Category Archives: Misc

AMA Offers Physicians Help Complying with Revised HIPAA Regulations

Posted on by
Avoid missing critical and costly deadlines by signing up for our eAlerts. Click the button to find out more..
eAlerts Sign Up

New HIPAA Rules take effect on Sept. 23rd, 2013 The American Medical Association (AMA) today announced a new toolkit to help physicians navigate the sweeping new revisions to the federal privacy and security rules for health information that go into effect on September 23, 2013. The Department of Health and Human Services issued a final rule last January that revises and extends Continue reading AMA Offers Physicians Help Complying with Revised HIPAA Regulations→

HIPAA Compliance and Windows XP

Posted on by

Microsoft support for Windows XP is ending on April 8, 2014 If you are running Windows XP on any of the computers in your network; you need to upgrade your operating system before April 2014. After April 8th, you will no longer receive software updates from Windows Updater for Windows XP. These software updates include security updates that can help Continue reading HIPAA Compliance and Windows XP→

Avoid missing critical and costly deadlines by signing up for our eAlerts. Click the button to find out more..
eAlerts Sign Up

Patient Portals required for All Stages of Meaningful Use in 2014

Posted on by

Changes to Meaningful Use Requirements One of the recent changes to the Stage 1 Meaningful Use requirements that many providers seem to be unaware of is the requirement for a patient portal as a core objective. Previously and through 2013, a patient portal is a menu objective and could be one of the 5 menu objectives that a provider chooses Continue reading Patient Portals required for All Stages of Meaningful Use in 2014→

ICD-10 Codes Preview and Preparation

Posted on by

ICD-10 is fast approaching so we have put together some resources to help you prepare.   ICD-10 code set implementation for full compliance is scheduled for October 1st, 2014. In order to help facilitate this, CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) has released step-by-step Implementation Guides for ICD-10. These resources are for providers and payers looking for help with their ICD-10 Continue reading ICD-10 Codes Preview and Preparation→