HIPAA Security Assessment Tool
developed by Charlie Mason and Samantha Seawright. This is an awesome tool
developed by security experts that the average Information Services person
can use quickly and successfully. The tool crosswalks ISO/NIST to the HIPAA
Security Rule. |
HIPAA Electronic Transactions - Claim
Attachments
Almost eight years after the
passage into federal law of the Health Insurance Portability &
Accountability Act (HIPAA) and four years after the technical specifications
were made available, health care is still struggling to achieve successful
implementation of the new technical standards for healthcare claims
submissions. This essay by Rachel Foerster briefly
discusses today's problems and why standards are needed for electronic
claims attachments.
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Health Care EDI: The Challenge of
Leadership
An essay by Rachel Foerster
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Reengineering:
Latest Fad, Magic Bullet, or a Colossal Dud?
A paper presented by Rachel Foerster at The Association of Management, 12th
Annual International Conference, Multidisciplinary Management Group |
HIPAA TCS Train Wreck Contingency Planning - Questions to Ask
A compilation of questions from many healthcare industry
sources. Questions included are those that should be answered by software
vendors, healthcare clearinghouses, payers and providers alike in order to
enable healthcare providers to effectively evaluate the potential economic
impact to their cash flow following the October 16, 2003, HIPAA TCS
compliance deadline.
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How to Test Your Electronic Transactions for
Compliance
The TCS standards don't say what
transactions you should be testing now, nor do they tell you how to do it.
This article discusses these issues and more. Reprinted from the HIPAA
Security Compliance Insider with permission.
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Healthcare EDI: Getting Down to Business
Vision, leadership, commitment to open systems and standards
are critical elements to achieving the business of an integrated healthcare
trading community. Remarks by Rachel Foerster at the September 23, 1994,
NEIC Vendor Meeting, Las Vegas, NV.
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A Risk
Management Lifecycle Framework
“IT
security risk management is best approached as a “lifecycle” of activities,
one logically leading into the next. The most important thing to remember is
that risk is evolutionary, which means these activities must be continuously
repeated and refined.” Andrew Briney, Information Security, June 2003
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Business Continuity Planning - An Overview to the NIST 800-34
Contingency Planning Guide for Information
Technology Systems
Information technology (IT) and automated information systems are vital
elements in most business processes. Because these IT resources are so
essential to an organization's success, it is critical that the services
provided by these systems are able to operate effectively without excessive
interruption. An overview of NIST 800-34
by
Elizabeth B. Lennon (Editor), Information
Technology Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology |
A
Walk on the Wild Side of E-Claims Shows Gaps
an article
appearing in the January 2003 issue of Practical Guidance on
HIPAA and E-Health for the Physician Practice discusses the
issues for using the CMS1500 as the basis for a HIPAA 837
Professional Claim.
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Creating
A Hospital-Wide Information Infrastructure for the Changing Healthcare
Environment
By: Rachel Foerster
As the health
care industry struggles to implement the HIPAA mandates for Administrative
Simplification the remarks below are just as pertinent today as they were
almost a decade ago. These challenges are huge, and
no industry -- in the United States or the entire world -- has yet to
achieve the goal of 100% EDI, in spite of intense competitive
marketplace forces.
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Is
There Still Life Left in That Old EDI?
By: William
Kammerer, Novannet, LLC.
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Electronic Commerce Update: Medical Market Readiness & Demand
By: Rachel Foerster
This article originally appeared as the first part of a two-part series in
the September/October '96 issue of
Medical Industry Information Report.
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A Strategic
Approach to EDI & Electronic Commerce
By: Rachel Foerster
This article originally appeared as the second part of a two-part series
in the January/February '97 issue of Medical Industry Information Report.
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EDI: A Strategic
Approach: How to be Sure your EDI Program Supports Your Business Strategies
By: Rachel Foerster
This book discusses how to apply basic strategic planning principles to
the use of EDI to ensure that the organization’s approach to this or any other
technology will deliver the expected results.
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An EDI Primer for Health Care
By: Rachel Foerster
This Primer provides a high-level overview of EDI. It includes a
discussion of the use of EDI from proprietary order entry systems to standard EDI in
health care. Includes a glossary of terms.
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Successfully
Implementing EDI: A Project Team’s EDI Planning Guide
By: Rachel Foerster
This is a step-by-step guide that a Project Leader can use to create an EDI Project Team
in order to initiate an effective implementation planning process. It discusses the EDI
Planning Process and provides worksheets for the team to use in completing the Feasibility
Study and Cost/Benefit Analysis for EDI.
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Technology
Strategies for the 90’s: How to Formulate an Information Technology Strategy
to Ensure Competitive Advantage
By: Rachel Foerster &
E.V.R.
Sarma
The critical role of the CEO and senior executives in setting the Technology vision is
discussed in this essential handbook. The role of Information Technology in providing
competitive advantage, how to formulate an effective IT strategy, and how to measure the
value of IT are key topics. |
