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| 06-14-2013 |
OCR Publishes Unofficial Updated Combined HIPAA Administrative Simplification Regulation Text |
| 06-13-2013 |
Technical Corrections to HIPAA Privacy, Security, and Enforcement Rules Published |
| 04-23-2013 |
HHS Releases ANPRM for HIPAA Privacy Rule and the National Instant Criminal Background Check System |
| 04-16-2013 |
Proposed 2014 HHS Budget Published |
| 03-23-2013 |
IRS Faces Class Action Lawsuit Over Theft of 60 Million Medical Records |
| 03-23-2013 |
HHS/OCR Publishes Intent to Survey HIPAA Audit Pilot Sites to Prepare Permanent Program |
| 02-13-2013 |
NIST Publishes RFI to Gather Initial Information for Development of Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity Framework |
| 02-13-2013 |
President Signs Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity Executive Order |
| 01-13-2013 |
Providers and Business Associate Settle PHI Dumping Violations with Mass AG |
| 01-13-2012 |
New Tip Sheet Walks Specialists through Meaningful Use Criteria |
| 01-13-2012 |
Study: Doctors Often Copy and Paste Old Patient Data Into EHRs |
| 01-13-2012 |
Officials Investigate Kaiser for Potential Patient Privacy Breach |
| 12-18-2012 |
Walgreens Ordered to Pay $16.57 Million for Illegal Disposal of Hazardous Waste and PHI |
| 12-18-2012 |
Allscripts Sues NYC Provider and EPIC |
| 12-18-2012 |
New NIST Document Offers Guidance in Cryptographic Key Generation |
| 12-05-2012 |
3 Steps to HIPAA Security in the Cloud |
| 12-05-2012 |
Shredding Documents: Not Foolproof
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| 12-05-2012 |
OIG Report: Oversight on Meaningful Use Needs Improvement
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| 11-27-2012 |
HHS Releases Guidance for De-identification of Protected Health Information |
| 11-27-2012 |
NCQA to Accredit Health Insurance Exchange Products |
| 11-27-2012 |
EHNAC to Accredit Secure Messaging Vendors |
| 11-27-2012 |
GAO: HHS, Other Agencies Fall Short in Assessing IT Projects |
| 11-20-2012 |
President Clinton announces launch of the Clinton Health Matters Initiative |
| 11-20-2012 |
HHS Releases Proposed Rules On Essential Health Benefits, Other Key Parts Of Health Law |
| 10-08-2012 |
House Leaders Request HHS to Halt and Fix the EHR Incentive Program |
| 10-08-2012 |
Corrections to ICD-10, Plan ID Published in Federal Register |
| 10-08-2012 |
Federal Agencies Sponsor Cybersecurity Education Workshop: Oct 30 - Nov 1, 2012 |
| 09-24-2012 |
Appeals Court Gets AvMed Data Breach Suit Moving Again |
| 09-24-2012 |
Health IT.Gov Publishes Meaningful Use Data and Case Studies |
| 09-24-2012 |
HHS, VA Demonstrate Exchange of Metadata-Tagged Health Data |
| 09-24-2012 |
IOM Report Calls for Public Comparisons of EHR Usability |
| 09-24-2012 |
CORE Gets Authorization for More HIPAA Operating Rules |
| 09-24-2012 |
New NIST Publication Provides Guidance for Computer Security Risk Assessments |
| 09-24-2012 |
Massachusetts Provider Settles HIPAA Case for $1.5 million, Corrective Action plan and Monitoring |
| 09-14-2012 |
New Hampshire Hospital Challenges State's Records Request Over Privacy Concerns |
| 09-14-2012 |
IOM Report: Stunning Quality Issues Identified for 2005 and $750 Billion Wasted on Unnecessary Services, Excessive Administrative Costs, Fraud, and Other Problems |
| 09-09-2012 |
OCR Updates HIPAA Audit Protocols |
| 08-26-2012 |
ER Employee Sell 760,000 Patient Records |
| 08-26-2012 |
CMS Releases Final Requirements for Meaningful Use-Stage 2 |
| 08-26-2012 |
ONC Releases Final Requirements for Meaningful Use Stage 2 |
| 08-13-2012 |
Hackers break into medical practice EHR and hold the records hostage |
| 08-13-2012 |
Connecticut Attorney General Wants Information about Unencrypted Data Lost in Hartford Hospital Data Breach |
| 08-13-2012 |
Updated NIST Guide is a How-To for Dealing With Computer Security Incidents |
| 08-12-2012 |
HHS Adopts Operating Rules for Electronic Funds Transfer and Remittance Advice |
| 08-12-2012 |
Patient Data Outage Exposes Risks of Electronic Medical Records |
| 08-12-2012 |
HIT Policy Privacy Tiger Team supports multi-factor authentication for clinicians |
| 08-12-2012 |
GAO: Federal Law Should Be Updated to Address Changing Technology Landscape |
| 07-31-2012 |
CMS Announces Office of Information Products and Data Analysis (OIPDA) |
| 07-31-2012 |
NIST Publishes Guide to Rating Software Vulnerabilities from Misuse |
| 07-31-2012 |
NIST Publishes Draft Guidance on Network Attacks and Malware |
| 07-31-2012 |
Breach Costs Credit Card Processor $85 million |
| 07-26-2012 |
CMS Starts Auditing Providers Receiving Meaningful Use Pay |
| 07-26-2012 |
Final Stage 2 EHR Meaningful Use Rule Nears Publication |
| 07-26-2012 |
Health IT Certification Bodies and Test Labs Accredited |
| 07-26-2012 |
HHS Announces State Health Care Innovation Initiative |
| 07-17-2012 |
GAO Report on Federal Agency Use of Cloud: Future Cloud Computing Efforts Should be Better Planned |
| 07-17-2012 |
ONC Announces Guidance for Reporting Lab Results using Direct Project Specifications |
| 07-17-2012 |
NIST Updates Guidelines for Mobile Device Security |
| 07-17-2012 |
NIST Issues Guidance for Pediatric Electronic Health Records |
| 07-03-2012 |
FDA Announces Notice of Proposed Rule Making for Unique Device Identification System |
| 07-03-2012 |
Study: HIE Participation Financially Beneficial to Providers, Payers |
| 07-03-2012 |
Bipartisan House Bill Would Add Mental, Behavioral Health to Meaningful Use |
| 06-28-2012 |
Supreme Court Rules Individual Mandate Survives |
| 06-27-2012 |
OCR Publishes HIPAA Audit Protocol |
| 06-27-2012 |
GAO report finds OCR Needs to Improve Guidance and Oversight |
| 06-27-2012 |
Congress removes roadblock to FDA's mobile app regulations |
| 06-19-2012 |
Memorial-Sloan Kettering Cancer Center PowerPoint Charts Led to Breaches |
| 06-19-2012 |
NIST Publishes Conference Materials: "Safeguarding Health Information: Building Assurance through HIPAA Security" |
| 06-11-2012 |
Omnibus and Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Rules May Not be Published Until Summer's End |
| 06-11-2012 |
Senator Coburn Issues Co-authored White Paper Recommending Halt to ICD-10 Implementation |
| 06-11-2012 |
OCR Issues “Right to Access” Memo to Consumers |
| 06-11-2012 |
CMS Announces Data and Information Initiative |
