Wednesday, November 10, 2010

HIPAA - Transactions and Code Sets

By Greg GarnerHIPAA stands for Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, the HIPAA Administrative Simplification there are four separate standards: Transactions and Code Sets, the Privacy Rule, the Security Rule and National Identifier Standards....
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Environmental Law and Carbon Accounting

By Silas Inman The energy industry and the environment are two things which have been tied together since the beginning of the industrialized world. It comes as no surprise that the Department of Industry (DOI) discussed environmental law for energy...
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Online Pharmacy Misbranding Issues

By D Cooley Online pharmacy law is still in its infancy. While there have been significant legal developments in the past few years with respect to internet pharmacies selling controlled substances, including but not limited to the passing of the Ryan...
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Apostille Services for Your Legal Documents

By Michael D Harris The apostille certificate verifies that the document to which it is attached is authentic and has been checked by the relevant authority in its country of origin. Once this legal certificate has been attached the document is legalised...
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The World of the Professional Auditor and Auditing Practices

By David D Sprake Professional auditors generally examine various accounting records, bank statements, financial databases and other sources of financial information in an effort to ensure compliance with various banking laws. Some equate the necessity...
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Environmental Law and Carbon Accounting

By Silas Inman The energy industry and the environment are two things which have been tied together since the beginning of the industrialized world. It comes as no surprise that the Department of Industry (DOI) discussed environmental law for energy...
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What Happens After You Renew Your Company License Through the NMLS?

By Robin Gronsky Starting November 1, 2010, all company mortgage licensees (mortgage bankers, mortgage lenders, and mortgage brokers and their branch offices) must renew the licenses that expire on December 31, 2010. For those of you who are licensed...
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How to Handle Unwanted Phone Calls From Telemarketers

By Mary D Cruz Answering unexpected phone calls everyday from telemarketers can be one of the most annoying and fighting invasions of privacy a person may experience. It is a major inconvenience that every household may experience and is very stressful...
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Oil Refineries Fight Against California Environmental Law

By Carl Gompf Oil refiners are hard at work to combat and suspend a crucial California environmental law that requires companies to reduce their carbon footprint. This opposition has gotten supporters of clean technology to fight back to make sure this...
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The World of the Professional Auditor and Auditing Practices

By David D Sprake Professional auditors generally examine various accounting records, bank statements, financial databases and other sources of financial information in an effort to ensure compliance with various banking laws. Some equate the necessity...
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HIPAA - Transactions and Code Sets

By Greg Garner HIPAA stands for Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, the HIPAA Administrative Simplification there are four separate standards: Transactions and Code Sets, the Privacy Rule, the Security Rule and National Identifier Standards....
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HIPAA and the Security Rules

By Greg Garner If we review the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996, the Privacy and Security Rules contained four standards which included: Transactions and Code Sets, Privacy Rule, Security Rule, and National Identifier...
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Missouri Workers' Compensation Settlement Case Illustrates Importance of Settlement Language

By Russell S Whittle, Esq.On August 18, 2010, Missouri Layers Media published an article explaining how, in a Missouri WCMSA case, the inherent uncertainty of the Workers' Compensation Review Center's procedure and unfamiliarity with the Medicare Secondary...
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HIPAA and the Privacy Rule

By Greg Garner When the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was enacted by congress in 1996 it brought forth four separate standards: Transactions and Code Sets, the Privacy Rule, the Security Rule and National Identifier Standards....
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What Is HIPAA?

By Greg Garner Well, if you want to know what HIPAA is you have to go to the internet unless you work in the healthcare field. HIPAA stands for Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. It was enacted by congress in 1996. It provides the patient...
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Properly Managing Passwords for Health Information

By Greg Garner As everyone knows we have been growing quickly in the arena for protecting personal healthcare information. Even though it started back in 1996 with the Health Insurance and Portability Accountability Act (HIPAA) there have been continuous...
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Why Is HIPAA Important to Patients?

By Greg Garner Do you remember growing up and wondering when your mom would stop telling the whole world what was wrong with you. It felt like every time her girlfriend came over for a cup of tea, the topic of discussion was always you and what the doctors...
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Physical Security of Patients' Sensitive Information

By Greg Garner As the computer field grew enormously in 2005 the HIPAA security regulations became effective and everyone needed to ensure full compliance. Most places do this yearly with their HIPAA training program and through their departmental meetings...
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Protect Patient Information

By Greg Garner If you were someone who was born back in the 1970s and were hitting your late teenage years you remember the initial start of HIV and AIDS. Since there was hardly anything known about the disease it put the world in a panic mode. Since...
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How Does Being FSA Regulated Impact Your Business

By Thomas Lindeyer Every business conducting financial services business is subject to the detailed regulations that are created by national and international regulators. The history of financial services business has a very long history of truthful...
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