In conformance with ShareHIPAA guidelines, attached is a Microsoft Word version of an essay I sent directly to some other list servers last Friday. Dave...
MARK YOUR CALLENDAR!!! MARK IT NOW!!! The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) invites you to participate in the Fifteenth National HIPAA...
Plan to attend the June 2004 Accredited Standards Committee (ASC) X12 Trimester meeting. The following thread is from the HIPAA-TCS group and provides links...
For those who plan to attend X12 next month in downtown Chicago, attached is the schedule for X12 First Time Attendee Training. It's included for all...
At the 16th CMS Implementation Roundtable it was announced that DRAFT NIST SP 800-66, "Introductory Resource Guide for Implementing the HIPAA Security Rule"...
For those of you using my Tracking Transactions Progress Checklist to monitor the status of the HIPAA Claims Attachments transactions standards, it is now...
F. Y. I. _____________________________________________________ We are pleased to announce the following enhancements have been made to the Remittance...
I tried to take DRAFT NIST SP 800-66 and boil it down to a simple spreadsheet. It was suggested that the actual HIPAA language be provided so that those who...
HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR), which is responsible for implementation of the HIPAA Privacy Rule, has announced the creation of a listserv to distribute...
There were some omissions and errors on the original NIST SP 800-66 excel spreadsheet. Thanks to several folks who took the time to verify the original...
This might be of interest to others on this list. Ken Ken M. Shaurette, CISSP, CISA, CISM MPC Solutions (www.mpccorp.com) Providing industry accepted security...
CMS is working on contracting an "Enumerator" to operate their already planned software and processes for entering providers and their new National Provider...
Kathleen Simmons, Medicare Program Office, announced Sunday, June 6, 2004 at the X12 Trimester Meeting in Chicago that Medicare will have a call-in session for...
A Privacy Officer has developed and provided the attached "Visitor Confidentiality Agreement" for a Behavioral Health Services Department to me to share with...
Hello Ms. McGowin: Thank you for sharing the Confidentiality Agreement for Visitors to XXXXXXXXXXXXXX Hospital Psychiatric Services document on this site. I...
Blass Consulting, LLC, Rensis Corporation, and HIT Recruiting will host a free audio discussion roundtable Payers' Current Realities of HIPAA Privacy,...
The Executive Roundtable Payers' Current Realities of HIPAA Privacy, Security, and TCS, recorded July 1, 2004 is now freely available via the internet. A 45...
The attached crosswalk is provided by Charlie Mason, a consultant currently working with DHHS/DMH-DD-SAS (Division of Mental Health, Developmentally Disabled...
Due to the rapid increase of electronic data, the concern for privacy, and the negative impact exploitation of a security gap or vulnerability could have on...
Everyone I have spoken to recently are implementing, upgrading, or changing billing software. Here are some of the reasons why I believe this is a significant...
FYI. If you can go, GO! For those who cannot make it, there is a web-accessible audio/video recording titled "DeMystify Security -- NISTify IT!" that may be...
This message is a follow-up installment to an e-mail I sent in late February on the same subject. At that time, I wrote, "X12N's TR3 authoring work groups are...
"PrivacyList, OCR (HHS/OS)" <OCRPrivacyList@...> wrote:Dear Privacy Listserv Subscriber: We want to make you aware of a new Answer to the Frequently Asked...
Attached are two charts of procedure and modifier codes for behavioral health care: one is organized alphabetically and one is organized numerically. The...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has published new guidance on the HIPAA Security Rule on the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) page of its...
For those of you who may already be interested in next spring's National Provider Identifier (NPI) application process. ... From: "Charles Waldhauser"...
Complying with 164.308(a)(1)(D) Information System Activity Review (Required) will take some effort. What is the standard and implementation specification...