we have to assume it was valid. I suspect many of you dont know what is or what they do. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Call Desk Inc to Offer Live Virtual Medical Receptionists to Medical Clinics Jul 13, 2008
Call Desk Inc announced that they have enhanced their services to provide HIPAA compliant virtual medical receptionists to medical clinics ... (PRWEB) July 13, 2008 -- Call Desk Inc announced that they have enhanced their services to provide HIPAA compliant virtual medical receptionists to medical clinics. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
Wellness Programs and Lifestyle Discrimination — The Legal Limits Jul 13, 2008
HIPAA Nondiscrimination Rules. -->Americans with Disabilities Act. (New England Journal of Medicine)
Shifts in Health Information Jul 13, 2008
2 However, HIPAA's privacy rule provision for disclosure without consent for "treatment, payment, or healthcare operations" (TPO) actually eliminates privacy. Although it. (New England Journal of Medicine)
One Subpoena Is All It Takes to Reveal Your Online Life Jul 8, 2008
HIPAA is a good start, but I don t think there is any law against someone surreptitiously collecting your DNA from your shedded skin cells and publicizing your gene sequences ... Perhaps something like the very simple and unobtrusive HIPAA would do the trick. (New York Times)
Marshall Norris Joins NavigatorMD as Director of Business Development and Sales Jul 3, 2008
Previously, he co-founded Sourceworks ClaimsPay, a pioneering HIPAA compliant electronic claims payment firm connecting Insurance Payers, Medical Providers and Claimants. His bio also includes Vice President with the Heusinkveld Group developing business opportunities in the self-funded reinsurance market, Regional Director with Highmark Insurance Group and Regional Manager with Boston Mutual Life. (PR Newswire)
Prescription for Protecting Online Health Records Jun 26, 2008
Like other companies outside the traditional health care industry, neither Google nor Microsoft is subject to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, or HIPAA. The 12-year-old federal law strictly shields medical records from unwelcome eyes. That loophole has caused some privacy watchdogs to warn patients that digitizing their health records could make it easier for the government, a legal adversary or a marketing concern to obtain their medical information. (Newsmax)
Electronic Medical Records See Slow Adoption By U.S. ... Jun 20, 2008
HIPAA, short for Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, creates two classes of entities: covered entities (who provide care) and business associates (who are involved in care, but dont provide it), said Frohlich ... Because Google isnt a business associate or a covered entity, its not bound by HIPAA, he said. (Fox News)
Pastoral care volunteer training offered at Rockport hospital Jun 17, 2008
neimon wrote on Jun 16, 2008 5:58 PM:" It's "HIPAA." And it's not a privacy act. It's an act to allow portable healthcare which has obviously failed if you've tried making COBRA payments after a layoff. Privacy is one small part of the whole act.Otherwise, thank you for the kind article. ". The opinions expressed in reader-posted comments are not necessarily the opinions of MaineCoastNOW.com, Courier Publications or its newspapers and staffs. (Courier Publications, ME)
ACCESS: Patients often struggle to obtain records Jun 12, 2008
HIPAA allows health care providers to withhold records in some circumstances, as long as they explain why they are doing so. Among the records that may be withheld: psychiatric documents and documents generated in preparation for a legal action. (USA Today -- News)
Cost of health care, number of uninsured, two major issues in Kansas, executive says Jun 5, 2008
Received the HIPAA Quarterly Report. Received the Public Relations Quarterly Report. (Abilene Recorder Chronicle)
Health Department addresses tumor inquiry protocol May 31, 2008
When we inquired as to why these individuals in question would not be contacted directly, both Pruitt and Gonder explained that due to HIPAA guidelines the Department of Health is restricted from seeking these individuals out. According to Pruitt, he did not know if any of the individuals had either received the Health Department form or if any of those forms had been received back from affected individuals at this time. (Cameron Observer, MO)
AMICAS Announces Integrations at More Than 100 MEDITECH Facilities May 28, 2008
-- Vision Watch(TM) offers reporting functionality that complements the tools found in the MEDITECH RIS. These capabilities empower radiology administrators with easily accessible information required to run their departments and facilities effectively, such as data on referring physician volume reports, imaging equipment utilization, and HIPAA reporting needs -- all in a Web-based, drill-down, "point and click" user interface. -- Vision Series PACS includes a bi-directional interface with all... (PR Newswire)
Passport Health buys Illinois competitor May 22, 2008
Nebo specializes in real-time, online processing of administrative EDI, HIPAA compliant transactions and has more than 2,500 health care facilities nationwide. The private firm provides data management software and services that allow health care professionals to automate workflow. (Nashville Business Journal, TN)
Google's New Project: Your Health Records May 20, 2008
