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Hands surrounding a crystal ball of data options.
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5 MIN READ

Answers for your MIPS data-collection head scratchers

It’s November. Do you know what your level of readiness is for MIPS data collection? A comprehensive new resource helps answer that and many other questions.

Payment & Delivery Models
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2 MIN READ

Oct. 5, 2017: Advocacy spotlight on Physicians protected from health plan credit card fees

Physicians protected from health plan credit card fees, according to CMS. Read about AMA's advocacy to clarify the HIPAA standard.

Advocacy Update
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3 MIN READ

Aug. 24, 2017: Judicial Advocacy Update

Learn how the AMA advises in a PDMP case that unwarranted disclosure of PDMP data to law enforcement could compromise care.

Advocacy Update
Police officer using laptop in his vehicle.
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5 MIN READ

PDMP case pits patient privacy against law-enforcement intrusion

A U.S. appeals panel reverses a medical privacy victory and fails to dismiss argument that patient, physician privacy concerns are “speculative.”

HIPAA
Patient sending a text to her physician.
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5 MIN READ

When patients want to text: HIPAA, OMG! See you L8R, privacy?

As more patients wish to text their physicians, knotty questions about patient privacy and patient-clinician relationship boundaries arise.

HIPAA
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4 MIN READ

Jan. 26, 2017: National Advocacy Update

ACA executive order, HIPAA disclosures of PHI and more in the latest AMA national health care advocacy news.

Advocacy Update
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2 MIN READ

When is it OK to disclose PHI? HHS updates its guidance

The HHS Office of Civil Rights releases new guidance on the sharing of protected health information under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.

HIPAA
HIPAA security in cloud computing
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3 MIN READ

5 things to know about HIPAA and cloud computing

HIPAA requires that patient’s health information be protected. Cloud computing raises privacy issues when dealing with the electronic storage and transmission of confidential health data that physicians should be aware of.

HIPAA
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3 MIN READ

HHS begins second phase of HIPAA audits

Second round of audits by HHS Office for Civil Rights to assess covered entity compliance with the HIPAA regulations is due July 22. OCR selected 167 health plans, health care providers and health care clearinghouses to audit.

HIPAA