FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (222 E VAN BUREN AVE SUITE 615) R3ST Healthcare Cyber Compliance Solutions announces they are making the HIPAA compliance process easier, faster and less expensive for healthcare providers. A fundamental requirement of the HIPAA Security Rule #69 involves conducting an annual HIPAA Security Risk Assessment. R3ST Healthcare Cyber Compliance Solutions has made risk assessment and Cyber Security Compliance easier and less complicated for their clients. Whether a client needs assistance
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good time to “take stock” and review what has been completed and what still needs done in order to be in compliance with any changes. The primary focus of the article covers new rules under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and the Affordable Care Act (ACA). HIPAA changes include Privacy and Security, and Health Plan ID Numbers, some of which require updates as early as September 23, 2014. The ACA has a total of 8 compliance requirements that need to be met by 2015
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Reinvestment Act of 2009 provides stimulus funding and invest resources in Health Information Technology for the Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH). HITECH provides privacy provisions that build and modify the HIPPA privacy rule. Some new information I learned about the HIPPA act through this tutorial was the final security rule. This rule ensures that all electronic patient health information is protected against threats. Threats cannot be protected 100 percent, because of instances such as break-ins
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Three Landmark Pieces of legislation ERISA, COBRA and HIPPA. Employee Benefits In the last forty years the three landmark pieces of legislation ERISA, COBRA and HIPPA brought great impact. These laws helped the wage earners, job searchers and the ones who retired. With the controlled environment becoming more demanding and complex, organizations have no other choice but to agree with these laws. The point of these three are to better working conditions, to put more advanced chances for
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Week Two Wrap Up – The Fabric of Healthcare Law By Mary Nell Cummings In week two we discussed how legislation and other laws affect healthcare delivery. While there is no need to understand any law in detail at this point in the course, it is important to understand the source of law. Also, it is important to understand how law affects your organization, as well as how your organization complies with legal requirements. Finally, your understanding of the sources of law, and the process of regulation
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Administrative Ethics Paper One of the largest problems in the health care industry is patient privacy. Many different and potentially serious issues can arise from violating a patient’s privacy. Not too many years ago, there was no specific law that protected patient rights and privacy. In August of 1996, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), was created by former President Bill Clinton (Physicians Billing Associates International, 2006). The HIPPA Act includes provisions
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methods to address the public. In the scenario given, a well-known public figure has been affected by a medication. We will examine advantages and disadvantages of using these forms of communication. This paper will, also, look at the effects of HIPAA regarding these communication methods. One of the worst things that can happen to a drug manufacturer, is that a well-known public figure is negatively affected by one of its medications. What happens next can determine the success of the manufacturer
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of 1996 or HIPAA, was put in place as an attempt to reform health care during the Clinton administration by making it possible for workers, of any profession, to change jobs regardless if the worker, or any member of their family, have a pre-existing medical condition, decreasing paperwork which is associated with the processing of health claims, and by reducing health care abuse and fraud, and by assuring the privacy and security of health information. HIPAA’s standards for privacy of individually
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Security and Privacy Kate Cann HCS/533 August 10 Michael Gaul Security and Privacy According to Robin Rudowitz (September 2006), “before Hurricane Katrina struck in August 2005, New Orleans had a largely poor and African American population with one of the nation’s highest insurance rates, and many relied on the Charity Hospital system for care”. The safety net of New Orleans’s health care system was a distraught. A lot of people were left with no access to care for year
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medical personnel and office staff? It’s all based on opinion but, mine is a mix of yes and no. I feel that between the HIPAA law, fraud and abuse, and negligence it could be a mixture of responsibilities. There are many concerns pertaining to the HIPAA law. HIPAA is short for “The Health Insurance Portability Act”. The HIPAA law was put in place federally for the patient’s privacy and confidentiality. An issue related from the behavior of staff would be, for example, so and so knew so and so personally
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