The numbers keep climbing. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has paid out $19.2 billion to 440, 998 registered providers participating in the federal EHR incentive program as of the end of 2013, with $19.2 billion paid out in incentives.

CARPINTERIA, Calif., Feb. 5, 2014--Redspin, Inc., a leading provider of penetration testing and IT security assessments, today released its annual Breach Report 2013 – Protected Health Information. In the report, Redspin provides in-depth analysis of the complete history of PHI data breaches reported to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), identifies current trends, and highlights the specific areas most in need of improvement.

Rockville, MD, February 05, 2014 - Pronoia Health and AEGIS.net(AEGIS) are proud to announce the recent launch of the Open Library of Health Information Exchange (OLHIE).

The annual organizational cost associated with security breaches, data loss and unplanned outages for healthcare providers exceeds $1.6 billion for U.S. hospitals, according to a report from MeriTalk, a Va.-based public-private partnership.

To help patients be more informed partners in their healthcare, the Department of Health and Human Services has issued a final rule that amends the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 regulations to allow laboratories to give a patient, or a person designated by the patient, his or her “personal representative,” access to the patient’s completed test reports on the patient’s or patient’s personal representative’s request.

iPatientCare, Inc., a pioneer in mHealth and cloud-based ambulatory EHR and integrated Practice Management solutions, announces its readiness for the transition to ICD-10. All HIPAA-covered healthcare entities are required to switch to the new code set by October 1, 2014, meaning that their EHR software and medical billing systems must be compliant. Any claims submitted with ICD-9 codes for services provided on or after the October compliance deadline will not be paid.

Medorizon has extended to the public an offer of premium value. While they get your practice ready for the ICD9 to ICD10 conversion, they are giving away the PM (Practice Management) and EHR (Electronic Health Record) free for three months providing minimum requirements are met. It is estimated that the implementation of the new international disease code sets will cost from $15,000 to $70,000 per provider. For this reason Medorizon has offered to help absorb the burden of this mandated healthcare change.

Nearly 42,000 members of a Wisconsin health insurance group have been notified that their protected health information may have been compromised following a HIPAA privacy breach.