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		<title>Access To Patient Data Even Without Knowledge of Illegality Can Still Lead to HIPAA Criminal Liability</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 19:20:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura Carlsen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On May 10, 2012, the Ninth Circuit heard United States v. Zhou, No. 10-50231 (9th Cir. May 10, 2012), and held that the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) criminal misdemeanor provision, 42 U.S.C. § 1320d-6(a)(2), is not limited to defendants who knew their actions were illegal. The case arose out of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ONC Issues Guide on HIPAA Privacy and Security and Meaningful Use</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 20:13:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elana Zana</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ONC has recently released a new &#8220;Guide to Privacy and Security of Health Information&#8221; which incorporates tips on complying with HIPAA Privacy and Security as well as meeting related meaningful use measures.  The guide is designed for clinical providers and focuses on the following: Privacy &#38; Security and Meaningful Use Security Risk Analysis and Management Tips Working [...]]]></description>
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		<title>$100,000 HIPAA Settlement Due to Misuse of Online Calendar &amp; More</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 16:21:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura Carlsen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[HIPAA]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has entered into another settlement for the violation of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), this time with a small physician practice that violated HIPAA while using Internet-based calendar and email services. Phoenix Cardiac Surgery, P.C., of Phoenix and Prescott, Arizona, has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Online Coupon Advertising Gets Thumbs Up From The OIG</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 15:40:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura Carlsen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Anti-Kickback/Stark]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On March 27, 2012 the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) released Advisory Opinion No. 12-02.  The opinion stated that a proposed website that would display coupons and advertising from health care providers, suppliers, and other entities would not lead to administrative sanctions or civil monetary penalties under the federal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Washington State EHR Incentive Program Seminars</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 19:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elana Zana</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Incentive Payments]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Washington State Health Care Authority has announced a traveling seminar on calculating and registering for the Medicaid EHR Incentive Program.  The seminar is aimed at group registration and defining the group proxy methodology to calculate patient volume. The seminars are as follows: May 1: Wenatchee May 3: Spokane May 8: Yakima May 16: Seattle [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ACO: Understanding Beneficiary Assignments</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 18:31:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura Carlsen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Accountable Care Organizations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health Reform]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the final rule, CMS chose to adopt a preliminary prospective assignment methodology with final retrospective reconciliation.  Under this model, CMS will create a list of beneficiaries likely to receive care from the ACO based on primary care utilization during the most recent periods for which adequate dates are available, and provide a copy of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MIT Enterprise Forum Focus on Health IT &#8211; March 14th</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 21:30:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elana Zana</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health Information Technology]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Interested in Health Information Technology and live in the Pacific Northwest?  Then you should attend the MIT Enterprise Forum on Health IT. Wed, 03/14/2012 - 5:00pm - 8:30pm MOHAI 2700 24th Avenue East Seattle, WA To register click here. Ogden Murphy Wallace is a proud sponsor of the event. Health IT is transforming our healthcare system. Healthcare reform, industry consolidation, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Assigning Patients to ACOs</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 16:13:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura Carlsen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A hotly contested area of the proposed ACO rules concerns the assignment of Medicare Fee-for-Service (“FFS”) beneficiaries to ACOs.  Once a Medicare beneficiary is assigned to an ACO, the ACO will then be held accountable “for the quality, cost and overall care” of that beneficiary.  The ACO may also qualify to receive a share of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Recent CMS Guidance Allows Non-Medical Staff Practitioners To Order Hospital Outpatient Services</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 19:58:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee W. Kuo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; On February 17, 2011, the CMS Office of Clinical Standards and Quality/Survey &#38; Certification Group issued letter memorandum S&#38;C-12-17  regarding who may order hospital outpatient services (the “SCG Letter”).  The SCG Letter clarifies CMS’s interpretation of the Medicare Hospital Conditions of Participation (CoPs) for outpatient services set forth in 42 CFR 482.54.  The regulatory [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CMS Releases Proposed Rule On Meaningful Use Stage 2</title>
		<link>http://omwhealthlaw.com/mustage2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 23:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elana Zana</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[CMS releases its proposed rule on the Stage 2 meaningful use requirements.]]></description>
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