Article: HHS And FTC Announce New Breach Notification Rules For Unsecured Protected Health Information.(Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act)(Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996)

Article: The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced on April ...
Healthcare Financial Management;  May 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... driven and will allow covered entities to demonstrate good ... is filed against a covered entity, CMS will evaluate ... impose penalties on covered entities that have deployed ... continues. Each covered entity will determine the ...

Article: Do you know your business associates? As the April 14 privacy ...
Healthcare Financial Management;  January 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... HIPAA requires that covered entities identify and enter ... to identify the covered entity's business associates ... performed on behalf of a covered entity or an organized ... arrangement in which the covered entity participates. As ...

Article: HIPAA Regulatory Alert: Security rule guidance issued to ...
Hospital Access Management;  November 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... rule does, however, require covered entities to periodically perform evaluations ... performed internally by the covered entity, the guidance says. There ... certifications do not absolve covered entities of their legal obligations under ...

Article: HIPAA Regulatory Alert - Security rule guidance issued to ...
Healthcare Risk Management;  November 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... rule does, however, require covered entities to periodically perform evaluations ... performed internally by the covered entity, the guidance says. There ... certifications do not absolve covered entities of their legal obligations under ...

Article: CMS urges covered entities to file for HIPAA ...
Healthcare Financial Management;  October 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... strongly encouraging all HIPAA-covered entities to file for a one-year extension ... Simplification Compliance Act allows covered entities a one-year extension if they ... not quite sure if you are a covered entity, it is acceptable to submit ...

Article: Offshore outsourcing creates privacy-related risks; ...
Business Insurance;  May 31, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... Act of 1996, it is illegal for any covered entity-such as any employer-sponsored ... nor does it require any HIPAA-covered entities to ask their outsourcing vendors where ... business associates, exposing HIPAA-covered entities to liability for such parties' actions ...

Article: AMERIGROUP Earns National HIPAA Accreditation; Company Passes ...
PR Newswire;  November 11, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... of AMERIGROUP's lines of business are included in the Covered Entity accreditation award. The purpose of URAC's HIPAA Privacy ... HIPAA Rule and industry best practices, and is available to Covered Entities and Business Associates. "We believe that the privacy ...