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Are you ready to comply with the new HIPAA Omnibus Rule Changes by Monday, September 23, 2013?  NACHC is pleased to announce the availability of a new, downloadable publication entitled, “HIPAA Omnibus Rule Information Bulletin” which will equip you with the information you need to know in order to comply.   The long-awaited “omnibus” rule makes final the amendments and modifications to the HIPAA Rules required by the HITECH Act of 2009 and the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008.  Covered entities, such as community health centers (CHCs), and their busines

A project of L.A. Care Health Plan, HITEC-LA helps small practices and clinics switch from paper files to electronic records that help improve patient care

LOS ANGELES – HITEC-LA announced that more than 2,000 of its members who are eligible primary care providers have reached meaningful use with certified electronic health record (EHR) systems.  A project of L.A. Care Health Plan which is the nation’s largest publicly operated health plan, HITEC-LA’s goal is to help 3,000 eligible primary care providers in L.A.

If you haven’t achieved Stage 1 meaningful use yet, you should be aware of the 2013 deadline and its impact on two groups of eligible providers (EPs):

Nation’s Largest Publicly Operated Health Plan Deploys New Telehealth System that Improves Patient Access to Specialty Care

LOS ANGELES – L.A. Care Health Plan, the nation’s largest publicly operated health plan, announces that for its eConsult telehealth program, more than 15,000 “eConsults”, which are electronic consultations between primary care providers (PCP) and specialists, have been initiated.  The program is the largest rollout of its type in the nation, used by 1,300 PCPs in 108 community clinic/health center sites across L.A.