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...
I have attached my HIPAA reference links that I have collected over the past few years. It is current through September 1, 2004. These are my top 104 HIPAA...
This is a Free Event, however Advance Registration is Required. The Conference will benefit all health care professionals involved in the implementation of...
Summer, for most, has ended. Family routines are adjusting. The 2004 hurricane season promises to be historical. Hundreds of thousands are protesting in our...
For those who are planning to attend the Mitigation Planning Workshops (The first one is this FRIDAY!), The HIPAA/NIST SP 800-53 Security Controls Crosswalk...
As many of you may be aware, the Interim Final Rule for Civil Money Penalties is presently set to expire on 16 September. Late last week, the Office of...
The new HIPAA rule for Civil Money Penalties (CMP) that went to the Office of Management and Budget on 9 August was published on pages 55515-55516 of today's...
http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2004/09/13/gvsa0913.htm From August 2, 2003 through October 6, 2003 a group of volunteers participated in a TCS compliance...
Hi everybody, Following an X12 conference call yesterday, it appears that work on the next generation of Implementation Guides -- now known as Type 3 Technical...
In addition to its usual standards creation activities, Accredited Standards Committee X12 will be having presentations on adopting the next generation of...
For those who may not have received this via other routes. Additionally, you may be interested that no Enumerator contract has yet been awarded. Charlie's...
It was Memorial Day weekend when local resident Chris Aiken made the discovery. Taking boxes of his own to one of the local drop off points, he was dismayed to...
Over the past years, many of you have asked for an implementation guide that may be followed to acknowledge transactions at a more detailed level than that...
In your security management program please add the following to your survey questions to your system vendors: Are there any characters that if used in...
MARK YOUR CALENDAR!!! MARK IT NOW!!! The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) invites you to participate in the Seventeenth National HIPAA...
September 29, 2004 - New California Information Security Privacy Law: http://info.sen.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1901- 1950/ab_1950_bill_20040929_chaptered.pdf On...