Of course - despite safeguards required under the federal HIPAA law (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996) - there is also the possibility that someone could break into your doctors office to steal your records or that your health care provider could be careless about its own privacy and security policies. Because of my inability to import information into the service, I find it of minimal use at the moment but I do see the potential, especially after more service... (CBS News -- Iraq)
Emerging-Market M&As Reflect Global Changes • Microsoft, Google Join The Health Care Field May 17, 2008
But Dunbrack, who recently wrote a report on PHRs, says it's unlikely that records people store with Google or Microsoft would fall under the same strict privacy mandate health care providers must adhere to under HIPAA, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. The reason is simple Google and Microsoft are not health care providers, payers or clearinghouses, says Dunbrack, who used to work as a corporate HIPAA officer ... "Unless Google and Microsoft engage in business-associated... (Investors Business Daily)
Photo contributed Carla King, Debbie Greenspon and Leta Vess are three of the four certified tumor registrars who work in the Cancer Registry at FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital. Not pictured is Elaine Jones. May 15, 2008
Any time any piece of patient information is shared, it is done in accordance with all Health Information Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) regulations to protect confidentiality, Vess points out. Our cancer registrars are truly valuable to the war on cancer, says Husted. (Rockingham Daily Journal, NC)
Editorial: Log into plan for online medical data May 8, 2008
But the Health Records Bank of Oregon program for Medicaid patients is just the first part of an effort to file most Oregonians health care records in an online database as part of compliance with the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, commonly known as HIPAA.. Passed by Congress in 1996, HIPAA set a national standard for electronic transfers of health data ... If you have some immediate concerns about that act, chances are that those involved with implementing HIPAA's... (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
6,000 UCSF patients' data got put online May 3, 2008
A federal privacy regulation known as HIPAA, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, sets standards to protect personal health information ... "It seems they may have released more information than permitted," said Gail Sausser, a HIPAA consultant and adjunct professor of health law at Seattle University's School of Law ... UCSF officials say the use of a department's name is not prohibited under HIPAA. But it acknowledged that such a disclosure is against its own "best... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Ask the AD -- April Edition May 2, 2008
I have discussed this with Assistant AD for Sports Medicine Ed Thompson, and he tells me that all athletes, whether professional or collegiate, fall under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) with regards to release of injury information. Professional leagues can set policies regarding the release of injury information, and that is probably negotiated into their collective bargaining agreements with the players. (Siusalukis.com)
How to Choose a Personal Health Record May 2, 2008
Under HIPAA, health plans, doctors, hospitals, clinics and nursing homes, are legally bound to protect patients' medical records ... To make sure, look for the phrase "HIPAA-covered" in your provider's security policies ... On the other hand, PHRs like Microsoft's planned HealthVault or WebMD's Health Manager fall outside HIPAA's protective umbrella. (SmartMoney)
DoD News Briefing with Ad... May 2, 2008
COL. HOROHO: There is a HIPAA compliance. So when individuals -- when service members seek mental health care from -- on an outpatient perspective or an inpatient, that is protected health information. (DOD DefenseLINK -- News)
Flaherty: Elder Affairs warns of new scam Apr 23, 2008
Due to HIPAA regulations, rectifying those wrongful charges may be extraordinarily difficult. The modified records may be used to treat the senior in an actual medical crisis as well. (Medford Transcript, MA)
Northwestern escapes DOJ subpoena Apr 21, 2008
In a 16-page decision, U.S. Chief District Judge Charles Kocoras denied the governments request to obtain patient medical records from Northwestern, citing the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) and Illinois medical privacy law ... Northwestern spokeswoman Kelly Sullivan said that HIPAA and the Illinois law required the hospital to protect the privacy and confidentiality of patient records ... But we assume that HIPAA medical records privacy protections... (Crain's Chicago Business)
Can We Trust Google With Our Medical Records? Apr 19, 2008
Microsoft and Google, the authors note, are not bound by the privacy restrictions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, or Hipaa, the main law that regulates personal data handling and patient privacy. Hipaa, enacted in 1996, did not anticipate Web-based health records systems like the ones Microsoft and Google now offer ... Even more surprising is the response of Peter Neupert, the vice president in charge of Microsofts health group, who resisted the suggestion of... (New York Times)
A warning against tech companies storing private health records Apr 17, 2008
But Microsoft and Google, the authors note, are not bound by the privacy restrictions of of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, or HIPAA, the main law that regulates personal data handling and patient privacy ... But the authors see a need for safeguards, suggesting a mixture of U.S. regulation perhaps extending HIPAA to online patient record hosts contract relationships, certification standards and consumer education programs ... But he resisted the suggestion of extending... (International Herald Tribune -- Technology)
