HIPAA Compliance: EHR Incentives, Risk Assessment, and Penalties
Financial penalties for HIPAA violations. How real are they? How about a recent $4.3 million civil penalty faced by Cignet Health of Prince…
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The Red Flags Rule Doesn’t Apply to Physician and Healthcare Organizations. “Really?”
Has your medical billing consultant told you that the Red Flags Rule has been repealed for physician practices and other healthcare organizations? Now…
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Medical Documentation and Risk-Based Coding
Why Risk-based Coding? In an Evaluation and Management type service, most physicians can quickly establish certain things about the patient he or she is…
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In Healthcare, “Exposure is the New Privacy.” Your Online Presence has Arrived.
We are entering, actually, we already are deep into the digital medical world without a clear and proven guide to ensure privacy. Patients…
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Physicians Already Seeing Early Impact of Healthcare Reform – Are You Prepared?
Even though many provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act are implemented in 2014, some are active right now. Many of…
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“Health Reform Bill” & New Rules About Medical Compliance
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111-148), also referred to as the “Health Insurance Reform Bill”, is a federal statute that…
