Monitoring Legal Developments Relating to the Privacy and Security of Health Information
The virtual "ink" is barely dry on the July 13, 2010 final rule on Stage 1 Meaningful Use criteria, but the federally chartered Health IT Policy Committee is already beginning to …
Continue Reading “We’re going to have to ride our bike and fix it at the same time.”
by Todd Rodriguez, Esquire
In July, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the much-anticipated final regulations that providers are required to meet in order to receive…
The following is a chart summarizing the 15 "core" objectives which must be met, the menu from which 5 additional objectives must be selected, and the standards by which achievement of…
On July 13, 2010, the Department of Health and Human Services released a pair of final regulations (one from CMS, one from the Office of National Coordinator for HIT )…
Continue Reading Final “Meaningful Use” Criteria for EHR Subsidies Released
With a press conference featuring top officials including HHS Secretary Kathleen Sibelius, the Office of Civil Rights rolled out a 234-page Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on July 8, 2010. The full…
Continue Reading OCR Releases Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Implementing HITECH Act HIPAA Changes
With the HITECH breach notification rules weeks away from taking effect, BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee is scrambling to control the damage from the October 2009 theft of 57 hard drives containing sensitive patient information.
Continue Reading Tennessee Blues’ Data Theft May Impact 500,000 Members
The Health InformationTechnology for Economic and Clinical Health Act or the “HITECH Act” provides incentive payments for adoption and meaningful use of HIT and qualified EHRs. CMS published a…
When I first reviewed the Matrix and other documents released by the HIT Policy Committee’s “Meaningful Use” Workgroup, my initial reaction was “When did defining ‘Meaningful Use’ of …
As HITECH refocuses the health care industry’s attention on security, the role of National Institute of Standards and Technology (“NIST”) in developing standards for health information security will become more …
Continue Reading Fox Rothschild to Participate at NIST and CMS Security Rule Conference
