tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2007 Issue 17

HIPAA: HHS Security Guidance Targets Electronic PHI

Don't let HIPAA breaches trip up your facility.The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS) radar screen right now, so watch out for privacy lapses regarding protected health information. The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) recently issued security guidance warning providers of "security incidents" involving portable devices that store electronic protected health information (PHI). For example, nurses taking laptops to the hospital to collect preadmission data for nursing home patients could result in the types of problems that the guidance warns providers against. HHS...

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