CMS and the Office of Inspector General at HHS (OIG) have respectively published proposed rules to extend the sunset dates for the Stark exception and anti-kickback statute safe harbor permitting donations of EHR software and certain related items and services to physicians. These provisions are set to expire on December 31, 2013. Both agencies have proposed almost
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Two New Federal Policy Documents on Critical Infrastructure Protection
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The White House released two documents on February 12th related to critical infrastructure protection and cybersecurity: the Presidential Policy Directive #21 on Critical Infrastructure and Resilience (PPD-21) which replaces the Homeland Security Presidential Directive (HSPD-7) which previously served as the policy basis for the national critical infrastructure protection…
Final HIPAA omnibus rule published
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The final HIPAA Omnibus Rule has been published and addresses privacy, security, enforcement, and breach notification.
OIG Advisory Opinion No. 12-20
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The Office of Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services has issued an advisory opinion regarding a hospital’s proposal to provide free acces to an electronic interface to community physicians and physician practices (who request it) so that the physicians and practices can transmit orders for…
mHIMSS Roadmap
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mHIMSS, the mobile initiative of HIMSS, has released the mHIMSS Roadmap to serve as guideance for professionals, organizations, corporations and health systems on the adoption of mobile and mobile health devices.
Lee Kim, chair of the mHIMSS Legal/Policy taskforce, authored several sections of the legal & policy section of the…
2012 mHealth Summit
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Lee Kim, an intellectual property and healthcare technology attorney at Tucker Arensberg, PC, will be a panelist for a session entitled, "Policy & Regulatory Environments: A Mobile Perspective" at the international mHealth Summit which will be held in National Harbor, MD. The 4th Annual mHealth Summit is the largest event of its kind and more…
Western Pennsylvania 2012 Cybersecurity Conference
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Yesterday, I attended the Western Pennsylvania 2012 Cybersecurity Conference. It was a unique opportunity to learn about cyber-threats, including cyber-attacks and cyber-crime. As a healthcare technology attorney, I asked the panelists about their thoughts on these issues as they pertain to the healthcare industry. In response, I was told that…
CMS Response to Breaches and Medical Identity Theft
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CMS has reported that it had 14 breaches of protected health information between September 23, 2009, and December 31, 2011. CMS notified the 13,775 Medicare beneficiaries affected by the breaches. However, according to the Office of Inspector General of HHS (OIG), it did not meet several ARRA requirements.
The Role of Social Media in Healthcare
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The Medical Billing & Coding blog has a recent entry on the role of social media in healthcare. The title of the post is 50 Amazing Ways Hospitals Are Using Facebook and Twitter. The blog entry provides a broad perspective on how hospitals are using social media outlets…
Join WPHIMSS for the Summer Healthcare & Technology Round Table on September 20th
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Please join the Western Pennsylvania Chapter of Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), and guests for our annual Summer Healthcare & Technology Round Table on Thursday, September 20 at the DoubleTree in Monroeville, PA. See address and directions below.
The Summer Round Table includes a…