HC Compliance Essentials

DEA Allows E-Prescribing of Controlled Substances Under New Regs

Doing its part to hasten the EHR revolution, the Drug Enforcement Administration issued an interim final rule on March 31, 2010 revising its regs to allow pharmacies, hospitals and physicians to use electronic prescriptions for controlled substances, known as Schedule…

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HIPAA Gets More Heft

Here’s why your compliance with the breach notification rules just got more urgent. Did you know the HITECH provisions in the ARRA Act allow states attorneys general to enforce HIPAA? And now, Connecticut’s Richard Blumenthal is the…

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HHS Issues New Interim Rule on HIPAA Penalties

Watch Out: Maximum monetary penalty for HIPAA violations just increased by 6,000 percent. If you were confused by enforcement of the old HIPAA penalty rules, the new ones are only a little better — and have…

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Who Holds the Keys to Your Organization’s EHRs?

Experts show you how to sniff out security leaks, sometimes where you least expect them. If your organization is not already conducting regular audits of its electronic health records (EHR), you might be in for a surprise — and it could…

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