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		<description><![CDATA[Expanded Scope and Enforcement of HIPAA Whether you are a hospital, insurance company or a vendor to healthcare, recent federal legislation has dramatically changed the rules regarding privacy and security compliance.   On February 17, 2009, President Obama signed into law the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, which contained provisions comprising the Health [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dgpeterson.com&blog=4669558&post=373&subd=dgpeterson&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>HIPAA Security Evaluation: Checking Your Compliance Vital Signs</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Checking Your Compliance Vital Signs In health care, we think of “Vital Signs” as the measurements of body temperature, pulse, respiration rate, and blood pressure. Vital signs provide information about your general health. They offer clues to medical conditions. When you are sick, they are used to help check your return to good health. In [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dgpeterson.com&blog=4669558&post=4&subd=dgpeterson&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules &#8211; Linked?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Healthcare officials often ask if the Hipaa Privacy and Security Rules are linked?   My stock answer is yes, however further examination is required to fully explain how the two rules work together and the value in referring to both rules in planning and managing a compliance program. Let’s start by reviewing the HIPAA Privacy [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dgpeterson.com&blog=4669558&post=215&subd=dgpeterson&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 22:46:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a recent blog, I discussed the Business Associate provisions found within the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). In that discussion, I pointed out that most healthcare organizations and health plans do not carry out all of their healthcare activities and functions by themselves. Instead, they often use the services of a variety [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dgpeterson.com&blog=4669558&post=63&subd=dgpeterson&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why Outsourcing is Healthcare&#8217;s Newest Compliance Tool</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently had the chance to meet with a healthcare organization to discuss the issues facing midsize medical groups. As you might guess, HIPAA compliance made the top ten list. Here’s what I learned. First, there is general acknowledgement that it takes time to keep current with HIPAA compliance tasks. Second, most administrators (particularly in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dgpeterson.com&blog=4669558&post=7&subd=dgpeterson&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the Business Associate Category, we will be discussing issues that surface as organizations develop business relationships with outside agents and vendors. Let&#8217;s start with some basics first - The HIPAA Privacy Rule applies only to covered entities (health plans, healthcare clearinghouses, and certain healthcare organizations). However, most healthcare organizations and health plans do not [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dgpeterson.com&blog=4669558&post=49&subd=dgpeterson&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently read an interesting long-term care report on the topic of Driving for Quality in Long-Term Care: A Board of Directors Dashboard. http://www.oig.hhs.gov/fraud/docs/complianceguidance/Roundtable013007.pdf The report was the result of roundtable discussion involving 35 long-term care (LTC) professionals and 10 government representatives. The participants represented a wide spectrum of LTC organizations and professionals, including not-for-profit [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dgpeterson.com&blog=4669558&post=6&subd=dgpeterson&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>HIPAA Security Training: A Flexible Approach</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 23:22:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whether your organization is an insurance company, hospital, clinic, dental group, eldercare facility or anything in between, security awareness and training is required of all members of its workforce (including management). So how must healthcare organizations plan to meet the Security and Awareness Training Standard? As a first step, I often caution clients to review [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dgpeterson.com&blog=4669558&post=5&subd=dgpeterson&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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