HITECH
Transcript: What is HITECH? www.brighthub.com, www.hhs.gov/.../privacy-security-electronic-records.pdf, www.aapcps.com, .wikipedia.org How have HITECH and HIPAA impacted the role of the medical biller? President Obama signed HITECH into law on Feb. 17, 2009 How can patient privacy be protected with the use of electronic records? References Some safety measures that may be built in to EHR systems include: HITECH “Access controls” like passwords and PIN numbers, to help limit access to your information What is the HITECH Act? “Encrypting” your stored information. This means your health information cannot be read or understood except by someone who can “decrypt” it. The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH Act) legislation was created in 2009 to use electronic health records (EHR) and supporting technology in the U.S.. How do computer breaches occur? “EHR” are electronic health records. HITECH Act (Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act) Computer breaches happen two main ways in which sensitive data is compromised by staff misusing procedures to access company records, loss or theft of backup tapes or devices containing sensitive data HITECH & HIPPAA has impacted the role of the Biller by enforce standards for healthcare information, reduce healthcare fraud and abuse, and Guarantee security and privacy of healthcare information. What are EHR's?