The PHNS Code of Corporate Conduct is a key element of the PHNS Regulatory Compliance Program.  The Code requires the active participation of all PHNS employees.  How well do you know the Code?

Similar to the way fabric patches are used to repair holes in clothing, software patches repair holes in software programs.  Patches are updates that fix a particular problem or vulnerability within a program.

Today, August 24, 2009, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published theinterim final rule providing for notification following a breach of unsecured protected health information (PHI).

Last month we provided you with an update on the HIPAA privacy and security requirements that were part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 ("ARRA").  As of press time, we are still waiting for the final guidance to be published that specifies the methodologies and technologies that make protected health information secure.  The security breach notification provisions go into effect 30 days following publication, so as soon as this guidance is published, we will provide you with a special issue of Your Compliance Connection.  Additional topics covered within this issue are Medicaid audit activities, HIPAA update, CA privacy laws update, Red Flag Rules update, and ICD-10 update.