Latest Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act Stories
Microsoft Office 365's cloud-based communication, collaboration, and HIPAA privacy and security capabilities win over customers across the healthcare industry. REDMOND, Wash., March 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Microsoft Corp. today announced that healthcare organizations large and small, including FHI 360, Gwinnett Hospital System Inc., Kindred Healthcare Inc. and Mihills Webb, have selected Microsoft Office 365 as the trusted cloud service to help address their end goal of providing the...
Understanding security compliance can be especially important for legal firms that represent banks, defense contractors and other financial institutes that are regulated by the PCI Security Standards Council and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Data security will continue to remain a major focus for corporate IT risk management. Phoenix, AZ (PRWEB) February 28, 2013 Recent increases in privacy breaches, fraudulent activities, and other malicious ‘hacking’ have served to intensify internal...
Health Alliance to utilize solutions to provide health insurance services to nearly 300,000 members in Illinois and Iowa RESTON, Va., Feb. 27, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- hCentive, the leader in ACA healthcare exchange technology, announced today a licensing agreement with Health Alliance Medical Plans (Health Alliance), a leading provider-sponsored insurer in the Midwest, for the company's WebInsure Private Exchange and WebInsure Exchange Manager. WebInsure Private Exchange is an...
As a first-time HIMSS13 exhibitor, OnRamp looks forward to demonstrating its highly flexible data center services which help customers protect their e-PHI. AUSTIN, TX (PRWEB) February 26, 2013 New Orleans welcomes the 2013 Annual HIMSS Conference and Exhibition, March 3-7, 2013, at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center. More than 37,000 healthcare industry professionals are expected to attend to discuss health information technology issues and view innovative solutions designed to...
ROCKVILLE, Md., Feb. 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Society for Clinical Research Sites (SCRS) announced today to its growing membership of nearly 300 member companies in 11 different countries that the hour-long monthly webinars will be included as a member benefit. The two monthly webinars series focus on Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and Good Business Practice (GBP). Christine Pierre, President of SCRS, commented, "Our monthly webinars have been an incredible value to...
Leader in HIPAA-Compliant Secure Messaging Solutions Announces Several Major Health Care Enterprise Customers Wins SANTA MONICA, Calif., Feb. 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- TigerText, Inc., the leader in secure compliant real-time text messaging for the enterprise, today announced that in early 2013 it won four system-wide contracts with large U.S. health care organizations, including new clients Adventist Health California, Scottsdale Health Partners, Stamford Hospital, and University of...
State Health Plan Deploys Edifecs ICD-10 Impact Analytics, Code Management and Test Management (PRWEB) February 25, 2013 Today, Edifecs, Inc., a leading healthcare software provider specializing in regulatory compliance solutions for State Medicaids, health plans and other healthcare organizations, announced that CNSI has chosen the company as its strategic partner for ICD-10. CNSI, the organization designated to manage ICD-10 transition for the State of Michigan will be deploying Edifecs...
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Healthcare organizations' privacy programs are still understaffed and underfunded, even while millions of patients' protected health information (PHI) are compromised. Securing PHI in healthcare is an obstacle, with 94 percent of healthcare organizations suffering data breaches in the past two years, according to the Third Annual Benchmark Study on Patient Privacy & Data Security. Organizations face new challenges with the...
Session Explores Testing Challenges for a Large Healthcare Payer, Provides Testing Strategy Framework Bellevue, Wash. (PRWEB) February 18, 2013 An ICD-10 expert from Edifecs, Inc., a leading provider of healthcare software solutions, will present an ICD-10 internal testing case study at the 21st National HIPAA Summit in Washington D.C. on Feb. 19 – 21. This year’s Summit focuses on the impact of government mandates, including ICD-10, HITECH and overall health reform on privacy,...
MOBILE, Ala., Feb. 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The SSI Group, Inc. (SSI) announced today that Terry Pefanis accepted the position of Chief Financial Officer and Mary Hyland was promoted to Vice President of Regulatory Affairs and Chief Privacy Officer. In addition to his role as Chief Financial Officer, Pefanis will serve as a Vice President and the Chief Compliance Officer at SSI. Pefanis was previously the Chief Financial Officer for Healthtech Holdings, Inc., where he was...
