PRACTICE MANAGEMENT


Zip it! Feds, state strengthen privacy protection


Edinburg pediatrician Martin Garza, MD, says TMA’s Policies & Procedures: A Guide for Medical Practices will help him comply with federal privacy protection laws.


“They need to take this seriously.”


BY CRYSTAL CONDE When it comes to enforcing HIPAA data security and privacy standards, the federal government means business. In fact, the government is con- ducting a national pilot program to audit 150 physicians and others that HIPAA covers as the first phase of a concerted effort to crack down on HIPAA violations. Health law attorney Ana Cowan, an attorney with the Austin office of Brown Mc-


Carroll, says the audit pilot program, coupled with a new Texas electronic health re- cord (EHR) privacy law that exceeds HIPAA requirements and takes effect on Sept. 1,


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BRETT BUCHANAN


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