From it’s inception, the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (or the HITECH Act) was intended to further enforce many rules within the Health Insurance Portability and ...

Introduction and Summary - HHS issued a final rule modernizing 42 CFR Part 2 to implement the CARES Act and more closely align with HIPAA's ...

Since it was first enacted, the healthcare industry has been under constant pressure to keep personal healthcare information (PHI) secure and to remain compliant with the evolving rules and ...

The transition rule gives covered entities and business associates, including business associates and sub-business associates (Business Associates), operating under BAAs that were in place prior to ...

Robert LaMagna-Reiter, vice president and chief information security officer at First National Technology Solutions, better known as FNTS, says healthcare organizations increasingly are using industry ...

ALLENTOWN, Pa., Aug. 9, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The HITECH Act is a law that requires healthcare organizations to convert medical records into electronic files and protecting this online data is at the ...

At this point, you already know about the Obama administration's goals for widespread EHR adoption, about the $19 billion being invested in healthcare IT, and about the carrots being offered to entice ...

ContrastConnect has rolled out its physician-led virtual contrast supervision platform, which is designed to address the widespread scheduling ...

HIPAA Essential Combines Secure Technology, Policy & Procedures Management and Analyst Expertise to Cover All Three Facets of Complete HIPAA HITECH Compliance with Roll-in Ready Solution One of the ...

These HITECH Act provisions became effective for covered entities on February 18, 2009, and made business associates directly subject to HIPAA’s enforcement scheme for the first time beginning ...

Investigations by the Office for Civil Rights related to compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act will no longer be initiated by only complaints and self-reported ...