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>> Regulations
Misys has been following
HIPAA since its inception in 1996
and is preparing for the imminent
challenges that HIPAA will present.
Misys Computer Systems' proprietary
applications are being analyzed and
assessed to accommodate the changes
that will be brought on by the pending
and final rules of HIPAA. Misys's
goal is to provide service at a consistently
high level throughout the transition
toward HIPAA compatibility. In order
to move towards this goal, Misys
is assessing all mission critical
systems and addressing issues as
they arise.
A HIPAA steering committee has been established
at Misys to coordinate and facilitate HIPAA compatibility
issues to provide accuracy and integrity of products
and services. The HIPAA steering committee consists
of specialized project teams assigned to address
project management and reporting, vendor compliance,
internal systems, as well as testing support. The
project management office has the full endorsement
and support from senior management at Misys Computer
Systems. An Executive HIPAA Steering Committee -
consisting of the CEO and senior management - has
been established to provide top level oversight
of the HIPAA project.
The following are key activities of the HIPAA Project
Management Office undertaken in pursuit of our project
plan objectives:
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Develop
and implement consistent,
corporate-wide approaches
to fulfilling the following
project objectives: inventory,
assessment, testing and
deployment issues. |
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Oversee
development and implementation
of testing standards. |
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Oversee
development and implementation
of product deployment plans.
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Solicit
and update information from
product vendors, business
partners and service providers
on their progress toward
HIPAA compatibility. |
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Foster
an understanding and urgency
of HIPAA issues throughout
the company and with our
customers. |
HIPAA Background
On August 21, 1996, President Clinton
signed into law The Health
Insurance Portability
and Accountability Act
of 1996, also known as the Kennedy-Kassebaum
Act, named for the Senators who sponsored
the legislation. HIPAA includes two
Titles. Title I addresses the issue
of Portability, i.e., the ability
of employees to maintain their health
insurance when they undergo a change
in employment status. Title II addresses
the issue of Administration Simplification.
This latter title was written in
order to encourage improvements in
efficiency and simplification of
the administration of all health
care information standards for E-Commerce.
Under HIPAA, The department of Health
and Human Services (HHS) was required
to create rules and regulations to
comply with the Administration Simplification
Title of HIPAA. As a result, on May
7, 1998, HHS began to publish its
rule making in the Federal Register
for Administrative Simplification
as required by HIPAA. Once the rules
are published as final rules in the
Federal Register, it will take 60
days for them to become effective.
Upon the effective date, we have
24 months to comply with the rules.
HIPAA Standards
Following are brief descriptions
of the standards:
To review and print the complete
HIPAA regulations both proposed and
final please click on the following
link: DHHS
The Misys organization is actively
researching and assessing these regulations,
both final and proposed, to identify
what will be necessary to reach HIPAA
compliance. Once the necessary steps
are determined we will then notify
our clients.
Helpful HIPAA Web Sites
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