Archive for August, 2009
CIO Knowledge on HIPAA compliance
All covered entities, which come under HIPAA, should conduct a regular security check in order to ensure that all kinds of security measures have been adopted and that all the rules and regulations, which come under HIPAA, are being complied with. The frequency of the evaluation will be dependent on the frequency of the changes, [...]
HIPAA and medical transcription
The health insurance portability and accountability act of 1996 has been designed so that a few rules and regulations can be kept in place in order to protect the private medical records of the patient. The Department of Health and Human Services has declared that it is illegal for companies, which are dealing in the [...]
Personal Impact of HIPAA
Some people would have had the experience of having to deal with all the laws, rules and regulations which come under HIPAA or the health insurance portability and accountability act. This act has brought about a revolution in the field of health care and also the way in which data regarding health care has been [...]
Online HIPAA training
Training for employees is essential in almost every field and this is all the more necessary when it comes to healthcare. People who are involved in the field of health care have to follow many regulations and rules like HIPAA and OSHA. Violation of these rules can result in the slapping of sever fines and [...]
Need for HIPAA training
Everyone who has made a visit to a hospital or a clinic will have the awareness and knowledge about HIPAA. HIPAA is the abbreviation for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. This act has been enforced to ensure that all the medical records of every person and individual will be kept in a strictly [...]
Medical transcription in tune with HIPAA
HIPAA is the abbreviation for the Health Insurance portability and Accountability Act of 1996. This act comprises the benchmarks or the standards, which need to be followed when it comes to dealing with data and information regarding the medical history of a patient, which is extremely sensitive. This act will ensure that no medical information [...]
Legislations in HIPAA
In 1996, the US congress enforced the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act or HIPAA. This law has brought about a lot of changes in the field of administration of health care as well as the management of information systems in health care. This act is actually a federal law and amendments have been made [...]
HIPAA Training
Training regarding HIPAA can either be delivered in a classroom or even through the Internet depending on the schedule and convenience of the student. The normal cost of this kind of training will usually be around $300. Rules regarding privacy and security as well as the rules, which need to be followed by any organization, [...]
HIPAA protection during a job shift
There are many people all over the world who continue to work in the same job for an indefinitely long period of time because they are afraid that they will lose their medical insurance coverage if they decide to shift their jobs. There are many people who have a sick family member in the house [...]
HIPAA privacy rules and group health insurance
HIPAA is the abbreviation for the health insurance portability and accountability act. The rules regarding privacy, which under HIPAA are quite famous. The United States department of Health and Human Services has created a summary of all the privacy rules, which come under HIPAA. This summary alone is 25 pages long. When this act was [...]