MRO Viewpoints
HIMSS TV 2023 Forecast: Balancing Patient Privacy and Data Sharing
I recently had the pleasure of speaking with Andrea Fox, senior editor of Healthcare IT News, a HIMSS TV publication, to discuss the future of balancing patient privacy and data sharing. This important topic was also the opening theme of the HIMSS Cybersecurity Forum...
2023 HIM Planning Includes Seven New Ways to Focus Your Internal Coding Audits
I recently collaborated with Jacqueline Erickson, RHIA, CRCR, to provide HIM professionals with valuable advice on how to plan for their 2023 internal audits. This Journal of AHIMA article is an important launch point for anyone involved in HIM and coding audits....
HIM Today: Funny Lessons Learned from 2022
Recently, I had the pleasure of moderating a panel discussion between Health Information Management (HIM) experts, discussing HIM today and the funny lessons learned this past year. As I’m sure many of us can relate, since the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, life looks...
National Cybersecurity Awareness Month: 4 Ways to Protect your Privacy Today
October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, launched in 2004 by the National Cybersecurity Division of the Department of Homeland Security and the nonprofit National Cyber Security Alliance. As cybersecurity becomes more prevalent, there is much to consider...
Five Proven Ways to Improve Internal Audits with Audit Software
Maintaining and managing audits is one of the most time-consuming yet critical parts to ensure revenue integrity. Denial volume is on the rise, which is why auditing has become increasingly difficult. I recently wrote an article titled “Internal Audits Help Combat...
Revenue Integrity: Three Ways Audit Software Can Reduce Costs and Retain Revenue
Maintaining and managing audits is one of the most time-consuming yet critical parts to ensure revenue integrity. Denial volume is on the rise, which is why auditing has become increasingly difficult. I recently wrote an article titled “Revenue Integrity: How to...
Information You Need to Know about a HEDIS Audit from Revenue Cycle Experts
Each year HEDIS rating criteria is updated, meaning your organization needs to stay up-to-date on the latest news and trends for HEDIS compliance audits. Below we explore some common questions about HEDIS and review important information your team should know now and...
Breach Prevention: 5 Best Practices to Protect Your Data
“It takes 20 years to build a reputation and few minutes of cyber-incident to ruin it.” – Stephane Nappo It is well known that there has been a digital boom in various industries from retail to education to, of course, healthcare. Noticeably, with the expansion of...
Follow the (Medical) Record: MediCopy Founder
Recently, I had the pleasure of interviewing the founder of MRO’s most recent acquisition, MediCopy, during my podcast show, Follow the (Medical) Record. Since the show is focused on following a patient’s medical record throughout the healthcare ecosystem, Elliott...