Monthly Archives: June 2011

Final CMS Telemedicine Rule – Clears the Way for Streamlined Credentialing

On May 2, 2011, CMS released the final telemedicine credentialing and privileging rule [PDF] clearing the way for credentialing agreements for telemedicine services between hospitals, as well as with non-hospital telemedicine entities. The final telemedicine rule follows on the heels of recent regulations promoting health care reform goals including providing cost effective and timely delivery (...) [Read More]

A Redo of the HIPAA Accounting Requirements?

On May 27, 2011, the Secretary of Health and Human Services posted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) nominally implementing the HITECH Act’s requirement that covered entities and business associates provide individuals with an accounting of disclosures of their protected health information (“PHI”) for treatment, payment and health care operations through an electronic health record (...) [Read More]