HIPAA Compliance Deadline

From the CMS press release, June 30: Electronic Medicare claims that do not meet Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) standards will be treated as paper claims and paid more slowly than HIPAA-compliant electronic claims beginning July 1…” See also Hammer Coming Down for HIPAA Compliance

Subjects: E-Government, Privacy

Massachusetts AG Files First State Lawsuit Under CAN SPAM

From the press release: “In the first state enforcement action taken since the January 1 inception of the federal CAN SPAM Act, AG Reilly is alleging that DC Enterprises, an unincorporated business, and company principal Willliam T. Carson of Weston, Florida, have sent thousands of misleading email messages from a business address in Newton, where …

Subjects: E-Mail