RELEASE March 13‚ 2012 Contact: HHS Press Office (202) 690-6343 HHS settles HIPAA case with BCBST for $1.5 million First enforcement action resulting from HITECH Breach Notification Rule Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee (BCBST) has agreed to pay the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) $1‚500‚000 to settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy and Security Rules‚ Leon Rodriguez‚ Director of the HHS Office for Civil
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Employee Data Protection Policies (HIPAA) We here at IRSC BAS‚ Inc. must take our employee data protection very seriously. Not only is it a priority and our obligation to protect our employees; but it is also our government’s requirement that we do so. The establishment and monitoring of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is the responsibility of our Human Resource department. HR needs to establish a strict Employee Data Protection Policy that contains clear and
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Illegal Immigration Hurting The United States Name COM/220 June 20‚ 2013 Camisha Williams For centuries‚ the United States has welcomed immigrants from various countries and have become home to them. In the 1800s‚ immigrants were even essential for the building of the steam engine and railroad tracks (Schaefer‚ 2013). As time passed immigration has
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Medical Billing Training Plan INTRODUCTION Medical billing is an essential part in the success of health care businesses in today’s society. When it comes to billing for health care‚ it is more complicated than other types of billing departments. Health care providers and insurance companies play a major part in the medical billing cycle. Medical billing personal must understand the proper use of the documentation so that health care facilities are properly reimbursed. Medical billing offices skills
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Sample HIPAA Breach Notification Letter [Patient Name] [Patient Address] Dear [Patient]: We are sending this letter to you as part of [Provider]’s commitment to patient privacy. We take patient privacy very seriously‚ and it is important to us that you are made fully aware of a potential privacy issue. We have learned that your personal information‚ including name‚ address‚ ___________‚ ___________‚ and __________‚ may have been compromised. On [give date of discovery]‚ it was discovered
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Mr. madurai b no:74 avai nagar barathiyar street padi PADI CHENNAI‚ TN - 600050 Billing Account Number 116 810 274 Billing Account Number: 116 810 274 Free Usage(MBs): 0 Billing Period: 26-Nov-2012 to 25-Dec-2012 Total Amount Due: 1084.95 Due Date 13-Jan-2013 Bill on Mobile: To know your bill amount through your registered mobile number‚ send SMS in following format: SMS BILLINFO to 5676708 USER ID : 1105347878 Usage Beyond Free Usage(MBs): 0 Bill Number: B1-41824651 Plan Name: ADULM2048
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express inn are using online hotel reservation system while the Kingsfield Express Inn is still using manual reservation. Therefore‚ the proponents aim to find out how to increase the number of customer using computerize online reservation and with billing system. The hotel reservation system will provide service to on-line customers‚ travel agents‚ and an administrator. On-line customers and travel agents can make searches‚ reservations and cancel an existing reservation on the hotel reservation’s
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important aspect in the field of medicine is medical billing and coding. Billing and coding are two different job descriptions. The demand for billing and coding positions are growing at an alarming rate. “This is one of the fastest growing fields in healthcare.” said the Bureau of Labor Statistics. These jobs have a wide range of procedures–sending insurance claims for compensation and documenting the services performed in the correct coding. Medical Billing and Coding jobs were completely different a
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Major System Features and Functions The system will automate many of the manual procedures that are being used by management‚ front desk‚ and room services at the Hotel Computer Science. After preliminary analysis of the requirement specifications a system with the following functions will best satisfy the needs of the hotel management and staff. Hotel Management System Overview The following level one data flow diagram characterizes the types of inputs and outputs and the interactions that the
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Checkpoint: HIPAA Privacy Rule‚ Exemptions‚ and Compliance Plans Describe in your own words the five provisions of the HIPAA Privacy Rule as noted in Chapter 2 and discuss the provision you feel is the best safeguard against unauthorized sharing of Protected Health Information (PHI). The HIPPA has many provisions in place to protect a person medically. One of those provisions is to protect a person’s private health information from getting into the wrong hands. Before this program there were
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