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Eye On Washington
ACA sets its agenda for the second session of the 110th congress. As the political world gears up for the upcoming presidential election, Congress faces a condensed schedule as representatives and senators look to hit the campaign trail for their respective presidential candidates and to secure their own...
Tags: Australian Communications Authority, Benefits, FINANCE, Government, HEALTHCARE, HIPAA, Regulations, SECURITY, SOFTWARE
Research articles 2008-03-01
Billion Broken Promises: Experts Warn 'Crippling Crisis' Looms for Head Start Due to Cut in Appropriations, Hundreds of New Unfunded Requirements
To: POLITICAL EDITORS Contact: Ailis Aaron Wolf, +1-703-276-3265, aaaron@hastingsgroup.com, for Head Start White House, Congress Criticized for Head Start Cut in Face of $20 Billion in Appropriations Earmarks; $1 Billion Shortfall in Funding Seen Since 2002, $360 Million Catch Up Sought in Each of Next Five Years WASHINGTON,Jan. 24/PRNewswire-USNewswire/...
Tags: FINANCE, Government, HEALTHCARE, HIPAA, Regulations
Research articles 2008-01-24
Bridgeport Hospital in Connecticut to Provide Free Video Interpretation Services
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Language Access Network (OTCBB:LANW) (FWB:L9N), the exclusive provider of "Your HIPAA Compliant Network[TM]" for MARTTI[TM], announced today that Bridgeport Hospital, an affiliate of the Yale University School of Medicine and a member of the Yale New Haven Health System, has signed a five-year interpretation service agreement. ...
Tags: Government, HEALTHCARE, HIPAA, hospital, patient, Regulations, video, Yale University
Research articles 2007-12-12
Philanthropic Health Care Violations of HIPAA Near Zero, Federal Government Tells Association for Healthcare Philanthropy
To: POLITICAL EDITORSContact: Kathy Renzetti, +1-703-532-6243, +1-571-216-0146, kathy@ahp.org, or William C. McGinly, +1-703-626-8160, bill@ahp.org, both of the Association for Healthcare Philanthropy WASHINGTON, June 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Four years after the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act HIPAA patient privacy rules went into effect, the Federal government has conceded there are...
Tags: Government, HEALTHCARE, HIPAA, patient, Regulations, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Research articles 2007-06-25
First EHNAC Financial Services Network Accreditation
FARMINGTON, Conn. -- Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission EHNAC announced JPMorgan Chase as the first financial services organization to receive accreditation for their Financial Serivces Accreditation program. This program and criteria focus on Financial/Banking Clearinghouses that utilize banking resources for HIPAA-defined, health data clearinghouse options. EHNAC's criteria expands its focus...
Tags: Banking, Benefits, clearinghouse, FINANCE, financial, Government, HEALTHCARE, HIPAA, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., Regulations, SOFTWARE
Research articles 2007-05-08
Stocks on the Rise- HYBT, SLWF and TRIS.
M2 PRESSWIRE-8 May 2007-WallStreetGrapevine.com: Stocks on the Rise- HYBT, SLWF and TRISC1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:08052007 Wall Street, NYC-Today, wallstreetgrapevine.com, has named; Hybrid Technologies Inc. (OTC BB: HYBT), Seamless Wi Fi Inc. (OTC BB: SLWF), and Tri S Sec Corp. (NASDAQ...
Tags: FINANCE, Government, HEALTHCARE, HIPAA, INTERNET, NASA, Regulations, Sarbanes-Oxley, SECURITY, stock, U.S., Wi-Fi, WIRELESS
Research articles 2007-05-08
Former CMS Advisor Stanley Nachimson Headlines Melamedia Seminar on Upcoming HIPAA Security Rules
ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- The onslaught of data breaches reported in the media has intensified interest in regulating healthcare to ensure the confidentiality of patient data. Healthcare organizations also are under growing pressure to improve security as federal and state governments are funding initiatives to create health information exchanges and...
Tags: Benefits, Government, HEALTHCARE, HIPAA, Regulations, security, SOFTWARE, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Research articles 2007-05-03
Avalere Laptop/Desktop Data Security Webinar
Featuring Enterprise Strategy Group Senior Analyst Brian Babineau FRAMINGHAM, Mass. -- Avalere, Inc.: WHO: Avalere, Inc. WHAT: Webinar on Four Steps to Preventing Laptop/Desktop Data Breaches, featuring Brian Babineau, senior analyst, Enterprise Strategy Group ESG WHEN: Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2007, 2 - 3 p.m. EST/ 11...
Tags: desktop, Enterprise Strategy Group, FINANCE, Government, HARDWARE, HEALTHCARE, HIPAA, Notebooks, Regulations, Sarbanes-Oxley
Research articles 2007-02-05
State of confusion: the HIPAA privacy rule and state physician-patient privilege laws in federal question cases
I. INTRODUCTION People expect that when they visit a doctor the information that is revealed in the visit and recorded in their medical records will be kept from the eyes of others. This may be a reasonable expectation in most situations, but not necessarily if the medical records are...
