Don't forget Alan Goldberg's
HIPAA-ginity!
HIPAA-ginity - that exemption
from HIPAA regulations that vanishes when a healthcare provider succumbs to the
temptation of electronic billing.
-Original Message-From: Ron Moore
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2
I think there was an earlier discussion on archiving emails.
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Enforcement of the HIPAA EDI regs is through CMS not OCR. CMS has already
posted on their web site an on-line complaint form to use for submitting
complaints about possible violations. The complaint form is also available
as a .pdf via download.
Rachel Foerster
Principal
Rachel Foerster & Associat
Section 1176 of the HIPAA statute addresses penalties.
Section 1176 of the Act establishes
civil monetary penalties for violation of
the provisions in part C of title XI of the
Act, subject to several limitations.
Penalties may not be more than $100
per person per violation of a provision,
and n
We are
working on having an authorization that will cover these "gray areas". It
will follow the guidelines with HIPAA and allow us to share information with
anyone the patient wishes to be involved in their care. It will only be
valid for a year, and the patient will be able to revoke it
Does anyone have HIPAA-modified Employee Confidentiality Agreements they'd be willing
to share?
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HIPAA - ectomy - the removal of individually identifiable
health information from heatlh records
HIPAA - glycemia - low level understanding of HIPAA
regulation
HIPAA - phobia - morbid fear of HIPAA regulation
HIPAA - thermia - the unexplained chill that is running down
the back of anyon
Yes, but is it possible for a patient to authorize disclosures of his PHI to a spouse
for example? It seems that an authorization would need to be so specific that it would
require a signed authorization every time a paricular situation/condition came up.
> It should be NONE to anyone other than
This will really make it difficult for agencies that do hire patients as
part of their mission, vocational rehab, community outreach, destigmatizing,
etc. As a mental health and addiction center, this continues to be one of
the items we discuss over and over. How will we separate this information
Attached is a newsletter with a few tidbits
of humor.
Enjoy! Let me know if you find
any good enough to use.
Ben
Benjamin W. Tartaglia, MBA, BSIM, CSPDirector, Client
ServicesBWT Associates, HealthCare ConsultantsHIPAA, JCAHO,
Telemedicine, Contingency Planning, Telecommunications, Tele
This would be covered by the general HIPAA civil penalties provision,
$100/violation to $25K annual max per "type of violation," on a no-fault
basis, presumably enforced via the OCR in a non-adversarial "we're here to
help" fashion. However, I was recently persuaded that it would also be
possible t
You're correct, Doug. Here's an excerpt from the recent guidance on the
Privacy Regs:
[begin quote]
Q: Are health plans required to make a good faith effort to obtain from
their enrollees a written acknowledgment of receipt of the notice?
A: No. Under the HIPAA Privacy Rule, only covered health
Title: Message
That is the best piece of HIPAA info I have
seen in months. Thanks for the grin.
Bruce
-Original Message-From: McKinlay, Mike
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Wednesday, January 29,
2003 12:48 PMTo: WEDI SNIP Privacy Workgroup
ListSubject: RE: Any HIPAA Humor
42 U.S.C. Section 1320d-5 (General Penalty for Failure to comply with
Requirements and Standards)
The pre-codified version is on HHS' website at:
http://aspe.hhs.gov/admnsimp/pl104191.htm
Leah Hole-Curry, JD
FOX Systems, Inc.
602.708.1045
Information transmitted is confidential and may be prop
Doug,
In accordance with the Office of Civil Rights Guidance issue in December 2002, only
covered health care provider that have a direct treatment relationship with
individuals are required to make a good faith effort to obtain the individual's
acknowledgment of receipt of the notice - 45CFR 1
Consider employees of healthcare organizations.
An example: an employee of a hospital needs treatment that might affect the
employability, or at least their coworkers attitude towards that employee.
So the Patient/employee requires confidentiality.
This raises a question also, and I would be inte
WASHINGTON
(HIPAA Wire) In an effort to assist covered entities that are scrambling to
meet the privacy rule’s Apr. 14 compliance deadline, the Department of
Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights announced Jan. 13 that is
seeking to hire several Privacy Program Specialists.
Acc
John,
I have heard that Stetson (Orlando/St. Petersburg) is the one offering this
course or seminar - I'm not yet sure. I heard this from a local
attorney. However, there is quite a bit of movement on the civil
litigators side. In fact there may be a major case emerge in Arizona this
nex
How about
Helping Insure Politicians Avoid Accountability
Regards,
Tim McGuinness, Ph.D.
Consulting Specialist in Regulatory Privacy, Security, and Application
Compliance
HIPAA/FDA/CMS-HCFA/ICH/ADA & Section 508/DITSCAP/NIACAP/ISO17799/BS7799/NIST
800 C&A
Specialist in Local Government Complianc
Can anyone verify that health plans do not require obtaining an
acknowledgement for NPP? Only providers?
"Matthew
I am trying to locate penalties for failure to comply with the EDI standards but am
not having any luck. Advice?
-Original Message-
From: Boyle, Joan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 8:20 PM
To: WEDI SNIP Privacy Workgroup List
Subject: WEDI SNIP Privacy Policie
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