ROI 101 Blog

The Release of Information 101 blog provides an educational forum on the basics of release of information, the process involved and challenges faced within hospitals and physician or group practices. Authored by Rita Bowen, MA, RHIA, CHPS, SSGA, Past President of the Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) and HealthPort Senior Vice President of HIM and Privacy Officer, Release of Information 101 is an educational resource and will discuss reasons why a solid and compliant release of information process matters to healthcare providers.

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Rita Bowen is a distinguished health information management professional and a long standing expert on topics of interest to the healthcare community. She currently serves as HealthPort’s Senior Vice President of HIM and Privacy Officer where she identifies and further develops best practices for release of information and customer satisfaction.

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CMS-Recent Final Rules and Regulations

May 21, 2012

CMS has been quite busy lately with the recent announcement of a proposed delay in the ICD-10 implementation date (click here to read more about this on Jan McDavid’s HIPAA News and Updates blog) and now the release of a final regulation:

To revise the existing Conditions of Participation (CoPs) for hospitals and critical access hospitals

And a final rule:

To reduce regulatory burden on health care providers which addresses more than two dozen regulatory requirements for a broader range of providers, including hospitals, ambulatory surgical centers, end stage renal disease facilities and durable medical equipment suppliers.

CMS says, the rules aim to promote efficiency and transparency, and to reduce health care providers’ overall regulatory burden and will save $5 billion over five years. The final rules were published in the CMS Federal Register on May 16th.