Moving toward greater communication Apr 17, 2008
First responders, police officers, hospital admissions, now all were precluded from releasing "private" information protected under HIPAA. Even more people were confused about whether they were or were not covered by HIPAA, so the rule became to just shut the information down. Don't say anything or HIPAA will get you. (Ames Daily Tribune, IA)
Sparta High School health screenings halted amid protests Apr 16, 2008
free_speech wrote on Apr 16, 2008 5:46 AM:" ASt a minimum, the patient has to sign a HIPAA disclosure form for their health information to be used by anyone. Did this occur? ". Sully wrote on Apr 16, 2008 4:44 AM:" Eye pupil size? I am old enough to have had many physicals including several in the military. I did not know eye pupil size was any part of them. I would be interested to here what the importance of eye pupil size is in a health screening. ". (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
Downs to speak at Mended Hearts regional meeting Apr 15, 2008
who will address HIPAA regulations and the effect on Mended Hearts chapters. Morning speaker Tom Hornsby is an educator, consultant and author who was formerly with Eastman Chemical Co. and is now a principal with VisionWorks LLC as well as an adjunct professor of leadership development at Milligan College. (East Tennessean, TN)
BREACH: Health Records Posted On Web... Apr 11, 2008
Any exposure of private health information is a potential violation of HIPAA, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. The Department of Community Health said the families whose data may have been accessed are members of the federal Medicaid health program for the poor, and the federal-state PeachCare for Kids program for children of the working poor. (The Drudge Report)
Privacy Experts' Roundtable Report Will Highlight Privacy & Security Week Apr 10, 2008
"There needs to be more education about good privacy practices and appropriate interpretation of HIPAA and other regulations," said AHIMA President Wendy Mangin, director of medical records and privacy officer at Good Samaritan Hospital in Vincennes, Indiana. The necessity to educate and inform healthcare professionals, their employers, the media, and healthcare consumers on the importance of privacy protection, confidentiality and security of personal health records will be spotlighted during... (PR Newswire)
Celebrity Medical Records Hacked: Are You at Risk? Apr 10, 2008
"The privacy rule requires health care providers to give patients a notice of privacy practices to provide them with important information on how their health information may be used and disclosed, as well as what their rights are with respect to their information and how the individual can exercise these rights," says Linda Sanches, senior adviser for HIPAA Privacy Outreach, Office for Civil Rights ... "HIPAA is both good and bad," said Devon Herrick, a senior fellow and health economist at the... (Fox News)
Charges dismissed against weight-loss clinic manager Apr 10, 2008
- as office manager - you can be held responsible for that -(hipaa) I hope you have the answers for those questions-patient's from Anson,Stanly, Richmond, and Union want to know. Some patient's started the program and paid for months inadvance and then the office was closed the very next week. (Anson Record, NC)
71,000 warned about identity theft after records breach Apr 10, 2008
Any exposure of private health information is a potential violation of HIPAA, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, which regulates privacy of medical records. DCH said the families whose data may have been accessed are members of the federal Medicaid health program for the poor, and the federal-state PeachCare for Kids program for children of the working poor. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
Home Test Kits from BioIQ Help Consumers Detect Diabetes, Heart Disease and Cancer Apr 9, 2008
Participating companies send one introductory message to their employees and BioIQ handles the rest: encouraging participation, signing up users, shipping test kits, presenting private lab results, and generating HIPAA-compliant aggregate reports for management ... All personal information is protected under federal HIPAA privacy regulations and all medical recommendations are based on guidelines from public health institutions such as the U.S. National Institutes of Health and U.S. Centers for... (BusinessWire)
Clinton: The Boys Made Me Tough Apr 9, 2008
Now the hospital is saying it isn t true, but there is no way to verify what the hospital is saying because of HIPAA laws, we are not even sure if the hospital saying it wasn t them is even the same hospital that the Sheriff was talking about. The sheriffs deputy, Bryan Holman, had played host to Mrs. Clinton in his home before the Ohio primary. (New York Times)
• Effectiveness of medical privacy law is questioned Apr 9, 2008
The recent revelation of snooping by UCLA Medical Center employees into the files of Britney Spears, Farrah Fawcett, California first lady Maria Shriver and dozens of other patients, however, may force a second look at the federal law, widely known as HIPAA, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 ... The first conviction for a HIPAA privacy violation came in 2004, in an identity fraud case involving an employee of the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance. (Q13.com, WA)
