| 08/23
2000 |
How
Will CIOs Protect Data to Comply with HIPAA - Health Data Management
The impending final security and
privacy rules of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
of 1996 are forcing many health care CIOs and chief security officers to
proceed into previously uncharted territory. |
| 06/30
2000 |
Elements
of a Comprehensive Security Solution - Health Management Technology
A close look at threatened breaches
and vulnerable points of attack.
|
| 06/30
2000 |
For
Vendors, HIPAA Offers Opportunities - Health Data Management
Many health care software companies see the new regulations as a
prime opportunity to sell new systems. But some are making premature
claims of 'compliance.' |
| 06/27
2000 |
An
Interview with Dixie B. Baker, Ph.D., - Our HIPAA Specialist
SAIC |
| 06/19
2000 |
Making
HIPAA happen - by Bill Bysinger, for HealthLeaders.com
It is time to stop delaying
and begin planning and executing for HIPAA. No one I talk to believes that
24 months is enough time to implement the capability to adhere to the
rules of HIPAA, but when I ask if they have started the process, they say
they are waiting for the rules. |
| 06/19
2000 |
eDoc
version 1.0 - Modern Physician
With HIPAA rules not yet
finalized, healthcare industry stakeholders across the country are already
employing technology to unclog the paperwork logjam long vilified as the
bane of medical practice...But for many docs, it's still a paper world. |
| 06/16
2000 |
HIPAA:
What’s Hot... - Health Management Technology
Computer privacy screen
could take some heat off of security concerns.
|
| 05/24
2000 |
CIOs
Speak Out- Healthcare Informatics
As deadlines near for HIPAA
regulations, healthcare organizations hope they have what it takes--people
and knowledge--to get their IT systems ready |
| 05/08
2000 |
In
Web We Trust? - Healthcare Informatics
Is the Web secure enough
for sensitive healthcare communications? Experts agree on one thing: It
depends on users and how aware they are of security tools and their
limitations. |
| 04/28
2000 |
The
Dawn of HIPAA - Health Data Management
Since 1996, the federal
government has been drafting rules governing the transmission and
protection of electronic health data. Final rules now coming out will
forever change health care. April 2000 |
| 04/10
2000 |
Medicaid
HIPAA Plus - HCFA 2/00 |
| 04/06
2000 |
Medical
Privacy - HIPAA Lessons in Y2K -
Hospitals & Health Networks
When 2000 dawned largely glitch-free, the
nation's hospitals and health care institutions breathed a sigh of relief.
But not all disbanded their Y2K preparations teams--some simply retooled
them to focus on another looming challenge: complying with the Health
Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Article
first appeared 2/1/00 |
| 04/05
2000 |
Read
Comments - "Notice of Proposed Rule Making for Standards for Privacy
of Individually Identifiable Health Information" - DHHS
Note: Comment period ended
2/17/00 |
| 04/05
2000 |
Testimony
before the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Health of the
Committee of Ways and Means on "Confidentiality of Patient
Records." - the
Institute for Health Care Research and Policy 2/17/00 |
| 04/05
2000 |
DHHS
moves on patient privacy - Healthcare Informatics
THE PROPOSED
"STANDARDS FOR PRIVACY OF individually Identifiable Health
Information" completes its public comment period Jan. 3. After making
revisions, the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is expected
to release the final rules by Feb. 21 as mandated by the Health Insurance
Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). 1/00 |
| 04/05
2000 |
HIPAA
and Health Information Privacy Rules: Almost There - Health
Management Technology
Proposed rules strike a
good balance between patients’ rights and providers’ access to
information. 4/00 |
| 02/16
2000 |
AMA:
PATIENT PRIVACY MUST BE BETTER PROTECTED; PROPOSED PRIVACY RULE FALLS
SHORT; CREATES HEAVY PHYSICIAN ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN - American
Medical Association
After a thorough review of
the more than 600-page HHS proposed regulation on patient privacy, the AMA
announced today that it cannot support the regulation in its current form. |
| 02/11
2000 |
Interim
Rule for the Assessment of Civil Penalties Under Section 502(c)(5) of
ERISA [02/11/2000] - U.S. Department of Labor
Section 502(c)(5) of ERISA authorizes the
Secretary of Labor (the Secretary) to assess a civil penalty against any
person of up to $1,000 a day from the date of the person's failure or
refusal to file the information required to be filed by such person with
the Secretary under regulations prescribed pursuant to section
101(g)1/2h3/4 of ERISA. |
| 02/08
2000 |
President
Clinton Takes Historic Action to Ban Genetic Discrimination in the Federal
Workplace -
the
White House
HIPAA prevents group health
insurers from using genetic information to deny individual health
insurance benefits. |
| 01/14
2000 |
Joint Healthcare Information Technology Alliance Advocacy Paper on HIPAA
- JHITA |
| 01/12
2000 |
The
HIPAA law: Your rights to health insurance portability - insure.com
If you're worried about
keeping your health benefits when you change jobs, you should know about a
federal law called HIPAA. |
| 12/00