| 06-06-2012 |
ONC announces Standards & Interoperability Framework Initiative, Health eDecisions: Call for Participation |
| 06-05-2012 |
ONC extends comment period for the Nationwide Health Information Network: Conditions for Trusted Exchange Request for Information (RFI) until to Friday, June 29th |
| 06-05-2012 |
OCR makes HIPAA Training Materials for State Attorneys General Available Online: Generally useful to broader audience |
| 06-05-2012 |
Symantic Releases Study on what Owners can Expect Happens to lost Cell Phones |
| 05-28-2012 |
OCR scales back HIPAA Audits to 115 in 2012 |
| 05-28-2012 |
White House Moves to Make Federal Data More Available: Potentially Significant Consequences for Healthcare |
| 05-28-2012 |
FCC Approves Wireless Spectrum to Enable medical body area networks (MBAN) to Transform Patient Care, Lower Health Care Costs and Spur Medical Innovation |
| 05-28-2012 |
HHS launches new web-based Health System Measurement Project to track performance of nation’s health care system |
| 05-16-2012 |
HHS Finalizes New Rules to Cut Regulations for Hospitals and Health care Providers |
| 05-16-2012 |
HHS Releases National Plan to Fight Alzheimers |
| 05-08-2012 |
Premier Healthcare Alliance Publishes its Response OCR on Meaningful Use Stage 2 Proposal |
| 05-08-2012 |
EHRA Publishes its Response to ONC on Meaningful Use Stage 2 Certification Criteria Proposal |
| 05-08-2012 |
EHRA Publishes its Response to OCR on Meaningful Use Stage 2 Proposal |
| 05-08-2012 |
NIST Announces Workshop: "A User-Centered Approach to Designing Electronic Health Records" |
| 05-08-2012 |
ONC Publishes HIT Workforce Development Curriculum Components |
| 05-01-2012 |
GAO Director Testifies On Cybersecurity Threats Impacting the Nation:Personal Health Data At Risk |
| 05-01-2012 |
HHS Announces New Affordable Care Act Options for Community-Based Care |
| 05-01-2012 |
AHRQ Proposes Registry of Registeries |
| 04-23-2012 |
HHS Publishes Corrections to Proposed Electronic Health Record Incentive Program-Stage 2
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04-17-2012
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HHS Announces New Administration for Community Living (ACL)
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04-17-2012
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HHS Publishes Notice of Proposed Rule Making in Federal Register: Extension of the ICD-10 Compliance Deadline to October 2014, to Establish National Health Plan Identifier and to Add to NPI Requirements
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04-10-2012
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HHS Proposes Extension of ICD-10 Compliance Deadline to October 2014, to Establish National Health Plan Identifier and to Add to NPI Requirements
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04-09-2012
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National Conference of State Legislatures Report Highlights States’ Role in Protecting Patient Privacy
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04-02-2012
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Government Launches Research Initiative To Harness 'Big Data
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04-02-2012
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ONC Resources available on EHR Standards and Certification NPRM
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04-02-2012
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New HIPAA Operating Rule Guidance for Medicaid, CHIP
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04-02-2012
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HHS Requests Comments on Issues of Privacy and Access With Regard to Human Genome Sequence Data
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04-02-2012
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HHS Publishes Final Rule: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Establishment of Exchanges and Qualified Health Plans; Exchange Standards for Employers
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04-02-2012
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Thomas Reuters Publishes Report: "Vocabulary of Healthcare Reform"
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04-02-2012
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Center for Democracy & Technology Publishes FAQ: Getting Your Medical Records
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03/25/2012
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Omnibus - Modifications to the HIPAA Privacy, Security, Enforcement, and Breach Notification Rules - received at OMB for Review on 3/24/2012
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03/25/2012
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NIST Announces 5th Annual Conference on Safeguarding Health Informatiion: Building Assurance through HIPAA Security
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03/25/2012
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NIST Releases Guidance for Evaluating EHRs
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03/25/2012
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Medicaid Program; Eligiblity Changes Under the Affordable Care Act of 2010
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03/25/2012
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Symantic and Ponemon Institute publish Cost of Data Breach 2011 Report: Cost of Data Breach Declines
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03/20/2012
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ONC Advances HIE Tools with Connect 3.3
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03/15/2012
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CMS Announces Extension of Enforcement Discretion Period for Updated HIPAA Transaction Standards Through June 30, 2012
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03/13/2012
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HHS Settles HIPAA Case with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee for $1.5 Million
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03/13/2012
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Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: Establishment of Exchanges and Qualified Health Plans; Exchange Standards for Employers is Scheduled for Publication
