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Who Is Required to Be HIPAA Compliant and Why?

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Do you know if you are HIPAA compliant or who in fact needs to be? Many people don't understand what the answers are to either of these questions. But you do need to know the answers so you can decide if it applies to your company or not. Let's start with what exactly HIPAA is. [...]

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Understanding HIPAA: The Employer's Guide to Compliance

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Product DescriptionHIP AA Is Coming. You Will BeAffected!! The Privacy Rule issued by the Department ofHealth & Human Services, (HHS) is a complex, sweeping rule with pages ofregulations. If you are an employer who offers health benefits to employees,you need to carefully review the HIP AA Privacy Rule. Self-Funded Insurance Plans!! If you sponsor a [...]

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Security With the Sage Intergy Meaningful Use Edition

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With Sage Intergy and the Meaningful Use Edition, you can feel confident in knowing that patient health information is kept private and secure . . . while remaining accessible to your practice. Keeping up with standards, such as those outlined under the HIPAA security provisions, has always been a priority of Sage Intergy. Sage maintains [...]

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Document Shredding and Storage by Metro Record Shredding

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Metro Record Storage and Shredding is Record storage and shredding facility located in Bakersfield, California. Serving Kern County. Visit our website at metrorecord.com. Why Shred? In response to improper disposal of consumer information, the Fair and Accurate Credit Transaction Act [FACTA] has been made law. FACTA * Applies to every person and business in the [...]

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Curaspan Health Group President & CEO Thomas R. Ferry Appointed to Epilepsy Therapy Project Board of Directors

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Curaspan Health Group President & CEO Thomas R. Ferry Appointed to Epilepsy Therapy Project Board of Directors Curaspan Health Group, the industry leader in building secure electronic patient-transition networks for hospitals, post-acute providers and suppliers, today announced that president and CEO Thomas R. Read more on PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance Tags: Project, CEO Thomas [...]

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HIPAA Privacy

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HIPPA or the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 is a federal official act, which deals with health records. When there is a need to collect maximum amount of information from patients that need to be transmitted worldwide, the question of patient privacy comes into consideration.   At such times, HIPAA plays a [...]

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Study: P2P Networks a Treasure Trove of Health Care Data

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Study: P2P networks a treasure trove of health care data Nearly eight months after new rules were enacted requiring stronger protection of health care information, organizations are still leaking such data on file-sharing networks, a study by Dartmouth College's Tuck School of Business has found. Read more on Network World Tags: treasure trove, treasure, Read

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HIPAA Toolbox, Second Edition

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Product DescriptionThis step-by-step guide to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) provides historical background, answers concerns about compliance and presents privacy regulations in an easy-to-understand format. The tools explain the rules and give directions on assessment, implementation and ongoing issues. Three separate volumes come in a durable three-ring binder. Use them [...]

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HIPAA Regulatory Documents: The Documents of HIPAA as a Convenient Reference in a Searchable CD-ROM for Healthcare Corporations, Hospitals, Pharmaceutical ... and Allied Health Professionals

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Product DescriptionThis CD enables you to have the most important HIPAA documents from the federal government available in one convenient CD ROM that installs onto your hard drive. The search feature enables you to search all documents at one time. The CD includes the HIPAA Act of 1996, the final rules for privacy, security, and [...]

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Self Storage by Metro Record Storage and Shredding

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Metro Record Storage and Shredding is a Record storage and shredding facility located in Bakersfield, California. Serving Kern County. Visit our website at metrorecord.com. Why Shred? In response to improper disposal of consumer information, the Fair and Accurate Credit Transaction Act [FACTA] has been made law. FACTA * Applies to every person and business in [...]

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HIPAA Privacy Regulations

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HIPAA Privacy Regulations The Department of Health and Human Services under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act issued Privacy Regulations with the purpose of protecting the privacy of American patients' health information in numerous ways and creating additional rights for patients regarding their healthinformation. The chief intend of these regulations is to give full [...]

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IQPC's Electronic Health Records Summit to Feature Marshfield Clinic, Caritas Christi Health Care, MetroHealth System ...

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IQPC's Electronic Health Records Summit to Feature Marshfield Clinic, Caritas Christi Health Care, MetroHealth System ... CHICAGO----IQPC and Healthcare IQ’s Electronic Health Records Summit will provide essential information about the latest changes in healthcare reform for hospitals, clinics and other healthcare providers. Read more on Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance Tags: care, System, Marshfield, electronic [...]

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The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act : Overview and Analyses

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Product DescriptionThe Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996 (PL 104-191) continues to generate numerous questions. What kinds of policies does it cover? Does it help people who are currently uninsured? Does it help people with pre-existing medical conditions? How does it affect health insurance premiums? How do its requirements interact with the [...]

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What Is HIPAA?

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The purpose of the HIPAA is to develop the efficiency and effectiveness of health care system, continuity and portability of health insurance coverage in any individual and group markets, and the capability to offer consequences to people that don’t apply with the rules clearly affirmed within the Act. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act [...]

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Do Not Let Hipaa Compliance Throw You Off Gear

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There's no denying that electronic health records may cut costs and reduce errors, but they can also increase your compliance risks as well as security from the feds. You will be accountable for compliance even if a third party installs and maintains your records system. Providers will still be responsible for ensuring the same privacy [...]

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Mississippi Baptist Health Systems Realizes Significant Cost Savings After Implementing Symantec Disaster Recovery and ...

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Mississippi Baptist Health Systems Realizes Significant Cost Savings After Implementing Symantec Disaster Recovery and ... Implementing Symantec Storage, Data Protection and Archiving Software and Services Protects Patient Records and Makes Them Available in Real-Time Read more on Marketwire Tags: Systems, Mississippi, Baptist, Health

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Pharmaceutical, Healthcare & Life Sciences

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Pharmaceutical, Healthcare & Life Sciences This is the second in a series of WorkCite articles concerning the recently enacted Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) and its companion bill, the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (referred to collectively as the Act). This article relates to "grandfathered health plans" under the Act. [...]

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Whither Health Care Costs: Panelists Look at Possible Changes Under New System.

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Whither health care costs: Panelists look at possible changes under new system. SOUTH BEND ---- Shannon Eversole believes it could be quite some time before the new health care legislation is unraveled. Read more on South Bend Tribune Tags: Changes, Shannon, Whither, South Bend

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In the Know - Volume 10 "Exceeding HIPAA Standards"

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Ken Diamond explains the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and how Privacyharbor exceeds these standards. Tags: Insurance, HIPAA, Know

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HIPAA DR Part 1

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Part 1 of an introduction to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) security regulations on disaster recovery for covered entities and business associates. This video discusses the security regulations, regulatory requirements for disaster recovery, risk assessment, and other related regulatory matters for health care companies that handle protected health information. Tags: HIPAA, Security, [...]

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