Featured Report: Concentra, QCA Health Plan agree to HIPAA breach settlements

Concentra, QCA Health Plan agree to HIPAA breach settlements

Health IT Analytics Apr,22,2014 by:+Patrick Ouellette The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) sent out a release today detailing two entities' settlements for HIPAA Privacy and Security Rule violations involving unencrypted laptop thefts. According to the OCR release, Concentra Health Services (Concentra), and QCA Health Plan, Inc. of Arkansas have agreed to pay the OCR a total of $1,975,220. Read More

Misdiagnosis could affect 12M U.S. adults annually, study finds

Modern Healthcare Apr,16,2014 by:+ Sabriya Rice An estimated 1 in 20 U.S. adults could be misdiagnosed during outpatient visits, and about half of those errors could prove to be harmful for the patient, finds a new study in the journal BMJ Quality and Safety. Misdiagnoses remain a major problem, healthcare quality and safety experts say, one that is often overlooked and underfunded. Read More

Survey: 40 percent would share personal health data if it remained anonymous

Survey: 40 percent would share personal health data if it remained anonymous

MobiHealthNews Apr,10,2014 by:+Aditi Pai Almost 90 percent of Americans say they would make their personal health data available to researchers to help them better understand a disease or to improve care and treatment options, according to a survey of 1,001 Americans over the age of 18 conducted by research firm Kelton and healthcare communications firm Makovsky Health. Read More

EHR Incentive Program Healthcare Professionals Did You Know? Non-hospital-based physicians and other eligible professionals can obtain incentive payments of as much as $44,000 under Medicare or $63,750 under Medicaid. Under both Medicare and Medicaid, eligible hospitals may receive millions of dollars for implementing and meaningfully using certified EHR technology. About two-thirds (65 percent) of hospitals and 32 percent of office-based physicians plan to enroll in meaningful use programs by the end of 2012 in order to receive the maximum incentives, according to survey results announced Thursday morning. Fewer federal dollars will be available to hospitals and doctors that wait to adopt EHR technology, and failure to meaningfully use EHRs starting in 2015 will result in Medicare penalties. Watch this video about how to register for the EHR Incentive program. EHR Incentive Program Registration Do you need help with HIPAA and HITECH? Then download and Read our HIPAA Guide for for Doctors and Small Clinics that contains HIPAA security regulations and check lists that you can use to start your EMR network.

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