Common HIPAA Violations

That Privacy Act – HIPAA – seems sometimes complicated with all its rules about protecting patient information, while at the same time hopefully making the medical part of the record available to related providers, and improving patient care. The act...

Medical Records – A Hacker Bonanza

Reported by Reuters news, medical information is worth 10 times more than credit card number on the black market. Last month, the FBI warned healthcare providers to guard against cyber attacks after one of the largest U.S. hospital operators, Community Health Systems,...

Medical Record Privacy?

If you’ve had medical care recently, you and your medical and other private information are now on a medical provider computer. Are your records safe? Well, don’t be too sure. From the Orange County Register, reporters note that thieves, hackers and...

HIPAA Compliance Deadline 2013

Medical practices that have not added new patient rights to their privacy notices, as required by the federal government, have until September 23 to become law-abiding. The formal name for the ubiquitous set of papers that receptionists hand to patients is the Notice...

HIPAA Basics

HIPAA, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, is a critical legislative process enacting laws to protect information and deals with other elements of insurance options. Physicians are challenged every day in every way to contain or reduce cost,...

Hybrid Medical Records

In keeping with the progress and technical aspects of medical information (medical records), Med-Certification monitors industry progress with EMR (Electronic Medical Records) technology. It is clear that no matter how “paperless” healthcare organizations...