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In an effort to comply with Section 13411 of the HITECH Act, the Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) recently announced the implementation of a pilot program to audit covered entities and business associates to ensure they are complying with the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules and Breach Notification standards
On the cusp of the new year, CMS and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) released copies of closely related rules to implement provisions of the HITECH Act which provide for incentive payments for the adoption and meaningful use of certified electronic health record (EHR) technology
February 17, 2009, broadens the scope of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) to impact not only covered entitiesincluding physicians, hospitals and health plansbut also those entities that support the healthcare industry as "business associates," which include third-party administrators, consultants, service providers and attorneys
