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Current News and Information
about HIPAA Compliance, Regulations and Violations
Massachusetts Ear Group To Pay $1.5 Million To Resolve HIPAA
Charges
Health care developers who build on Box get HIPAA compliance for free - VentureBeat
- Mon, 20 May 2013 19:22:28 GMT
Lawyers Debate HIPAA's Effect on Gun Control Database Reporting - iHealthBeat
- Mon, 20 May 2013 18:54:06 GMT
Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis Partners with IntApp to Address 2013 HIPAA ... - San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
- Mon, 20 May 2013 17:13:12 GMT
Axion Health's HIPAA and NIST-Compliance Provides Customers with Peace of ... - PR Newswire (press release)
- Mon, 20 May 2013 14:17:40 GMT
When HIPAA is too hard, Health Security Solutions - Network World - Network World (blog)
- Tue, 14 May 2013 16:32:28 GMT
A New Look for HIPAA Security - PR Leap - PR Leap (press release)
- Sat, 18 May 2013 07:04:40 GMT
HIPAA rules, outdated tech cost US hospitals $8.3B a year - Computerworld
- Wed, 08 May 2013 02:17:33 GMT
OCR to offer free HIPAA omnibus webinars this summer - HealthITSecurity.com
- Fri, 17 May 2013 13:45:59 GMT
CVS Ends Rx Company-Sponsored Drug Refill Notices, Citing HIPAA - iHealthBeat
- Tue, 07 May 2013 18:34:02 GMT
HIPAA's new normal: the Omnibus HIPAA rulemaking - Lexology (registration)
- Fri, 17 May 2013 15:44:59 GMT
The Office of the National
Coordinator for Health Information Technology
COVERED
ENTITY CHARTS
Guidance on how to determine
whether an entity is a
covered entity under the
Administrative
Simplification provisions of
HIPAA
HIPAA DEFINITIONS FOR
ELECTRONIC PROTECTED HEALTH INFORMATION:
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Encryption means the
use of an algorithmic process to transform data into a form in which
there is a low probability of assigning meaning without use of a
confidential process or key.
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Access means the
ability or the means necessary to read, write, modify, or communicate
data/information or otherwise use any system resource.
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Authentication means
the corroboration that a person is the one claimed.
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Technical safeguards
means the technology, policy and procedures for its use that protect
electronic protected health information and control access to it.
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Workstation means an
electronic computing device, for example, a laptop or desktop
computer, or any other device that performs similar functions, and
electronic media stored in its immediate environment implement the
implementation specifications.
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Workforce clearance
procedure
(Addressable). Implement procedures to determine that the access of a
workforce member to electronic protected health information is
appropriate.
Are you a covered entity under HIPAA regulations?
The following is a simple test for
determining whether or not you qualify as a provider and therefore must
follow the HIPAA guidelines:
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Does the person, business, or agency
furnish bill, or receive payment for, health care in the normal course of
business?
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If the answer is yes, does the person,
business, or agency conduct covered transactions?
If yes, are any of the covered
transactions transmitted in electronic form?
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If the answer to this question is yes,
the person, business, or agency is a covered health care provider and must
comply with all HIPAA regulations
Click here for your
free HIPAA checklist
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