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No, nothing in HIPAA precludes collecting the claim information online.However, the information needs to be protected at rest as well as in-flight. This is typically done by encrypting the connection (HTTPS) as well the storage media

Overview:This webinar will demonstrate how Covered Entities and Business Associates can comply calmly, confidently and completely with the HIPAA RulesThe secret is -HIPAA Rules are easy and routine to follow -when you know the steps. Paul Hales will capture your attention with visual presentations and interactive learning exercises that take mystery and fear out of HIPAA Compliance.Why should you Attend: Organizations of all types and sizes continue to struggle needlessly with HIPAA Compliance. For example, HIPAA Risk Analysis -Risk Management is the basis of the HIPAA Compliance Program of every Covered Entity and Business Associate.But mandatory HIPAA Compliance Audits conducted by the Office for Civil Rights (OCR), the HIPAA enforcement arm of the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), found 94% of Covered Entities failed the Risk Management Audit and 87% failed the Risk Analysis Audit. And every audited Covered Entity knew well in advance that it was on the short list to be audited, had completed pre-audit questionnaires and knew the exact questions it would be asked and documentation to be provided (audit protocols).Areas Covered in the Session:Thorough Understanding of HIPAA RulesWhat they areHow they work togetherWhy and How they were madeHow they are changing and what to expect nextHIPAA Risk Analysis -Risk Management for Your OrganizationA Practical Guided Exercise done in class on your computer to take homePrivacy and Security Rules -Permitted and Required Uses and DisclosuresWhat information must be protectedAdministrative, Technical and Physical SafeguardsSocial Media, Texting and Emailing PatientsThe inter-connected, inter-dependent relationship of Covered Entities and Business AssociatesBusiness Associate HIPAA compliance responsibilitiesThe importance of Due Diligence and how to do itHow to avoid making a Business Associate your Agent by mistakeThe chain of responsibility from Covered Entity to Business Associate to Subcontractor Business Associate, etc.Business Associate responsibilities for Subcontractor Business AssociatesBsignNow Notification discovery and reporting by Business Associates and Subcontractor Business AssociatesWhat is -and what is not a Reportable BsignNow of Unsecured PHIPotential BsignNow Investigation -BsignNow ExceptionsRansomwareBsignNow Risk AssessmentBsignNow PreventionWho Will Benefit:Health Care Providers of all types - for example:Large, Multi-site HospitalsSmall Critical Access HospitalsHealth Care Providers in small group practices such as:DentistsOptometristsChiropractorsPhysical TherapistsPodiatristsBehavioral Health Professionals including Licensed Clinical Social WorkersMulti-Specialty Medical GroupsLong Term Care, Assisted Living and Skilled Nursing FacilitiesFederally Qualified Health CentersBusiness Associates - for exampleMedical Billing and Coding companiesIT VendorsElectronic Health Record ProvidersEHR ConsultantsPractice Management FirmsCPA and Law FirmsThird Party Administrators - usually Insurance BrokersRead More

This does not fall under HIPAA. Under the HIPAA regulations, the entities that must comply with the rules are defined as "covered entities" which are: health care plans, health care providers, and health care clearinghouses. So health clubs or gyms do not meet this definition and are therefore not subject to HIPAA. However, depending on your state, there may be laws which protect the sharing of this type of information.

Hard to give you one list of 10, since it is hard to know exactly what your criteria are.Our SmartAdvisor tool allows you to enter your criteria and generate ranked lists based on your specific needs, so I will plug in some test cases and see what I come up with!For a General Practice with 3-5 physicians, that wants a meaningful use certified cloud-based solution with the following features: templates, doc mgmt, eRX, patient portal, and a clinical decision support system, I got this list using our SmartAdvisor tool: 1. Medios2. OA Systems - Panacea3. Medical Mastermind4. Amazing Charts5. eClinicalWorks6. Kareo7. athenaClinicals8. WEBeDoctor9. MicroMD10. VersaSuiteFor an Urgent Care facility with 11-25 physicians, that wants a meaningful use certified on-premise solution with the following features: eRX, mobile capabilities, templates, and a clinical decision support system, I got this list using our SmartAdvisor.1. Practice Velocity - VelociDoc2. RazorInsights3. Medios4. eClinicalWorks5. NetHealth6. Cerner7. athenaClinicals8. AllegianceMD9. Sevocity10. MacPracticeAs you can see the "top" EHRs vary quite a bit depending on the criteria used. You can run your own search or check out our full listing of 110 products here: Electronic Health Records Software - Best Solutions of 2014