1999 |
Protecting
Personal Health Information: Emerging Standards for the Electronic Age -
Bench & Bar of MN
Effective next February,
new federal regulations covering the handling of personal health care
information will affect health care providers, their business partners,
and attorneys who handle the protected information. |
| 12/00
1999 |
Federal
Health Care Informatics Standards Activities - Meeting Summary - Agency
for Healthcare Research and Quality |
| 11/10
1999 |
AHCPR
to Improve Patient Data Oversight in Research - Agency
for Healthcare Research and Quality
"Patient information
is the foundation of research for improving the quality of health care
that Americans receive. Safeguarding the privacy of this critical resource
is paramount." |
| 11/10
1999 |
Health
industry must prepare for privacy regulations - CNET News.com
With a deadline looming for
the introduction of sweeping regulations governing the privacy of medical
records, health care providers may face a bigger problem than Y2K... |
| 11/00
1999 |
HIPAA:
Y2K Times Two - Healthcare Informatics
THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
AND HUMAN SERVICES (DHHS) is expected to publish final rules on several
administrative simplification components from the Health Insurance
Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) this year... |
| 11/00
1999 |
Beyond
Y2K - Healthcare Informatics
WHEN THE NOISEMAKERS HIT
THE TRASH, A FEW SAVVY HEALTHCARE LEADERS WILL BE TOASTING THEIR LEAD IN
THE MARKET WHILE OTHERS SCRAMBLE |
| 10/29
1999 |
PRESIDENT
CLINTON: PROTECTING THE PRIVACY OF MEDICAL RECORDS - the White
House
President Clinton unveiled
a landmark set of privacy protections for medical information stored or
transmitted electronically... |
| 10/29
1999 |
HHS
Proposes First-Ever National Standards To Protect Patients' Personal
Medical Records - HHS News
HHS Secretary Donna E.
Shalala proposed the first-ever set of national standards to protect the
privacy of Americans' personal health records. |
| 10/07
1999 |
National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics
(NCVHS) letter to HHS Secretary Shalala on HIPAA Progress - NCVHS
HIPAA directs the NCVHS to "study the issues related to the adoption of uniform data standards... |
| 10/00
1999 |
Implementing
HIPAA Security Standards—Are You Ready? - AHMIA
When the final security
standards related to HIPAA are published later this year, the race to
implement them will be on. Are you prepared? The author offers a handy set
of guidelines. |
| 10/00
1999 |
Unique
Patient Identifiers—What Are the Options? - AHMIA
HIPAA has brought patient
identifiers into the spotlight. But what's the best option? The author of
a national study offers an overview. |
| 09/01
1999 |
Beyond
Y2K: No Rest for the Weary - AHMIA
When the dust of Y2K has
settled, what information systems projects will be next on the to-do list?
The authors look at four trends you won't be able to ignore. |
| 07/22
1999 |
SECOND
ANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF HIPAA - NCVHS
The purpose of this report
is to describe the status of implementation of the administrative
simplification provisions of HIPAA during 1998, the second year after
enactment of the law. |
| 07/00
1999 |
Leading
the Way to HIPAA Security Requirements - Healthcare Informatics
THOUGH THE HEALTH INSURANCE
PORTABILITY and Accountability Act (HIPAA) has been a law since 1996, it
has taken a back seat...to Y2K... |
| 06/00
1999 |
Here
Comes Y2K II - Healthcare Informatics
Y2K CONVERSIONS CONTINUE TO
DOMINATE healthcare IS management's activities as the calendar rollover
approaches... |
| 05/27
1999 |
Conerns
Raised Over Medical Records Confidentiality - NAIC News
Montana Insurance
Commissioner Mark O’Keefe addressed the need for Congress to clarify the
scope of any federal health information privacy legislation. |
| 05/12
1999 |
Tentative
Schedule for Publication of HIPAA Administrative Simplification
Regulations - WEDI
The Department of Health
and Human Services is planning to issue HIPAA regulations under the
following schedule. |
| 05/10
1999 |
NAIC,
NCSL CAUTION CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP ON HEALTH INFORMATION PRIVACY ISSUES
- NAIC News
Congress should not take a
"broad-brush" approach that could eliminate existing, stronger
state health information privacy laws when crafting federal standards... |
| 04/27
1999 |
Testimony Of The National Association Of Insurance Commissioners Special Committee On Health
Insurance - NAIC News
Preemption (by Kathleen Sebelius) |
| 04/00
1999 |
HIPAA’s
Impact on Healthcare -
Health Management Technology
In the Spotlight-Fraud and Abuse
Provisions. Are Security and Privacy Implications Lurking in the Shadows
of HIPAA? |
| 04/00
1999 |
A
HIPAA Checklist - AHIMA
As healthcare professionals
await final regulations, what can organizations do to prepare? Following
is an organizational checklist to assess your readiness and develop your
plan. |
| 04/00
1999 |
The
Business of Healthcare - Health
Management Technology
HIPAA---Why Bother? One Health
System’s Experience
By Kim Simers and Charles Hamilton |
| 03/25
1999 |
Testimony Of The Special Committee On Health Insurance Of The National Association Of Insurance Commissioners...
