The Federal Trade Commission has delayed enforcement of the Red Flags Rule for a fifth time, again citing Congressional requests as the cause. The rule requires [...]

ARRA’s modifications of HIPAA have shaken up many areas of HIM practice, including off-site records storage, where facilities often have indexed their inventory no further than [...]

The American Medical Association and other healthcare groups have filed a lawsuit against the Federal Trade Commission to exempt physicians from the embattled Red Flags Rule. [...]

The Office for Civil Rights released its HIPAA enforcement data for April, offering a snapshot of the complaints logged in the seven years of the privacy [...]

HIM professionals wondering how the recently passed federal healthcare reform law affects them can look to AHIMA’s online Advocacy and Public Policy Center. A recently posted [...]

The Office for Civil Rights published a request for information on accounting of disclosures today, seeking input on its upcoming regulation to enact new provisions specified [...]

The online version of the May practice brief “Guidance for Clinical Documentation Improvement Programs” includes two additional, Web-only appendixes. Appendix B outlines possible policies and procedures [...]

The May 2010 cover story examines the increasing movement for patient-centered health IT. Other feature stories outline how to manage information from personal medical devices and [...]