HIPAA is about protecting patient health information which is called PHI.  The privacy and security of your patient's health information is entrusted you in the same way as their medical care.  Being conscience of your patient's privacy must be part of your everyday activities.  Ask for and seek out training to increase your understanding of the rules often because they cover a vast amount of situations and are easily forgotten without reinforcement.  Here are some basic tenants everyone subject to HIPAA should remember:PHI includes any information about a patient and their medical care that would allow someone to tie the individual to the care including things beyond name and address like age, date of birth, sex, referring providers, email address, web urls, and more.  Don't assume what it includes until you truly understand what the law says so always treat any information about a patient should as PHI.PHI should only be used for Treatment, Payment, or Healthcare Operations unless other authorizations are obtained.  If you access use or disclose patient information it must be for one of these purposes under your direct job requirements.  That does not include snooping, gossiping (in or out of the office), jokes, social media posts about patients, peeking at VIP charts, etc.If your job doesn't require you to see PHI about a patient then do not look at it, possess it, or share it with anyone.  That counts snooping, gossiping (in or out of the office), jokes, social media posts about patients, peeking at VIP charts, etc.  None of those are required to do any job related to caring for patients so don't access or use the information nor disclose it in the manner.If your job does require use or disclosure of PHI about a patient then only use or disclose the very minimum requirements to get your job done properly.  That doesn't include snooping, gossiping (in or out of the office), jokes, social media posts about patients, peeking at VIP charts, etc.  None of those are required to do any job related to caring for patients so don't access or use the information nor disclose it in the manner.Be conscience of all electronic copies and transmissions of PHI.  Data bsignNowes are in the news every day.  Each time you hear about one do a personal inventory of all the PHI you may access or possess.  It must be secured using technical or physical safeguards of some manner.  A mobile device is not secure if you remove the safeguards tech staff puts in place or bypass them in some manner.  For example encryption keys are irrelevant if  they are written on a piece of paper taped to the computer.

Just as technology is at the core of all cyberattacks, similarly you can use technology to stay HIPAA compliant?Certain aspects are common enough.These are the technical safeguards you institute to restrict access to protected health information (PHI). While access should be password restricted, and permitted on only a need to know basis; you must also use appropriate technology to continuously monitor logins and logouts.Track Login and LogoutMake a note of how long any individual was logged in, and whether it was possible for that person to copy or send sensitive information regarding a patient’s health, and/or credit card and social security number (SSN).Apart from such a flagrant violation of HIPAA and its associated rules, there could be minor violations prompted by vulgar curiosity — don’t overlook the fact that these are violations nonetheless.There is an audit logging software which can be used to ensure proper HIPAA compliance.Other Technical Security Safeguards to UseEncryption of all PHI at rest and during transmission is necessary. PHI is considered “secure” if it is rendered unusable, unreadable, or indecipherable through the use of a technology or methodology approved by the United States Health and Human Services (HHS).Remember to keep all applications used within an office or facility upgraded with the latest security patches. Periodically verify that firewalls are functioning properly.The technology which can probably be most useful in keeping data secure, while preventing hacking, is the intrusion detection software.This has yet to find many takers, as people don’t realize its importance in detecting when a malware or spyware sneaks past the firewalls through an attachment in an email which seems legitimate.Another important technological requirement that makes all sense to be included as part of security control is, Data Leak Prevention (DLP).As the name goes, the DLP tool helps in identifying and immediately trigger alarms to highlight inconsistent data handling process.Keep File Sharing Service HIPAA CompliantTelehealth is being promoted by the federal authorities to improve overall quality of patient care, and ensure that patients in hard to signNow areas are not denied healthcare, especially emergency care.That means often there is an exchange of PHI, including images, to enable the provider to make informed decisions. While sharing files in such situations, you must ensure that the file sharing service is HIPAA compliant.Safeguard PHI with secure texting: Whenever the provider needs to be sent PHI, and patients’ charts, lab results, radiology files etc., it should be done only through secure texting.Use the necessary encryption software as spyware and malware authors cannot read information that is encrypted, unless they have the encryption key.If your organization stores data in the cloud, ensure that the provider’s systems are HIPAA compliant.The most important safeguard they must institute is cloud encryption. Then even if a hacker gets into the cloud server, the information gets scrambled.Take our Free HIPAA Risk Assessment to gauge the preparedness of your organization for HIPAA.

