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...
Mark your calendars! Security Teleconferences sponsored by CMS Regions IV and VI and presented by SHARP (Southern Healthcare Administrative Regional Process)...
Question: Does HIPAA allow the sharing of ePHI between unaffiliated providers? Background: We are entering into an agreement with a non-affiliated health care...
Questions: (1) If a vendor is a business associate, are there any additional requirements necessary to ensure vendor access to the system (and ePHI) is...
Looking at some compliance toolkits that healthcare attorneys are offering their clients, I continually get disappointed. These toolkits offer risk analysis,...
Hi Tom, I'm using a tool called ComplyAssist to guide us through, plan and document our HIPAA Security Compliance effort. You might want to check it out....
I have attached my HIPAA reference links that I have completed updating this morning. It is current through October 25, 2004. Having information readily...
An addenda to X12N's version 003070 Implementation Guide noted in the forwarded message is now available for public comment. The underlying Implementation...
For those who may be interested, attached is the draft version of the National Provider Identifier Application being used for evaluation under the Paperwork...
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