CMS Releases New Meaningful Use FAQ for EPs using Hospital EHRs CMS released a new FAQ on June 27 to help clarify to what extent an eligible professional (EP) can use a hospital EHR to meet Meaningful Use objectives and measures. The FAQ makes it clear that an EP can use both a...
OCR Releases HIPAA Audit Protocol as Audits Continue
OCR Releases HIPAA Audit Protocol as Audits Continue Without pomp and circumstance, OCR made available its protocol for the HIPAA performance audits conducted pursuant to the HITECH audit requirement. The Audit Protocol covers the Privacy, Security and Breach Notification Rules,...
The $1.7 Million Flashdrive…Alaska Medicaid Settles HIPAA Violations
The .7 Million Flashdrive…Alaska Medicaid Settles HIPAA Violations Even state agencies are not invisible to the all-seeing eye of OCR. The use, and subsequent theft of, an unencrypted flashdrive cost the Alaska Medicaid agency $1.7 million, according to the Office of Civil Rights (OCR)...
HITECH Omnibus Rule Out by End of Summer
HITECH Omnibus Rule Out by End of Summer HealthDataManagement reports that the HITECH “Omnibus Rule” is due to be released by the end of the summer, according to Farzad Mostashari, the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology within the Office of the National Coordinator...
Mass. AG Levies 750k Judgment on Hospital for Data Breach
Mass. AG Levies 750k Judgment on Hospital for Data Breach Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley announced on May 24, 2012 having reached a settlement agreement with South Shore Hospital for failure to protect personal and confidential health information of over 800,000...