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Meaningful Use Explained?

by HIPAA Admin on July 20, 2010

in Uncategorized

Isn’t it exciting when the government finally explains rules they set forth ?
Isn’t it great when the government clearly and concisely details for all to understand the hoops that must be jumped through in order to receive money promised?
I speak of course about the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH) incentive [...]

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De-Identified Health Information

by HIPAA Admin on March 11, 2010

in HIPAA Headlines

What does it take for PHI to not be PHI?
Glad you asked…though in reality for a practice, this will not come up much, it is good to have an idea of what make a patient’s information PHI and therefore covered under HIPAA.
Key Points:
De-identified health information, as described in the Privacy Rule, is not PHI, and [...]

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