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03/11/2012
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CMS Posts Meaningful Use Stage 2 NPRM Overview Listening Session Presentation
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03/11/2012
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CMS To Hold Meaningful Use Stage 2 NPRM Overview Listening Session
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03/11/2012
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White House Names Todd Park, Past CTO of HHS, as New Chief Technology Officer
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03/07/2012
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ONC Publishes Certification Criteria for Electronic Health Record Technology, 2014 Edition NPRM in Federal Register
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03/07/2012
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CMS Publishes Electronic Health Record Incentive Program-Stage 2 NPRM in Federal Register
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03/05/2012
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CMS Posts Updates and New FAQs on Meaningful Use
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03/05/2012
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Sacremento Business Journal Reports Coordination of Sutter Class Action Suits
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03/05/2012
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ONC Solicits Input on Privacy, Security and Best Practices Relating to Provider Use of Mobile Devices
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02/27/2102
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ONC Publishes Unofficial Version of Meaningful Use Stage 2 NPRM
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02/24/2012
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CMS Publishes Unofficial Version of Meaningful Use Stage 2 NPRM
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02/20/2012
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Health Data Management Expects Meaningful Use Stage 2 NPRM Release on February 22, 2012
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02/20/2012
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ONC Proposing to Survey Patients About EHR Privacy
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02/20/2012
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NIST releases New Draft Update of their Security Incident Handling Guide
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02/16/2012
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HHS Announces Intent to Delay ICD-10 Compliance Date
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02/14/2012
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HHS Publishes Final Rule schedule for Accounting of Disclosures HHS Publishes Final Rule schedule for Accounting of Disclosures
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02/14/2012
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HHS Publishes Final Rule schedule Modifications to the HIPAA Privacy, Security, Enforcement, and Breach Notification Rules
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02/14/2012
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Modern Healthcare: CMS will re-examine ICD-10 timeline
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02/10/2012
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Brookings Report Looks at Effectiveness of State Health Data Exchanges
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02/07/2012
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Draft NPRM for Standard Unique Health Plan Identifier Submitted to OMB for Approval
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02/03/2012
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HHS Announces Retrospective Review of Existing Rules
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01/30/2012
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Task Force makes Health Text Messaging Recommendations to HHS Secretary
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01/25/2012
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CMS Announces Implemention of Appeals Process for EHR Incentive Program
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01/24/2012
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NIST Issues Cloud Computing Guidelines for Managing Security and Privacy
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01/23/2012
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HHS to Publish NPRM for Revisions to EHR Technology Certification Criteria
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01/05/2012
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HHS Announces Interim Final Rule: Standards for EFTs and Remittance Advice
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12/22/2011
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NIST Special Publication Expands Government Authentication Options
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12/20/2011
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Supreme Court To Hear Health Care Case In Late March
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12/09/2011
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Federal Policy for Protection of Federal Information in Cloud Services
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11/30/2011
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HHS intends to allow doctors and hospitals to adopt health IT this year, without meeting the new standards until 2014
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11/28/2011
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ONC Announces Permanent Certification Program for Health Information Technology
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11/28/2011
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NIST Announces New HIPAA Tool to Help Organizations Meet Security Requirements
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11/17/2011
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CMS announces Version 5010, D.O. and 3.0 Standard Enforcement Discretion Period
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11/08/2011
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OCR Announces HIPAA Audit Program
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