NOOOOOOO. You are talking to a military romance scammer. I received an email from the US Army that directly answers your question that is pasted below please keep reading.I believe you are the victim of a military Romance Scam whereas the person you are talking to is a foreign national posing as an American Soldier claiming to be stationed overseas on a peacekeeping mission. That's the key to the scam they always claim to be on a peacekeeping mission.Part of their scam is saying that they have no access to their money that their mission is highly dangerous.If your boyfriend girlfriend/future husband/wife is asking you to do the following or has exhibited this behavior, it is a most likely a scam:Moves to private messaging site immediately after meeting you on Facebook or SnapChat or Instagram or some dating or social media site. Often times they delete the site you met them on right after they asked you to move to a more private messaging siteProfesses love to you very quickly & seems to quote poems and song lyrics along with using their own sort of broken language, as they profess their love and devotion quickly. They also showed concern for your health and love for your family.Promises marriage as soon as he/she gets to state for leave that they asked you to pay for.They Requests money (wire transfers) and Amazon, iTune ,Verizon, etc gift cards, for medicine, religious practices, and leaves to come home, internet access, complete job assignments, help sick friend, get him out of trouble, or anything that sounds fishy.The military does provide all the soldier needs including food medical Care and transportation for leave. Trust me, I lived it, you are probably being scammed. I am just trying to show you examples that you are most likely being connned.Below is an email response I received after I sent an inquiry to the US government when I discovered I was scammed. I received this wonderful response back with lots of useful links on how to find and report your scammer. And how to learn more about Romance Scams.Right now you can also copy the picture he gave you and do a google image search and you will hopefully see the pictures of the real person he is impersonating. this doesn't always work and take some digging. if you find the real person you can direct message them and alert them that their image is being used for scamming.Good Luck to you and I'm sorry this may be happening to you. please continue reading the government response I received below it's very informative.   You have contacted an email that is monitored by the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command. Unfortunately, this is a common concern. We assure you there is never any reason to send money to anyone claiming to be a Soldier online. If you have only spoken with this person online, it is likely they are not a U.S. Soldier at all. If this is a suspected imposter social media profile, we urge you to report it to that platform as soon as possible. Please continue reading for more resources and answers to other frequently asked questions:  How to report an imposter Facebook profile: Caution-https://www.facebook.com/help/16... < Caution-https://www.facebook.com/help/16... >   Answers to frequently asked questions:  - Soldiers and their loved ones are not charged money so that the Soldier can go on leave.  - Soldiers are not charged money for secure communications or leave.  - Soldiers do not need permission to get married.  - Soldiers emails are in this format: john.doe.mil@mail.mil < Caution-mailto: john.doe.mil@mail.mil > anything ending in .us or .com is not an official email account.  - Soldiers have medical insurance, which pays for their medical costs when treated at civilian health care facilities worldwide – family and friends do not need to pay their medical expenses.  - Military aircraft are not used to transport Privately Owned Vehicles.  - Army financial offices are not used to help Soldiers buy or sell items of any kind.  - Soldiers deployed to Combat Zones do not need to solicit money from the public to feed or house themselves or their troops.  - Deployed Soldiers do not find large unclaimed sums of money and need your help to get that money out of the country.  Anyone who tells you one of the above-listed conditions/circumstances is true is likely posing as a Soldier and trying to steal money from you.  We would urge you to immediately cease all contact with this individual.  For more information on avoiding online scams and to report this crime, please see the following sites and articles:   This article may help clarify some of the tricks social media scammers try to use to take advantage of people: Caution-https://www.army.mil/article/61432/< Caution-https://www.army.mil/article/61432/>   CID advises vigilance against 'romance scams,' scammers impersonating Soldiers  Caution-https://www.army.mil/article/180749 < Caution-https://www.army.mil/article/180749 >   FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center: Caution-http://www.ic3.gov/default.aspx< Caution-http://www.ic3.gov/default.aspx>   U.S. Army investigators warn public against romance scams: Caution-https://www.army.mil/article/130...< Caution-https://www.army.mil/article/130...>   DOD warns troops, families to be cybercrime smart -Caution-http://www.army.mil/article/1450...< Caution-http://www.army.mil/article/1450...>   Use caution with social networking  Caution-https://www.army.mil/article/146...< Caution-https://www.army.mil/article/146...>    Please see our frequently asked questions section under scams and legal issues. Caution-http://www.army.mil/faq/ < Caution-http://www.army.mil/faq/ > or visit Caution-http://www.cid.army.mil/ < Caution-http://www.cid.army.mil/ >.  The challenge with most scams is determining if an individual is a legitimate member of the US Army. Based on the Privacy Act of 1974, we cannot provide this information. If concerned about a scam you may contact the Better Business Bureau (if it involves a solicitation for money), or local law enforcement. If you're involved in a Facebook or dating site scam, you are free to contact us direct; (571) 305-4056.   If you have a social security number, you can find information about Soldiers online at Caution-https://www.dmdc.osd.mil/appj/sc... < Caution-https://www.dmdc.osd.mil/appj/sc... > . While this is a free search, it does not help you locate a retiree, but it can tell you if the Soldier is active duty or not.  If more information is needed such as current duty station or location, you can contact the Commander Soldier's Records Data Center (SRDC) by phone or mail and they will help you locate individuals on active duty only, not retirees. There is a fee of $3.50 for businesses to use this service. The check or money order must be made out to the U.S. Treasury. It is not refundable. The address is:  Commander Soldier's Records Data Center (SRDC) 8899 East 56th Street Indianapolis, IN 46249-5301 Phone: 1-866-771-6357  In addition, it is not possible to remove social networking site profiles without legitimate proof of identity theft or a scam. If you suspect fraud on this site, take a screenshot of any advances for money or impersonations and report the account on the social networking platform immediately.  Please submit all information you have on this incident to Caution-www.ic3.gov < Caution-http://www.ic3.gov > (FBI website, Internet Criminal Complaint Center), immediately stop contact with the scammer (you are potentially providing them more information which can be used to scam you), and learn how to protect yourself against these scams at Caution-http://www.ftc.gov < Caution-http://www.ftc.gov > (Federal Trade Commission's website)

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