Social Media & HIPAA Jacqueline Ford Healthcare Compliance Increasing privacy violations is more evident than ever. Usage of Social Media to network between friends‚ colleagues‚ and family is at an all-time high. Cellphones or “smartphones” are used not only to communicate socially‚ but also professionally. More innovative are cellphones and portable tablets with high megapixel cameras built-in‚ to instantly share a real-time event(s). For example: a loved one delivering a baby; a witness
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“The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act” (HIPAA). HIPAA sets the national standard for electronic transfers of health data. Before HIPAA‚ each state set their own standards. Now states must abide by the minimum standards set by HIPAA. States can enact laws to incorporate and/or strengthen the basic rights given by HIPAA. How HIPAA’s Privacy Rule Protects YOU; The Patient Access to your own medical records Prior to HIPAA‚ access to YOUR medical records were not guaranteed by federal
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Home / Accounting & Finance Whether a large multi-national firm or a micro to small business in the Philippines‚ companies benefit from Triple i’s accounting services. Our accounting team understand the laws and regulations needed to assist you with all your companies bookkeeping. With top class attorneys‚ CPAs‚ and accounting staff‚ all operating on the 9001:2008 Quality Management System. We help with simple and basic company finances or advanced tax planning so you can focus on the more
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providers‚ all of them are required to comply with HIPAA policies and standards. Following a hybrid approach for implementing HIPAA would help these different healthcare entities manage their compliance related activities better. The risk based model which is easily scalable would enable entities to perform risk assessment based on their operating landscape‚ while the checklist would allow all these entities to easily evaluate their compliance with HIPAA. For example‚ hospitals have to perform far more
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Three landmark pieces of legislation have been enacted within the last forty years; ERISA‚ COBRA and HIPAA. Each one of these laws was created to foster development and improvement in the welfare of the wage earners‚ job seekers‚ and retirees of the United States. The mainstays of these three pieces of legislation are to improve working conditions; to add advanced opportunities for profitable employment‚ protect employees‚ and to assure work related benefits and rights. What is ERISA? ERISA stands
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Corporate restructuring and the LBO CHAPTER 3: CONTRACTIONS Contraction is the reduction in the size of the private company or business due to corporate restructuring. 3.1 Spin-Offs—A spin-off transaction is when a parent company separates the shares of its subsidiary from the original private company shares and distributes those shares‚ on a pro-rata basis to its shareholders. In essence‚ two separate entities are formed in which the stockholders are issued the shares in the legal
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HIPAA (1996) compliance HCS/545 10/29/12 By Sunao Slayton‚ Bonnie Zapletal Julienne Auguste‚ Toccara Grant Introduction Responded to the situations in a way that meets HIPAA (1996) privacy‚ security‚ and HITECH (2009ond to the) breach notice requirements. Ethical issues that relate to this situation. Follow-up with employees involved in the breach. Recommend changes to ensure data security and privacy compliance under HIPAA (1996) Respond to the situations that meets HIPAA (1996)
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long-awaited round 2 of HIPAA audits in 2016. As we near October and the end of the ICD-10 grace period‚ physicians and practices should be prepared for a busy end to the year. The Audit Mandate As an extension of the HITECH Act‚ which became effective on February 18‚ 2009‚ the audit mandate exposed health care providers that must adhere to HIPAA regulations to the possibility of being audited for compliance to privacy‚ security and breach notifications. The second round of HIPAA audits will measure
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with the UCLA school of medicine. Few months later he was let go from his job‚ reasons unrelated to later HIPAA violation charges. He was accused and later found guilty‚ of illegally accessing medical records of his immediate supervisor and other co-workers‚ as well as celebrities and other high-profile patients. He became the first individual in the U.S. to be convicted of violating HIPAA and accessing the medical records for no valid reason. Mr. Zhou was sentenced to 4 months in prison after pleading
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identification from separate categories of credentials; it is normally something that is memorized‚ for example a security code. It is important because if there are security breaches‚ internet scams‚ it can be easy to identify and notify the user. Also the 2FA protects one’s information such as hospital and patient information. Two-factor authentication is recommended in order to meet HIPAA compliance‚ since it adds another level of security that can prevent
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