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What to Expect from Meaningful Use Stage 2

Thursday, March 1st, 2012

You may have heard that the Meaningful Use Stage 2 rules were released a couple of weeks ago. These are not the final Stage 2 rules, but are what the ONC and CMS propose for Stage 2. This proposal will now enter a 60-day comment period after which CMS will evaluate the comments and make a final determination of the Stage 2 rules. The final rules, which won’t take effect until 2014, will likely be announced sometime in mid- to late-summer of this year. What’s proposed for Meaningful Use Stage 2? Here are a few highlights: More than half of [...]

Help is Here for Performing Your HIPAA Security Risk Assessment

Thursday, February 23rd, 2012

This week I’m pleased to introduce you to my business partner Kelly McLendon.  Kelly is the owner of CompliancePro Solutions™ and has created a software tool for the HIPAA security gap assessment required under Meaningful Use. RM: Kelly, can you tell us a little more about the software tool you’ve created? KM:  Yes. Our HIPAA Privacy and Security Gap Assessment software was created to help medical providers who are attesting to Meaningful Use fulfill the requirements of Measure 15.  This is an Excel-based assessment tool that evaluates the state of your Electronic Health Record (EHR) system to identify any potential [...]

Meaningful Use Tip – You Must Update Policies & Procedures Before Attesting to Meaningful Use

Thursday, February 16th, 2012

It has been scary here lately to hear Practice Managers answering Yes that they comply with questions for the Security Risk Analysis that is required for Meaningful Use Measure #15 in order to attest.  Many of them are stating Yes that they have performed the Security Risk Analysis and know their internal processes for security; however, do not have those processes or policies written. You should know this:  Policies and Procedures and Documentation Requirements are part of the Final Rule; and in paraphrasing CFR 164.316(a) you MUST maintain site specific policies and procedures documentation that defines how your organization will [...]

Practice Manager Survey Results – Impact of Meaningful Use and Electronic Health Record Implementation

Thursday, February 2nd, 2012

For this week’s Meaningful Use tip I’d like to share with you the results of the Practice Manager Survey we conducted during January.  The following are the six survey questions along with a summary of responses: What were your biggest challenges in 2011? 28% – keeping up with changes in compliance measures 28% – transitioning to an EHR/EMR system 14% – managing expenses 30% – miscellaneous “other” items What do you foresee as your biggest challenge in 2012? 57% – transitioning to an EHR/EMR system 43% – preparing for ICD 10 – 5010 migration What’s your main focus for your [...]

Your Policies and Procedures Are Incomplete If They Don’t Include a Security Risk Management Process

Thursday, January 12th, 2012

Patient privacy and confidentiality of medical records is protected by the department of Health & Human Services through the HIPAA Security Rule. And, if your practice is using Electronic Health Record technology (EHR) and/or attesting to Meaningful Use, well-documented Policies and Procedures are at the heart of the HIPAA Security Rule Administrative Guidelines. The very first Administrative Standard refers to the prevention, detection, containment and correction of any security violations. As we’ve discussed over the last few weeks, if you are attesting to Meaningful Use, Measure 15 outlines the requirement of a security risk analysis that addresses potential security gaps [...]

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