Is your HIPAA compliance checklist for 2021 ready? The Healthcare Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) plays a critical role in healthcare organizations, and the end of the year is…
Nursing Home Business Plan Consultants – 6 Qualifications
Nursing Home Business Plan Consultants are needed not just because the current economic environment is a challenging one. Within this environment, opportunities for growth are very much present. The long-term…
HIPAA Audit – 5 Tactical Observations to be Prepared
Is your organization prepared for a HIPAA audit? Although random audits from the Health and Human Services Department’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) are rare, several factors can trigger an…
Revenue Cycle Services in Healthcare – 3 Tactical Outsourcing Observations
It’s a decision all healthcare organizations must struggle with at some point when assessing their revenue cycle services: Does it make more sense to outsource revenue cycle services or keep…
SNF HIPAA Risk Assessment and Senior Care
A SNF focused HIPAA Risk Assessment is part of the essential security and privacy compliance program in senior care communities and (SNF) Skilled Nursing Facilities. Healthcare Insurance Portability and Accountability…
Benefits of Hospital Outsourcing Compliance Trends – 3 Examples
There has been a lot of ink spilled these days (well, digital ink anyway) about the benefits of outsourcing hospital compliance trends. You can read about the advantages here. You…
Nursing Home Industry Analysis and Covid-19
Although a nursing home industry analysis predicts future growth typically over the next five years, implementing safety precautions now can help stop the spread of Covid-19 and ensure resident safety…
Value-Based Reimbursement Models
There’s a reason the healthcare industry is shifting toward value-based reimbursement models and away from volume-based care. Value-based care reimburses healthcare providers based on the quality of care they provide,…
How Can a HIPAA Risk Assessment Tool Help Your Organization?
A HIPAA Risk Assessment Tool can help organizations stay compliant with HIPAA and monitor data security. Providers must abide by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA)….
OIG Self-Disclosure Requirements
What about OIG self-disclosure requirements? The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) created a Self-Disclosure Protocol (SDP) to give healthcare providers the opportunity to disclose when they have uncovered evidence…
Outsourcing Healthcare Compliance
What are the advantages of outsourcing healthcare compliance? How do you measure the effectiveness of your corporate compliance program? There’s no question that you need a compliance program. The question…
How to Increase Medical Practice Collections – and 4 mistakes!
How to Increase Medical Practice Collections is a need to know subject! Does your billing department spend a lot of time chasing down patient payments? High-deductible insurance plans have become…
Telehealth in a Medical Practice…here to stay and how to do it!
Telehealth in a medical practice is here to stay! One of the biggest recent changes in the healthcare industry is how people access their doctors. One of the consequences of…
Covid-19 Waivers and HIPAA – 4 Key Areas
In the past 30 days plus, various agencies of the federal government have issued a dizzying variety of Covid-19 waivers and HIPAA laws and regulations. They do this to improve…
HIPAA Email Encryption Requirements
Does the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) require that you encrypt your emails? As it turns out, it’s not an easy question to answer. The reality of HIPAA…
Revenue Cycle Management Solutions in Healthcare – 9 plus 9
With the trending shift away from fee-based service and toward value-based care, it will become even more essential to find revenue cycle management solutions in healthcare, which are effective. Healthcare organizations…
8 Point HIPAA Compliance Checklist!
Important items to include in your HIPAA compliance checklist, based on the latest updates. Consider that in over 24 years since its implementation, there have been many updates. When HIPAA…
How to use Telehealth in Clinical Practice (Telemedicine)
The Coronavirus outbreak has brought to the forefront an increased need to implement and utilize Telehealth in Clinical Practice. The $2 trillion stimulus package includes $185M for Telehealth (Telemedicine), at…
HIPAA Compliance Officer – the Role and Purpose
What is the role and purpose of a HIPAA compliance officer? In your organization, who is responsible for ensuring HIPAA compliance? The Healthcare Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) requires…
Nursing Home Business Plan – 7 Key Points
An actionable nursing home business plan must include many components. Below are seven important considerations. The U.S. is currently experiencing a shift in demographics. According to the U.S. Census Bureau,…