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Enforcement of HIPAA Standard Compliance
Enacted by the U.S. Congress and signed by President Bill Clinton in 1996 The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 or HIPAA comprises of Title I and Title II. As a protection for health insurance coverage, Title I of HIPAA takes car...
Why HIPAA Compliant Databases Are Much More Safe From Hacking
In any medical establishment which is into providing services to the patients, management of medical records and information is of utmost importance. Over the past few years all establishments have adopted procedures as set down under the guidelines of HI...
The Software for Medical Records and Information Management
When you are referring to the medical records and information management, you must know that any set up in any of the medical establishments offering services should be compliant with HIPAA, or the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 19...
Regulatory Compliance Requirements for Email Archiving
Today preserving email has been made mandatory, thanks to the various legal and government regulations that govern every country. Let us take a sneak preview of the top regulatory obligations to preserve email.
1. Health Insurance Portability and Accou...
Specific Claims Procedures Apply to Physician Billing Staff
Primary Regulating Bodies For Physician Billing
Staff members of medical practices should always be aware of the laws regarding medical billing practices. Primarily, all claims billing must adhere to the following guidelines:
The Health Insurance Po...
All You Ever Wanted To Know About HIPAA Training
HIPPA training is essentially provided by any entity, which meets some pre-set requirements and criteria laid down by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, also known as HIPAA. Basically, HIPAA is a federal law that was first fo...
HIPAA Privacy Compliance
HIPAA Privacy Compliance
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued the Privacy Rule to put into practice the requirement of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). The Privacy Rule standards address the use...
New Colorado Living Will Law
On May 5, 2010, Colorado adopted The Colorado Medical Treatment Decision Act. It was adopted because of recent changes in available medical technology which make it possible to prolong the dying process, as well as, the medical privacy protections under t...
Independent Discovery Releases the ID Safe
Wilmington, Delaware, March 25, 2010: Independent Discovery, a leading provider of a medical summation service, announces the arrival of the ID Safe. The ID Safe is a proprietary, state-of-the-art data storage system designed by Independent Discovery to ...
OR (Operating Room) Management Software
OR (operating room) management software allows sophisticated and advanced access to the Web for acute and fine viewing of a surgeon's work status and an expertise report of their activities. Surgeons and other staffs of a hospital may easily access and li...
HIPAA Privacy
HIPPA or the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 is a federal official act, which deals with health records. When there is a need to collect maximum amount of information from patients that need to be transmitted worldwide, the que...
Medical Records Retrieval
There are many companies who specialise in medical records retrieval.
They provide support for Injury Lawyers, Health Insurers and Life Insurers.
Medical Records retrieval can be a costly business involving many hours of work for someone who ...
How to obtain Medical Records
Retrieving medical records can be a costly process involving many hours of work. Legal teams, working for a claimant, can get the medical records but it can take a legal assistant many hours to get the necessary documents. As we all know, time is money ...
HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996)
What is HIPAA?
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-191), also known as HIPAA, was enacted as a Congressional attempt to reform healthcare. The purpose of the Act is to:
Improve portability and continuity of h...
Use ViewGuard To Stay in HIPAA Compliance
Running any type of office can be quite a difficult task, as you will be a part of the control and flow of necessary information. A doctor's office can be a particularly difficult place to work, as not only will you need to have a patient's entire medica...