- NAIC
News |
| 03/00
1999 |
Electronic
Signatures, Digital Signatures, and Digital Certificates - AHMIA
The Department of Health
and Human Services published a proposed rule for electronic signatures in
the August 12, 1998, Federal Register. |
| 02/00
1999 |
Dead-Bolt
Your Data-
Healthcare Informatics
Sensitive patient records are too important to be left
unguarded |
| 10/00
1998 |
Doing
the Right Thing
-
Healthcare Informatics
While HIPAA's ends are
noble, its means are hotly disputed. Meanwhile, time is running out... |
| 10/00
1998 |
HIPAA
Starts Now
-
Healthcare Informatics
The industry asked for
HIPAA, but as the mandates snake through the committee labyrinths of
Washington, the healthcare industry grows impatient--and apathetic. |
| 09/00
1998 |
Are
you ready for HIPAA legislation? - Health Management Technology
Finding the best approach
for the short and long-term is crucial... |
| 06/00
1998 |
Paper
cuts? HIPAA's new rules - Health Management Technology
The effort to standardize
electronic claims and other transactions continues to move ahead as HIPAA
rules near completion. The goal: a simpler, less paper-intensive system
that saves money. |
| 05/00
1998 |
The
Clock is Ticking
- Healthcare Informatics
Though HIPAA is behind
schedule, payors will gain from new EDI standards |
03/20
1998 |
Report:
HIPAA isn't working - Insure.com
The Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act isn't working the way it was intended, according to a
government report.
|
12/18
1997 |
APPLICATION
OF HIPAA GROUP MARKET RULES TO INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE DENIED COVERAGE DUE TO
A HEALTH STATUS-RELATED FACTOR - Value
Design.com
This document addresses certain issues
arising under the group market portability provisions added by the Health
Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996.
|
09/25
1997 |
Health
Care Testimony - National
Partnership
TESTIMONY OF THE WOMEN’S LEGAL DEFENSE FUND BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON
HEALTH OF THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS ON IMPLEMENTATION OF THE
HEALTH INSURANCE PORTABILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT |
| 09/00
1997 |
The
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) - AMERICAN
FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY AND
MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES (AFSCME), AFL-CIO
A brief description of the
portions of the three laws from which a plan may be exempted... |
| 04/00
1997 |
Commonly
Asked Questions and Answers for Small Employers about the Provisions of
the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA)
-HCFA |
| 04/00
1997 |
Commonly
Asked Questions and Answers for Consumers about the Provisions of the
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) -
HCFA
|
03/18
1997 |
Employer
Task Force Troubled by HCFA's Approach to HIPAA Rules - Thompson
Publishing Group
An employer task force
advising HCFA on the upcoming HIPAA portability rules is concerned that
the agency's current approach is overly restrictive and could lead to
greater involvement by state regulators. |
| 02/00
1997 |
HEALTH
INSURANCE PORTABILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT OF 1996 ADMINISTRATIVE
SIMPLIFICATION CARE - HCFA
Fact Sheet |
01/00
1997 |
'96
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act -
Healthcare Informatics
Requirements and standards for the health care industry in relation to
HIPAA |
| |
Joint
Healthcare Information Technology Alliance (JHITA) - ADVOCACY PAPER - JHITA
SUBJECT: Medical
Records Confidentiality Legislation |
| |
White Paper: Security and Health Care Enterprise Networks
- Cisco Systems
Read about the HIPAA regulations and Cisco solutions |
