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Question: If an employee works out of his or her home, either full-time or part-time (e.g. during maternity leave, on weekends or evenings, or as part of telecommuting job description), do the HIPAA security regulations apply? If so, how do we ensure compliance?
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) offers a preview of a privacy authorization form that includes the core elements and necessary statements required in the privacy rule of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996.
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As this industry continues to expand and reach new levels of acceptance and opportunities, the need for quality surgeons utilizing our programs grows with it.
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The FBI has raided three southern California surgery clinics as part of an investigation into a health care fraud scheme in which patients were recruited from 48 states to have unnecessary surgeries.
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Its a technique that offers better pain control, reduced length of stay, and fewer unplanned admissions, according to anesthesiologists and research data. So whats the controversy with nerve blocks?
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University of Michigan (UM) researchers said at the annual scientific session of the American College of Cardiology held March 7-10 in New Orleans that HIPAA has significantly affected their ability to study heart attack patients after they are discharged from the hospital.
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The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI), which advises the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on issues related to administrative simplification under HIPAA, says the agency should show continued patience as covered entities continue to make progress in implementation of the HIPAA transactions and code sets (TCS) requirements.
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When access personnel at the University Hospital of Arkansas in Little Rock decided they would benefit from having their own resource web site, they sent the proposal to the information technology (IT) department, says Holly Jones, CHAM, a revenue integrity specialist (RIS) given the task of overseeing the project.
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An all-employee guest-relations program at Swedish Covenant Hospital in Chicago aims to increase both the hospitals market share and its Press Ganey Associates patient satisfaction scores.
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At least two state legislatures have taken action in recent weeks regarding free or discounted health care services for uninsured patients, according to reports in the on-line news service, AHA News Now.
