[Editor's note, August 9, 2010: Huping Zhou was the first person in the nation to receive jail time for a misdemeanor HIPAA offense—for accessing confidential records without a [...]

Behavioral health and substance abuse facilities may become eligible to receive federal EHR incentives. Legislation introduced into the House of Representatives would extend the HITECH Act [...]

A good reminder in the New York Times today how relative privacy can be. Writer Brad Stone highlights the start-up site Blippy, which allows users to [...]

President Obama signed into law today the “Continuing Extension Act of 2010” (HR 4851), which extends through May 31 the current freeze in Medicare physician payments. [...]

AHIMA commented on ONC’s proposed temporary health IT certification program today, recommending in part that ONC leverage the existing CCHIT certification process as a bridge to [...]

The Department of Health and Human Services announced the final round of regional extension center grants April 6. More than $267 million was awarded to 28 [...]

On April 2 the Department of Health and Human Services announced $84 million in grants to universities and junior colleges to support training and development of [...]

Anyone who is a member of AHIMA or holds its credentials agrees to abide by its code of ethics. The code sets forth professional values and [...]