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		<title>HHS Withdraws its Final Breach Notification Rules from OMB Review; New Rules to Come</title>
		<link>http://blog.vonbriesenhealth.com/2010/08/02/hhs-withdraws-its-breach-notification-rules-new-rules-to-come/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 13:54:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Claudia Egan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[HHS has withdrawn its final breach notification rules for unsecured protected health information from review by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), citing only a need for further consideration given HHS’s experience with the rules to date.  Keep in mind, however, that although HHS has withdrawn the final breach notification rules from OMB review, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CMS Has Published the Final &#8220;Meaningful Use&#8221; Rules</title>
		<link>http://blog.vonbriesenhealth.com/2010/07/30/final-mu-and-standards-rules-in-federal-register-today/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Claudia Egan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After a long wait, CMS has published the “meaningful use” rules on electronic health record technology.  Click here to review the final rule (276 pages) or view a quick summary in a CMS fact sheet. CMS has relaxed the final rules in some respects from its rules proposed in January.
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		<title>HIPAA Revisions Officially Published for Comment</title>
		<link>http://blog.vonbriesenhealth.com/2010/07/15/hipaa-revisions-officially-published-for-comment/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.vonbriesenhealth.com/2010/07/15/hipaa-revisions-officially-published-for-comment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 19:15:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Claudia Egan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Records and Technology]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With a grace period for implementing Business Associate Agreements and lots of proposed revisions, it looks like its going to be a while before we know the &#8220;real&#8221; impacts of HITECH on HIPAA.  Stay tuned.  Here&#8217;s a link to the new, proposed regulations.  Let us know if you have comments!
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		<title>ONC Issues Final Rule to Establish the Temporary Certification Program for Electronic Health Record Technology</title>
		<link>http://blog.vonbriesenhealth.com/2010/06/18/onc-issues-final-rule-to-establish-the-temporary-certification-program-for-electronic-health-record-technology/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.vonbriesenhealth.com/2010/06/18/onc-issues-final-rule-to-establish-the-temporary-certification-program-for-electronic-health-record-technology/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 20:23:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sally Ihlenfeld</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The HHS Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) released a final rule June 18 establishing a certification program for health information technology.  The rule describes the temporary certification program for EHRs, and what organizations need to do to be authorized to test and certify EHR technology.
“[EHR technology certification] assures healthcare providers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CMS Issues New Signature Guidelines for Medical Review Purposes</title>
		<link>http://blog.vonbriesenhealth.com/2010/05/05/cms-issues-new-signature-guidelines-for-medical-review-purposes/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.vonbriesenhealth.com/2010/05/05/cms-issues-new-signature-guidelines-for-medical-review-purposes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 16:47:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Frazier</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Records and Technology]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[CMS recently issued Transmittal 327, which sets forth new and tougher signature requirements for medical records.  The transmittal and the specific examples of acceptable and unacceptable signatures can be found at: www.cms.gov/transmittals/downloads/R327PI.pdf.
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		<title>HHS Releases Request for Information for Accounting of Disclosures Rulemaking</title>
		<link>http://blog.vonbriesenhealth.com/2010/05/04/hhs-releases-request-for-information-for-accounting-of-disclsoures-rulemaking/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.vonbriesenhealth.com/2010/05/04/hhs-releases-request-for-information-for-accounting-of-disclsoures-rulemaking/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 13:15:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sally Ihlenfeld</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Legislation Watch]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) published a request for information seeking comments to better inform upcoming rulemaking that will expand an individual&#8217;s right to receive an accounting of disclosures under the HIPAA Privacy Rule.  Currently, the HIPAA Privacy Rule does not require a covered entity to list disclosures to carry out treatment, payment, and health [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HHS to Release HIPAA HITECH Regulations in May</title>
		<link>http://blog.vonbriesenhealth.com/2010/04/29/hhs-to-release-hipaa-hitech-regulations-in-may/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.vonbriesenhealth.com/2010/04/29/hhs-to-release-hipaa-hitech-regulations-in-may/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 14:12:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sally Ihlenfeld</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In  its semi-annual regulatory agenda in the Federal Register Monday,  the Department of Health &#38; Human Services (HHS) announced that modifications to the HIPAA privacy, security and enforcement rules will be coming in May.
HHS did not detail exactly which proposed rules would be released, but regulations expected to be issued include the following:

Business associate (BA) liability
New limitations on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>OCR Releases Update on HITECH Security and Privacy Provisions</title>
		<link>http://blog.vonbriesenhealth.com/2010/03/18/ocr-releases-update-on-hitech-security-and-privacy-provisions/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.vonbriesenhealth.com/2010/03/18/ocr-releases-update-on-hitech-security-and-privacy-provisions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:02:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sally Ihlenfeld</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[OCR recently issued a “HITECH Act Rulemaking and Implementation Update” on its website, confirming it expects to release proposed rules regarding privacy and security provisions of HITECH.   OCR did not say when it will release the rules, but did say it will release the provisions  through notice and comment rulemaking.
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		<title>Health Information Privacy &#8211; Breaches Affecting 500 or More Individuals</title>
		<link>http://blog.vonbriesenhealth.com/2010/02/23/health-information-privacy-breaches-affecting-500-or-more-individuals/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.vonbriesenhealth.com/2010/02/23/health-information-privacy-breaches-affecting-500-or-more-individuals/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 20:27:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Claudia Egan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Department of Health &#38; Human Services, as required by section 13402(e)(4) of the HITECH Act, has posted a list of breaches of unsecured protected health information affecting 500 or more individuals.  View a listing of &#8220;Breaches Affecting 500 or More Individuals&#8221; on the HHS web site.
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		<title>Wisconsin to Receive Federal Matching Funds for Electronic Health Record Incentives Program</title>
		<link>http://blog.vonbriesenhealth.com/2010/01/25/wisconsin-to-receive-federal-matching-funds-for-electronic-health-record-incentives-program/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.vonbriesenhealth.com/2010/01/25/wisconsin-to-receive-federal-matching-funds-for-electronic-health-record-incentives-program/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 22:37:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Whitney Vallier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Read the January 21, 2010 press release here.
CMS recently announced that Wisconsin’s Medicaid program would receive approximately $1.37 million in federal matching funds for state planning activities necessary to implement the electronic health record (EHR) incentive program established by the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).  EHR&#8217;s improve health care efficiency and quality, and [...]]]></description>
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