Worst practices: Recognizing the biggest compliance mistakes Apr 3, 2008
The odds any health organization will get caught in a HIPAA assessment and then fined are virtually nil ... Thankfully, many doctors and hospitals take credit cards and, thus, are also forced to comply with PCI. So they are likely making progress, but it's not because of HIPAA.. (Search Security, MA)
Common sense at the center of malpractice reform (11) Apr 2, 2008
S.B. 1036 would also make it easier for a doctor's counsel to question a plaintiff's physician without restriction, but also without violating any of the doctor-patient privacy provisions in the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, more commonly known as HIPAA.. A third reform would promote open communication between the physician and his or her patient for the purpose of expressing compassion and understanding without having every little utterance admissible in court. (Green Valley News & Sun, AZ)
Worst practices: Exposing IAM blunders Apr 2, 2008
Not only is this a poor authentication practice, it can also run afoul of regulations and industry standards such as Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX), the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), which is required by the credit card industry. User accounts should be audited on a regular basis to check for inactive users, escalated privileges and group memberships. (Search Security, MA)
IT/Business Alignment and Staff Development Apr 1, 2008
CIOUpdate columnist Katherine Spencer Lee of Robert Half Technology (eSecurityPlanet)
Athletic Training Forms Mar 25, 2008
Also, here you can find the GVSU Medical Billing Payment Policies and Procedures, the GVSU Education and Support Program on Drug and Alcohol Abuse/Drug Testing Program, the NCAA List of Banned Substances and the HIPAA Statement for protected health information ... Please don't forget to sign the form Pay specific attention to: Medical and Dental Effective Dates, Insurance Limits, and Sport Exclusions *Dental Insurance Information *Secondary Insurance Information *Medical History Form *HIPAA Form... (Gvsulakers.com)
Enzi's healthcare tour visits Casper Mar 20, 2008
Blend the individual and group market to extend important HIPAA portability protections to the individual market so that insurance security can better move with you from job to job. 6. (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
Instacare Clinic begins closing up shop Mar 19, 2008
The originals have been shredded as required by HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act). If a patient did not get a copy of their chart, they will not I had no control over fire, water or heat damage, obviously. (McKinney Courier-Gazette, TX)
facing discipline or dismissal Mar 18, 2008
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) sets national standards for securing and protecting patient health information ... "All staff members are required to sign confidentiality agreements as a condition of their employment and complete extensive training on HIPAA-related privacy and security issues. We have stringent policies to protect patient confidentiality and address violations of those policies. When possible confidentiality breaches arise, UCLA immediately... (InformationWeek)
Read more. . Mar 18, 2008
If pertinent to an investigation, law officers can find out medical information covered in HIPAA laws. This still will not likely be released to the public. (Williston Daily Herald, ND)
Tax deductibility and long-term care insurance Mar 15, 2008
When the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) became law, it defined what is referred to as a qualified long-term care insurance policy, and made the premiums eligible as a deduction. Qualified premiums are those that do not exceed the age-based limits shown below, and are based on the taxpayer s age as of Dec. 31 of the tax year. (Littleton Independent, MA)
Darwin Introduces New Managed Care Corporate Liability Insurance Mar 10, 2008
Examples of the policy's unique features include supplemental coverage for privacy breach notification and credit monitoring costs, no exclusions for regulatory claims, antitrust, bankruptcy, or electronic data processing, and coverage for loss of medical and non-medical personally identifiable information, including Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) fines, fees, and penalties. The policy offers duty-to-defend coverage on an excess and surplus lines basis, with standard... (PR Newswire)
Therap Services Welcomes Anna Keith to the US Customer Support Team Mar 10, 2008
The applications follow the CMS (The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) guidelines as well as being HIPAA compliant, and are specially designed for the developmental disability community. Therap's complete suite of applications includes Health Tracking, Individual and Emergency Data Forms, Individual Service Plans, The Individualized Plan of Protective Oversight and Safeguards, Behavior Plans and Tracking, T-Logs, T-Tasks, Incident Reports, Management Summaries, Witness Reports,... (PR Newswire)
Privacy shield crucial for online health records Mar 7, 2008
Most Americans think HIPAA protects their health data. Wrong. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Memorial execs evaluating $33,000 net income loss Mar 7, 2008
heard the quarterly HIPAA report from Chief Operations Officer Bob Brazil. The next HIPAA meeting is planned for 8:30 a.m. on March 18. (Abilene Recorder Chronicle)
Medical Center Turns to Grid Archiving Mar 5, 2008
