HITECH ACT
Posted on July 18, 2012 in Health Information Technology
Written by: Alisa C. Kuehn
ONC has announced accreditation of 5 certification bodies and test laboratories to certify and test Electronic Health Records technology in the ONC Permanent Certification Program. READ MORE
Posted on March 31, 2012 in Health Information Technology
Written by: Jeffrey W. Short
CMS has released its statistics for the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record Incentive Program for activity from January 2011 through February 2012. Highlights of the report are: Over 211,500 eligible professionals (EPs), eligible hospitals, and critical access hospitals (CAHs) have registered for the Medicare and/or Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs since January 2011; Over 20,000... READ MORE
Posted on March 29, 2012 in Health Information Technology
Written by: Alisa C. Kuehn
Later today (March 29 from 3 – 4 pm EDT), CMS will hold a national provider call to discuss EHR incentive program basics to eligible professionals. Registration for the call closes today at 12 pm. To register, go here. Should you have any questions, please contact Alisa Kuehn at 317.977.1475 or akuehn@wp.hallrender.com. READ MORE
Posted on March 13, 2012 in Health Information Technology
Written by: Ammon R. Fillmore
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) announced on Tuesday, March 13, 2012, that Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee (“BCBST”) will pay $1,500,000 to settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”). BCBST had previously notified HHS that 57 unencrypted hard drives containing protected health information, social... READ MORE
