Governor Chris Christie announced yesterday that he supports the expansion of the state’s Medicaid program despite his opposition to the Affordable Care Act. The Republican New Jersey governor made it […]
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A new report finds that the number of large-scale health data breaches increased last year, while the number of patients affected by them decreased. The report from California-based IT security
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A February 7th letter signed by the chairwoman and the president/CEO of HIMSS expresses “strong support” for adopting ICD-10 by October 1, 2014. The letter from Willa Fields (Chair, HIMSS
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Utah’s Department of Health has reported its second data breach within the past year. This incident involved the personal information of approximately 6,000 Medicaid patients. On January 10th, an employee
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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) paid $1.2 billion in Electronic Health Records systems incentive payments in December 2012. A health insurance specialist at CMS’ office of eHealth
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The HHS’ Office for Civil Rights announced last week the settlement of potential HIPAA violations stemming from a data breach affecting less than 500 individuals. The Office for Civil Rights
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The Department of Health and Human Services has extended the deadline for states to submit detailed applications for their own Health Information Exchanges. HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius sent letters to
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The multi-agency Medicare Fraud Strike Force charged 91 people for allegedly participating in schemes amounting to almost $430 million in Medicare fraud. The second such major raid by the government
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The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced it will collect $1.5 million from the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary to settle HIPAA violation allegations. The HHS’ Office
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The Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Veteran Affairs announced a demonstration of the standards for securely and responsibly sharing protected health information (PHI). Using standards
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