tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2006 Issue 18

HIPAA: Redouble Privacy Rule Efforts--Or Risk Fines, Lawsuits

Health systems struggle to comply, survey suggests.Many health care providers' policies relating to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act's privacy rule may be sitting on a back burner--and providers could wind up getting burned.The drop in the number of facilities reporting themselves to be fully or mostly compliant with HIPAA should serve as a warning that compliance should not be taken for granted, Theresa Reynolds of the American Health Information Management Association tells Eli.The percentage of healthcare privacy officers and others whose jobs relate to HIPAA privacy who believe their institution is more than 85...

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