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HIPAA Privacy Requirements for Group Health Plans and Plan Sponsors
White Paper Final regulations detailing the privacy requirements of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”) were published on December 28, 2000. These regulations (the “Rules”), which go into effect April 14, 2003, govern the... [03 Jul 2008]
Best Practices in Healthcare Information Security for HIPAA Compliance: A Guide for Care Delivery Organizations and Health Plans
White Paper The HIPAA Security Rule became final in February, 2003, and healthcare organizations (HCOs) are now working towards the compliance deadline of April, 2005. The final HIPAA Security Rule has a flexible approach; the recurring theme is that HCOs must... [03 Jul 2008]
HIPAA Privacy Compliance: It's Time to Take It Seriously
White Paper This article discusses certain aspects of the HIPAA privacy rules that are likely to still cause confusion among sponsors of small health plans, based in large part on our conversations with sponsors of (and service providers to) these health plans. [03 Jul 2008]
Making HIPAA Security Compliance Fast and Easy: On-Demand Network Security Audits with QualysGuard Instantly Meet New Key Federal Regulations
White Paper HIPAA, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, was created by Congress to improve health care enabled by the nation’s four million-plus health plans and 1.2 million-plus providers. [03 Jul 2008]
Standardized Component-Based Medicaid Management Information System
White Paper Section 1171(5)(E) of the Social Security Act, as enacted by HIPAA, identifies the State Medicaid programs as health plans, which therefore must be capable of receiving, processing, and sending standard transactions electronically. [03 Jul 2008]
HIPAA - Application to the Banking Industry
White Paper The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) is intended, among other things, to improve portability of health insurance coverage, to protect the privacy of individual health information, and to simplify and improve the... [03 Jul 2008]
They Don't Call It the First State for Nothing
White Paper The Delaware Department of Health & Social Services (DHSS) began making plans to update its Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS) several years ago, before firm deadlines had been set for HIPAA compliance. [03 Jul 2008]
Gearing Up For HIPAA
White Paper From the executive summary: ‘The clock is ticking, and while the healthcare industry's focus is presently fixed on other matters of Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) compliance, there are significant lead-time issues with... [03 Jul 2008]
Improving Patient Care With Identity and Access Management: Getting the Right Information to the Right Person at the Right Time
White Paper This white paper addresses some of the issues healthcare organizations must resolve in the realm of identity and access management, and discusses the technologies that can be implemented to help comply with regulations such as HIPAA, as well as... [03 Jul 2008]
Guidance on Compliance With HIPAA Transactions and Code Sets
White Paper This paper gives an overview to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the health care system, Congress enacted the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996, which included a series of "administrative simplification... [03 Jul 2008]
Marry Internet, HIPAA Strategies To Pull Ahead in E-Commerce
White Paper That's because HIPAA - the 1996 Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, known to many CIOs as this decade's Y2K headache - will require plans to make sweeping changes not just to information systems, but also to operational processes... [10 Apr 2008]
HIPAA Security White Papers
White Paper The HIPAA Security and Privacy requirements are designed to be ubiquitous, technology neutral and scalable from very largest of health plans, to the very smallest of provider practices. This paper talks about HIPAA regulations that outlines the... [10 Apr 2008]
Healthcare Network Anticipates $2 Million Savings with Time and Attendance Solution
White Paper Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and other regulatory compliance requirements. By creating its own time and attendance application using Microsoft technology, Scripps Health found that it could avoid the U.S.million cost... [10 Apr 2008]
HIPAA Compliance and the eSureIT Online Backup Service
White Paper HIPAA applies to any health care providers, health plans and clearinghouses (collectively "Covered Entities") that electronically maintain or transmit health information pertaining to individuals. The Security Rule requires health care providers to... [01 Feb 2007]
Check HIPAA compliance with this Excel calculator
White Paper The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) requires all healthcare organizations using electronic protected health information (ePHI), as well as some third-party vendors (business associates) that handle that information, to... [16 May 2006]
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