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Today the United States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit affirmed a ruling by the district court in West Virginia which sustained a disallowance of federal funding by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) against the West Virginia Medicaid Program.
The 4th Circuit Decision in West Virginia Department of Health and […]
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I was recently researching the physician signature requirements under the Medicare program and found this resource outlining some of key questions and answers around the requirements.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Medicare Learning Network has issued a fact sheet on Comprehensive Error Rate Testing (CERT) Signature Requirements with the Q and A. […]
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Jaan Sidorov
Yesterday the Centers for Medicare & Medicare Services (CMS) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) issued two regulations laying the foundation for improving quality, efficiency and safety through meaningful use of certified electronic health record (EHR) technology.
The two regulations are part of the implementation […]
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John Goodman
Today HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced that enforcement of the Security Rule under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) will be delegated to the Office for Civil Rights (OCR).
The official delegation occurred on July 27, 2009. More information about the transition of authority for the administration and enforcement […]
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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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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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