CMS Updates Meaningful Use FAQs for Multiple Certified EHRs Coming a little too late for hospitals and eligible professionals who have already attested or begun to attest for 2012, CMS has kindly taken a step back on Meaningful Use requirements for accounting for unique patients in...
Yet Another Medicaid Breach; Emory Loses Back-up Discs
Yet Another Medicaid Breach; Emory Loses Back-up Discs This April appears to have been designated “National Breach” month. In what is the second massive breach of Medicaid data this month, over 200,000 South Carolina Medicaid beneficiaries have been notified of a breach of their health...
Meaningful Use EP Eligibility Appeals Extended to April 30, 2012
Meaningful Use EP Eligibility Appeals Extended to April 30, 2012 As a reminder to eligible professionals (EPs) participating in the Medicare EHR Incentive Program, CMS has extended the deadline within which an EP may file an eligibility appeal to Monday, April 30, 2012. In general,...
Cardiac Surgery MD Group Agrees to Pay $100,000 Settlement to HHS for Lack of HIPAA safeguards
Cardiac Surgery MD Group Agrees to Pay 0,000 Settlement to HHS for Lack of HIPAA safeguards And the HIPAA money keeps rolling to the feds. The latest settlement (announced today) is with a cardiac surgery physician group in Phoenix, Arizona, which has agreed to pay a hefty sum after someone...
Utah Medicaid Claims Data Hacked Affecting Over 24,000
Utah Medicaid Claims Data Hacked Affecting Over 24,000 The Utah Department of Health (UDOH) has experienced a data breach of its Medicaid claims data of over 24,000 individuals. The breach was reported to UDOH by the Utah Technology Services Department on Monday, April 2nd, and while...
NeHC Releases Roadmap for Growth and Evolution of HIE, and Legal HIE Listed as a Helpful Resource!
NeHC Releases Roadmap for Growth and Evolution of HIE, and Legal HIE Listed as a Helpful Resource! Following ONC’s release of its Program Information Notice “Privacy and Security Framework Requirements and Guidance for State Health Information Exchange Cooperative Agreement Program,”...