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The a href=”http://www.hhs.gov/”U.S. Department of Health and Human Services/a (HHS) issued a a href=”http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/enforcement/resolution.html”press release/a last Thursday that it had entered into a a href=”http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/enforcement/agreement.pdf”Resolution Agreement/a with Seattle-based a href=”http://www.providence.org/home/default.htm”Providence Heath amp; Services/aa href=”http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/hipaa/”Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) privacy and security rules/a. The agreement calls for Providence to […]
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Scott MacStravic
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a press release last Thursday that it had entered into a Resolution Agreement with Seattle-based Providence Heath & Services to settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) privacy and security rules. The agreement calls for […]
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David Williams
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently modified its website and included a new Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) section under the Physician Self Referral (Stark) section. CMS added 12 new Stark FAQs on January 31, 2008. A number of these new FAQs relate to the new Stark III regulations.
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RCoffield@fsblaw.com
Yesterday HHS announced that CMS will involve physicians in a five year demonstration project encouraging small and medium physician practices to adopt electronic health records.
Excerpt from Secretary Leavitt’s announcement:
“This demonstration is designed to show that streamlining health care management with electronic health records will reduce medical errors and improve quality of care for […]
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