tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2009 Issue 24

HIPAA PRIVACY: Prepare Now For Heightened Privacy and Notification Protections

You're not off the hook if the breach is the vendor's fault. Making the electronic health record transition may cut costs and reduce errors, but you also are bound to face increased compliance risks -- and increased federal scrutiny.Wake-up call: You are accountable for compliance even if a third party installs and maintains your system. Physicians will still be responsible for ensuring the same privacy protections as if they did have their own IT dept, points out Jim Sheldon-Dean, founder and director of compliance services at Lewis Creek Systems in Vermont.What's more: The American Recovery and Reinvestment...

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