HIT Email Alerts 

OCR Announces First Enforcement Action Resulting From HITECH Breach Notification Rule Email Alert - March 15, 2012 U.S. District Court Rules for Healthcare Providers in Case Involving Sale of Medical Information Email Alert - March 5, 2012 Proposed Patient Right to Laboratory Test Results Email Alert - October 4, 2011 CMS Published EHR FAQ's Email Alert - August 5, 2011 Harmonizing with HIPAA: The Kansas Health Imformation and Technology Act Email Alert- August 2, 2011 Texas Enacts New Mandates and Increased Penalties Regarding EHRs Email Alert - July 14, 2011 HITPC Recomments Delay in DEadline for Meeting Stage 2 Meaning USE Requirements Email Alert - June 21, 2011 Accounting of Disclosures Under HIPAA: The Controversy Continues: Proposed HHS Rule Would Create a Right to an "Access Report" and Reduce Accounting of Disclosures Requirements Email - June 1, 2011 CMS Issues Final Rule on Telemedicine Credentialing and Privileging Email Alert - May 4, 2011 HHS Office of Civil Rights Imposes $4.3 Million Penalty Email Alert - February 24, 2011 Federal District Court in Florida Declares Individual Mandate Under the PPACA Unconstitutional Email Alert - February 1, 2011 Final Permanent Rule on EHR Certification Released Email - Alert January 7, 2011 Federal District Court Rules That the "Minimum Essential Coverage Provision" of PPACA is Unconstitutional Email Alert - December 13, 2010 CMS Updates Requirements And Procedures for Reporting Security and Privacy Breaches Email Alert - October 4, 2010 'Tiger Team' Privacy Recommendations to ONC: Trust is Key . . . Email Alert - August 25, 2010 Redline of Proposed HITECH Changes from the OCR Proposed Modifications to HIPAA Privacy, Security, and Enforcement Rules Email Alert - August 11, 2010 Office of Civil Rights Issues Proposed HITECH Rules Email Alert - July 16, 2010 Meaningful Use Final Rule Email Alert - July 14, 2010 Office for Civil Rights Releases Its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Email Alert - July 8, 2010 CMS Proposes Change to Hospital Telemedicine Credentialing Requirements Email Alert - June 8, 2010 FTC Delays Enforcement of Red Flags Rule . . . Again Email Alert - May 28, 2010 Associations File Complaint Against FTC's Email Alert - May 25, 2010 Associations File Complaint Against FTC's Application of Red Flags Rule Email Alert - May 24, 2010 OCR Requests Comments on Expansion of Accounting of Disclosures Under HITECH Act Email Alert - May 5, 2010 Hospital-Based Eligible Professional Definition Amended Email Alert - April 23, 2010 DEA Issues Interim Final Rule on Electronic Prescriptions for Controlled Substances Email Alert - March 25, 2010 Michigan Receives HIT Grant Email Alert - March 9, 2010 HITECH Breach Notification: A Blizzard of Activity Email Alert - February 24, 2010 Healthcare Professionals Submit Request to FTC Contesting Red Flags Rule Email Alert - January 29, 2010 CMS and ONC Publish Proposed Rules on Meaningful Use Incentive Programs and Criteria for Electronic Health Record Technology Email Alert - January 22, 2010 CMS and ONC Publish Proposed Rules on Meaningful Use Incentive Programs and Criteria for Electronic Health Record Technology Email Alert - January 21, 2010 HIT Bytes, January 2010 Email Alert - January 20, 2010 Inaugural Edition of HIT Bytes, December 2009 Email Alert - December 1, 2009 Red Flag Rules Inapplicable to Lawyers; Are Doctors Next? Email Alert - November 16, 2009 HIT Standards Committee Endorses Privacy and Security Standards Email Alert - September 17, 2009 HHS Releases HIPAA Breach Notification Rules, Identifies Regional Contacts Email Alert - August 20, 2009 HHS Secretary Sebelius Delegates HIPAA Security Rule Enforcement to OCR Email Alert - August 4, 2009 Further Delay of Enforcement of Red Flag Rules Email Alert - July 30, 2009 Initial "Meaningful Use" Comment Period Closes Friday Email Alert - June 24, 2009 National Coordinator for Health Information Technology Issues Implementation Plan Under HITECH Act Email Alert - May 21, 2009 HITECH Act Breach Notification Guidance: What Renders PHI Unusable, Unreadable, or Indecipherable for Purposes of Breach Notification? Email Alert - May 5, 2009 FTC Delays Enforcement of Red Flags Rule . . . Again Email Alert - May 1, 2009 FTC Proposes Health Breach Notification Rule Related to Personal Health Records Email Alert - April 28, 2009 Health Information Technology, Privacy, and Security Under the Federal Stimulus Package Email Alert - February 20, 2009 The Joint Commission Issues Sentinel Event Alert 42 Regarding Safely Implementing Health Information and Converging Technologies Email Alert - January 29, 2009 OCR Issues Guidance on the HIPAA Privacy Rule and the Electronic Exchange of Health Information Email Alert - December 18, 2008 Joint Guidance on HIPAA and FERPA Email Alerts - December 4, 2008 FTC Delays Red Flag Rules Enforcement Email Alert - October 24, 2008 Healthcare Providers: Don't Miss the Red Flags Email Alert – September 3, 2008 Telemedicine and E-Health Affinity Group, 2008–2009 Email Alert – August 19, 2008 DEA Erects a Checkpoint on the Road to e-Prescribing Email Alert – August 6, 2008 HHS and Providence Health & Services Enter Resolution Agreement to Settle HIPAA Investigation Email Alert – July 25, 2008 Ohio Supreme Court Creates New Tort for Attorney's Unauthorized Disclosure of Medical Records Email Alert – July 16, 2008 The States Step Up: Legal Developments in HIE Email Alert – March 28, 2008 Healthcare's e-Discovery Honeymoon is Over Email Alert – February 25, 2008 IRS Tries Again: More Guidance Regarding Health Information Technology Cost-Sharing Arrangements Email Alert – July 6, 2007 IRS Issues Guidance on Hospital-Physician Electronic Health Record Arrangements Email Alert – May 11, 2007 New Hampshire Law Prohibiting Disclosures of Prescription Data Found Unconstitutional Email Alert – May 1, 2007 HHS Launches New Website on HIPAA Privacy Compliance and Enforcement Email Alert - April 24, 2007 Summary of the Baucus Proposed Legislation to Strike the Non-Interference Clause Email Alert – April 11, 2007 CMS Proposes Revisions to the Medicare National Clinical Trial Policy Email Alert – April 11, 2007 Naples Man Convicted in Cleveland Clinic Identity Theft and Medicare Fraud Case Email Alert - January 26, 2007 HHS Announces Final Regulations for Self-Referral Exceptions and AKS Safe Harbors Email Alert – August 1, 2006