Tags: Cir, Government, HEALTHCARE, HIPAA, patient, Regulations, U.S. Congress, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Research articles 2007-01-01
Ipswitch, Inc. and HIMSS to Host Webinar on Simple Steps to Achieving HIPAA Compliance
Ipswitch File Transfer Division, a developer of secure and managed file transfer solutions, today announced it will host a free Webinar titled, "Six Steps to HIPAA Compliance: Securing Patient Data and Fulfilling Compliance Regulations is Easier Than You Think." Ensuring that IT infrastructures comply with regulations such as HIPAA is...
Tags: HIPAA, HIPAA compliance, webinar
Research articles 2008-05-07
Information.
Cambridge University Press (CUP; New York) has published "Blacked Out: Government Secrecy in the Information Age," a new book that examines the evolution of the trend toward governmental openness and how technological developments have assisted the disclosure and dissemination of information. It includes a discussion of...
Tags: Globalization, Government, HEALTHCARE, HIPAA, privatization, Regulations, SECURITY, Strategy, University of Cambridge
Research articles 2006-12-01
Injury to CB shakes up teammates
Air Force's 33-14 loss to BYU was not foremost among coach Fisher DeBerry's concerns as he left the field at Falcon Stadium on Saturday afternoon. Early in the fourth quarter, Falcons junior cornerback Carson Bird was taken off the field on a stretcher after colliding with cornerback...
Tags: Air Force, Benefits, Government, HEALTHCARE, HIPAA, Insurance, Regulations
Research articles 2006-10-29
Government Not Enforcing HIPAA
In the three years since the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act HIPAA was implemented to provide federal protection for Americans' private medical information, not a single civil fine has been levied, and just two criminal cases have been prosecuted. According to the Washington Post, of the 19,420 alleged violations...
Tags: compliance, Government, HEALTHCARE, HIPAA, Regulations, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Research articles 2006-09-01
Maine's Medicaid Mistakes
On Friday, Jan. 21, 2005,the state of Maine cut the ribbon on its new, Web-based Maine Medicaid Claims System for processing $1.5 billion in annual Medicaid claims and payments. The new $25 million program, which replaced the state's old Honeywell mainframe, was hailed as a more secure system that would...
Tags: Government, HEALTHCARE, HIPAA, Maine, Medicaid, Regulations, Thompson, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Research articles 2006-04-15
National Authorities Brief Healthcare on Final HIPAA Enforcement Rule in Melamedia Seminar
ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- HHS today issued its long-awaited final enforcement rule governing the HIPAA privacy, security and electronic transaction standards, calling it a regulation with "extremely, broad implications" for healthcare. The final rule details how HHS will define violations, determine culpability and the steps that organizations may take to protect...
Tags: Benefits, Government, HEALTHCARE, HIPAA, Regulations, SOFTWARE, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Research articles 2006-02-16
Report Urges Funding for HIPAA Provisions
A recent report says Congress should fully fund the implementation of provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 HIPAA and encourages the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services HHS to speed up the process of releasing the final HIPAA regulations. The report, submitted to Congress...
Tags: Benefits, Government, HEALTHCARE, HIPAA, Regulations, SOFTWARE, standards, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Research articles 2006-01-01
Katrina victims get second COBRA break: deadline extended on other benefits, retirement reports
Benefits plans, participants and beneficiaries in Katrina disaster areas will have well into next year before they will be required to satisfy all COBRA notice and other health care continuation coverage requirements. The Department of Labor DOL and Internal Revenue Service IRS announced Oct. 11 that a suspension of various...
Tags: 401(k), beneficiary, Benefits, Government, HEALTHCARE, HIPAA, Internal Revenue Service, Regulations, SOFTWARE, U.S. Department of Labor
Research articles 2005-12-01
U.S. Labor Department Helps Hurricane Katrina Victims PreserveHealth Benefits
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The U. S. Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration EBSA, in conjunction with the Internal Revenue Service, announced an extension of a number of deadlines related to health plan coverage, giving workers and employers affected by Hurricane Katrina additional time to make critical...
Tags: Benefits, HEALTHCARE, HIPAA, SOFTWARE, U.S. Department of Labor
Research articles 2005-09-19
New rules for complying with FSA requirements
Flexible spending arrangements FSAs are plans set up by companies enabling employees to pay for medical or dependent care expenses on a pre-tax basis. Recently the IRS made a change in FSA compliance rules that dramatically will help make these plans more popular with employees. How FSAs Work ...
Tags: Benefits, FINANCE, Government, HEALTHCARE, HIPAA, Internal Revenue Service, Regulations, SOFTWARE, Taxes
Research articles 2005-08-01
HIPAA violation liability narrowed
While doctors, self-insured employers, hospitals, pharmacies and other providers can be prosecuted for violating the privacy of medical records, these entities' workers and outsiders who come into contact with such records cannot be criminally charged, according to a June 1 opinion from the U.S. Justice Department. The opinion, in...
Tags: Benefits, Government, HEALTHCARE, HIPAA, Regulations, SOFTWARE, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, U.S. Department of Justice
Research articles 2005-07-01
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