HIPAA Security Rules Small Health Plan Compliance Deadline: April 20, 2006
Many Health Plans Remain Out of Compliance! [April 2006] read bulletin
Deficit Reduction Act of 2005: New Policies and Employee “Education” Requirements About False Claims Recovery and Whistleblower Protections [April 2006] read bulletin
Data Breach Notification Laws: The Changing Landscape in Early 2006 [March 2006] read bulletin
Will Electronic Health Records Become the New Standard of Care? (And How Worried Should You Be If They Do?) [Feb. 2006] read bulletin
Final HIPAA Enforcement Rule Published
[Feb. 2006] read bulletin
Nuclear Medicine to Become a Stark Designated Health Service [Nov. 2005] read bulletin
HHS Offers Cautious Protections for
E-Prescribing and EHR Subsidies [Oct. 2005]
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Medicare Prescription Drug Contracts: One Key Term That Could Plunge Your Organization into the False Claims Morass [Sept. 2005]
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New Compliance Requirements Facing Pharmaceutical Companies Under California's
SB 1765 [Aug. 2005] read bulletin
User Agreements for Electronic Health Information Networks [Aug. 2005] read bulletin
Washington’s New Data Breach Notification
Law Takes Effect July 24 [July 2005] read bulletin
Justice Department Limits Prosecution Under HIPAA [June 2005] read bulletin
The Balance Between Privacy and Technology [June 2005] read bulletin
Gainsharing Opportunities Expand for Physicians and Hospitals [June 2005] read bulletin
Choosing a Health Information Technology Vendor: Guidelines for Success [March 2005]
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RHIO Governance Series, Part I: A Road Map for Establishing Your Health Information Organization [Feb. 2005] read bulletin
OIG Issues Final Supplemental Hospital Compliance Guidance [Feb. 2005] read bulletin
SB 1262 — California’s Nonprofit Integrity Bill Imposes Financial Statement, Audit Committee and Other Potentially Onerous Requirements on Hospital Affiliates Effective January 1, 2005
[Jan. 2005] read bulletin
Advisory Opinion 04-17: The OIG Continues to Scrutinize Joint Ventures [Jan. 2005] read bulletin
Way to Go Live— A Framework for New IT Implementation [Jan. 2005] read bulletin
Reprinted with permission from the January 2005 issue of Healthcare Financial Management
Medical Provider Networks: The Newest Model for Treatment of Injured Employees? [Nov. 2004]
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Physician Self-Referral and Anti-kickback Laws Pose Threats to Development of Community Health Information Networks [Oct. 2004]
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California’s Nonprofit Integrity Bill Signed Into Law [Oct. 2004] read bulletin
Schwarzenegger Vetoes Charity Care Bill – Calls for Hospitals to Implement Hospital Association’s Voluntary Charity Care Guidelines [Sept. 2004]
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Electronic Health Records and the National Health Information Infrastructure [Sep. 2004]
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OIG Issues Hospital Compliance Guide
[June 2004] read bulletin
Medicare Alert for Teaching Hospitals: CMS Begins Implementing MMA’s Redistribution of Unused Residents [May 2004] read bulletin
IRS Ruling Provides Helpful Guidance on Ancillary Joint Ventures with For-Profits [May 2004] read alert
HIPAA UPDATE: Compliance for Small Group Health Plans; Business Associate Contracts; National Provider Identifiers [April 2004] read bulletin
HIPAA Compliance for Small Group Health Plans: Four Steps for Determining What You Need to Do [March 2004] read bulletin
