The Pennsylvania Department of Health published the approved 2017 medical record cost for production of medical charts and records. The notice is attached in the link below. It addresses both electronic health records and the production of records in other types of formats.
Electronic Health Records
Medical Records Fees for EHR
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You might have not noticed in the last blog post that there is a provision in the Pennsylvania Notice regarding electronic health records. The Notice does not establish a fee for electronic health records. Rather it states that the cost for production of health records in an electronic format shall not exceed the cost of…
Do Windows XP Users Risk HIPAA Non-Compliance?
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Microsoft recently announced that, after April 8, 2014, it will not longer provide security updates or technical support for Windows XP. Microsoft’s statement that “businesses that are governed by regulatory obligations such as HIPAA may find that they are no longer able to satisfy compliance requirements” has spurred a certain level of panic among health…
Negotiating an Electronic Health Record Agreement: A Marriage Between Healthcare and Technology
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Lee Kim will be giving a webinar on negotiating electronic health record agreements on Thursday, June 20, 2013.
EHR’s are increasingly outsourced services provided by specialty vendors who can take advantage of economics of scale and concentrated expertise. But this means that mission-critical health care functions are more dependent on complex systems the provider does not…
Safeguarding Your Data While Minimizing the Risk of Security Breaches
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Lee Kim, Tucker Arensberg attorney and Chair of the mHIMSS Legal/Policy Taskforce, will be a panelist at the American Conference Institute’s Legal and Business Guide to mHealth and Wireless Medical Technology in Washington, D.C. on April 30, 2013. Her panel will cover securing mobile devices, networks, data in the “cloud” and cybercrime.
Pennsylvania Medical Records Fees for 2013
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The Pennsylvania Department of Health has issued its medical records fees for 2013. The announcement is attached; it provides as follows:
Not to Exceed
Amount charged per page for pages 1-20 $ 1.42
Amount charged per page for pages 21-60 $ 1.05
Amount charged per …
OIG Reports 57% EHR Use
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Health Industry Watch reported the following:
According to the OIG, 57% of Medicare physicians used an electronic health record (EHR) system at their primary practice location in 2011, based on a sample of 2,000 physicians who provided at least 100 evaluation and management (E/M) services in 2010. Almost one quarter of physicians (22%) first began
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Google Pulls The Plug on Google Health
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Google announced it will shut down its Google health personal health record service by the end of this year. The Company plans to make existing data recoverable through the end of 2013, after which it will be permanently deleted.
Medicare EHR Incentive Program Deadline for Hospitals Soon Approaching
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The last day for eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals to begin their 90-day reporting period for this fiscal year for the Medicare EHR incentive program is July 3, 2011. Hospitals and critical access hospitals must begin their 90-day reporting period by this date if they still want to successfully demonstrate meaningful use and…
Deciphering “Meaningful Use” for Electronic Health Record (“EHR”) Technology (Contributed by Lee Kim, Esquire)
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The Health Information Technology for Clinical Health Act (the "HITECH" Act) provides economic incentive for the adoption and meaningful use of health information technology and qualified Electronic Health Record systems ("EHR"s). A physician, other professional, or hospital shall be deemed to be a meaningful EHR user if:
1) Certified EHR technology is used in a…