SAMHSA Public Session to Discuss Part 2 Regulations & HIE The Part 2 regulations which govern and protect information created by drug and alcohol rehabilitation providers have caused challenges for electronic health information exchange ever since HIE became a household term (….ok, well at...
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Reminder: Public Comment Period Open for Meaningful Use NPRM
Reminder: Public Comment Period Open for Meaningful Use NPRM Last month, CMS and ONC released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) which would grant flexibility to providers participating in Meaningful Use who are having trouble implementing 2014 Editions of their CEHRT. The public comment...
When Do Conduits Cross the HIPAA BA Line?
What Is a “Conduit” and When Do They Cross The HIPAA BA Line? [1] As health information organizations (HIOs) start to facilitate secure networked health information exchange (HIE), the question of whether the HIO is or is not a HIPAA business associate (BA) almost always comes up. In the...