When Richardson's Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) started running out of room, the medical center turned to IBM's Grid Medical Archive Solution (GMAS), which uses Bycast's StorageGRID storage management software to protect critical data and meet federal HIPAA demands. Richardson is using the Bycast management features within IBM GMAS to configure information lifecycle management policies to automatically store data in the right place and time as needs change, creating a more... (eSecurityPlanet)
Google secrets? Mar 5, 2008
Few things have been of as little use and more trouble than the federal government's HIPAA - the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. It serves little purpose and greatly complicates legitimate transfer of vital medical records. (Seantobia Democrat, MS)
Health records shared online pose dilemma Mar 5, 2008
I don't have a clue if (HIPAA) applies to (the site), she said this week. I didn't even think about it. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Business)
Privacy Promises Are Central to Google Health Mar 3, 2008
HIPAA covers the health information and if Google is becoming a Health information provider than they have to be HIPAA compliant ... The hospital, per HIPAA, can not enter an agreement with a nonHIPAA company to share or give information ... But in the United States Google will have to adhere to the standards of privacy per HIPAA in order for hospitals or doctors can update any information it holds. (U.S. News & World Report)
Therap Services to Host Regional Conference in South Dakota Mar 3, 2008
Other topic sessions include HIPAA Plans and Policies, Electronic Signature, Cellphones and Remote Access, Biometrics, Therap and Accreditation: CQL and Carf, Future Training Materials and Games and Document Storage. About Therap Services Therap Services provides secure, cost-effective information, documentation and communications services tailored to the specific needs of service providers, health professionals, regulators, and family members to improve the quality of life for people with... (PR Newswire)
Google CEO says firm won't sell ads for health service Feb 29, 2008
The bigger problem with these online health systems, privacy advocates say, is that they aren't covered by the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, commonly called HIPAA. The 1996 privacy law requires patient notification when their records are being subpoenaed, among other things. "Once you take sensitive healthcare information outside of the healthcare sector, it loses important protections that people have come to expect," said Pam Dixon, executive director of the... (Boston Globe)
Google Health Won't Have Ads Feb 29, 2008
The bigger problem with these online health systems, privacy advocates say, is that they aren't covered by the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, commonly called HIPAA. The 1996 privacy law requires patient notification when their records are being subpoenaed, among other things. Google Health Won't Have Ads 1. (ABC News -- Wire)
Doctors Group Provides for Covered Online Medical Sessions: Insurers Agreed to Reimburse Doctors for Virtual Visits Feb 28, 2008
We are doctors working for doctors with insight to the entire claims process from the doctors perspective and we are operational with private HIPAA secure servers using 128 / 256 bit encryption that allows for private patient portals for virtual visits, and online bill pay, so effectively the virtual visit and co-pay can be one-in-done, says Dr. Ryan, a dentist in East Hampstead, New Hampshire, and a Dental Examiner for the North East Regional Board of Dental Examiners ... As patient advocacy... (BusinessWire)
Google, Cleveland hospital begin pilot online medical records project Feb 26, 2008
The pilot online medical record service will allow patients to exchange information about their prescriptions, conditions and allergies between their Cleveland Clinic records and a "secure Google profile in a live clinical delivery setting, the hospital group said. The program will involve 1,500 to 10,000 patients at the Cleveland Clinic who volunteered to allow an electronic transfer of their personal health records to Google's new service, which is an element of Google Health originally... (Secure Computing)
IP Address: Partially Personal Information Feb 25, 2008
The federal medical privacy rule ( HIPAA ) considers IP a personal identifier, and last week European privacy commissioners rightly concluded that IP was personally identifiable information. If Google spent the same amount of energy on real privacy solutions that it devotes to spinning the policy debate, Internet users would have a lot more privacy. (New York Times)
IHF Says Google Personal Health-Records System Gives Consumers Greater Control Over Privacy than HIPAA Rules Feb 22, 2008
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Google's new Personal Health Records (PHRs) prototype provides a model that gives consumers greater control over the flow of their personal health information, than is currently provided under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) rules ... The company's blog posting about the new product declares, "Above all, health data will remain yours -- private and confidential. Only you have control over when to share it with family... (PR Newswire)
Google, clinic to test medical data system Feb 22, 2008
Dr. Deborah Peel, founder of the watchdog group Patient Privacy Rights, said the federal HIPAA law does not adequately protect consumers' privacy. She said third-party services should agree to strict privacy standards and submit to outside audits. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Business)
