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Three Tech Takeaways from RISE: Health Plans Focus on Engagement, Collaboration and Compliance
Three Tech Takeaways from RISE: Health Plans Focus on Engagement, Collaboration and Compliance March 20, 2023 Health IT Answers by Beth Friedman, FINN Partners It has been said that wherever Medicare goes, so do all the rest of the payers. If last week’s RISE National...
3 specific areas of data sharing to clarify and consider in 2023
3 specific areas of data sharing to clarify and consider in 2023 March 7, 2023 Health Data Management As Fred Bazzoli’s article on the ONC notes, work on interoperability has been happening for more than 20 years and the “coming attractions” are here. While no one...
Hospitals require an integrated team approach to ensuring revenue integrity
Hospitals require an integrated team approach to ensuring revenue integrity February 28, 2023 HFMA Healthcare organizations cannot expect to achieve financial sustainability without having a deliberate focus on ensuring revenue integrity. Only with such a focus can...
Information Blocking: Leading the World in Patient Access: Two Insights Post Data Liberation Day
Information Blocking: Leading the World in Patient Access: Two Insights Post Data Liberation Day February 15, 2023 For The Record October 6, 2022, marked the formal enforcement and compliance deadline for the United States health care industry to provide patients with...
Payer Plugs Gap with Innovative Alliance
Payer Plugs Gap with Innovative Alliance February 6, 2023 Health Payer Specialist And to gather additional contextual data that is not included in the claims data, CareFirst has partnered with Rockford, Ill.-based FIGmd, a software platform that supports data...
2023 forecast: Balancing patient privacy and data sharing
2023 forecast: Balancing patient privacy and data sharing January 19, 2023 Healthcare IT NewsHarmonizing HIPAA with interoperability, third-party compliance and data usability are among the priorities this year for Rita Bowen, a member of the Sequoia Project board of...
Digital Innovation and AI in Revenue Cycle Management
Digital Innovation and AI in Revenue Cycle Management January 18, 2023 Healthcare IT TodayDigital Innovation and Artificial Intelligence are two huge topics recently in the world of Healthcare IT. We’ve talked about the many areas in which they are actively making a...
Strategies to Focus Internal Audit Activities
Strategies to Focus Internal Audit Activities January 13, 2023 Journal of AHIMAHealthcare staffing shortages, declining margins, and lower reimbursements brings renewed attention to operational expenditures. Yet as the volume of administrative work continues to climb,...
Updating Healthcare Data Management and Privacy
Updating Healthcare Data Management and Privacy December 12, 2022 Healthcare NOW RadioSo what does HIPAA mean and where did it come from? The letters stand for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. The term originated with the federal law of...
HIPAA Challenges: State AGs Crack Down on Data Privacy
HIPAA Challenges: State AGs Crack Down on Data Privacy December 6, 2022 For The RecordState attorneys general have been increasingly ramping up investigations and cracking down on data breaches at health care organizations. Although hospitals and health systems are...
Clinical audits and denials impact 3% or more of NPR being held in reserve
Clinical audits and denials impact 3% or more of NPR being held in reserve November 2, 2022 HFMAClinically avoidable denials continue to impact revenue, slow cashflow and increase bad debt, yet CFOs have limited insight into why these denials occur and how to avoid...
Keeping Reproductive Patient Records Protected and Private
Keeping Reproductive Patient Records Protected and Private October 28, 2022 Health IT AnswersGiven recent guidance from the OCR, now is the time for HI professionals to hold internal discussions, revisit policies, refresh education, and build checklists to ensure the...
Data Liberation Day Elevates New Call for Health Information Expertise
Data Liberation Day Elevates New Call for Health Information Expertise October 27, 2022 Health IT AnswerAttendees at the AHIMA22 Global Conference demonstrated their steadfast commitment to liberating, managing and protecting electronic patient information (EPI). Just...
Lessons learned from 11 right of access violations
Lessons learned from 11 right of access violations September 12, 2022 Revenue Cycle AdvisorCovered entities and business associates still have trouble getting patients their medical records in a timely fashion.
Continuing the Interoperability Journey – Three New Opportunities for HIM
Continuing the Interoperability Journey - Three New Opportunities for HIM August 2, 2022 Journal of AHIMAHealthcare interoperability is a team sport, and information technology (IT) professionals aren’t the only players in the game. Professionals with heath...
Compliance with new patient right of access rule: Five things to know
Compliance with new patient right of access rule: Five things to know July 1, 2022 Compliance TodayDisruption is the new normal. As a global civilization dealing with a worldwide pandemic, we’ve adapted to shifting guidelines, researched dubious news proclamations,...
Interoperability: Best Practices in Patient Amendments to Protected Health Information
Interoperability: Best Practices in Patient Amendments to Protected Health Information June 6, 2022 Journal of AHIMASince April 2003, patients have had the right to request amendments to protected health information (PHI) contained within the designated record...
Internal Audits Help Combat Payer Risk
Internal Audits Help Combat Payer Risk May 26, 2022 For The RecordFor a smooth-running revenue cycle, tap into the immense powers of this best practice tool. Wonder Woman has a golden lasso. Captain America has an impenetrable shield. Thor has a lightning hammer. Just...
3 Strategies for Virtual HIM Departments: From Reaction to Reality
3 Strategies for Virtual HIM Departments: From Reaction to Reality May 16, 2022 Journal of AHIMAOver the past two years, hospital departments, including health information management (HIM) departments, have been forced to restructure their operations using remote or...
The Patient Right of Access Rule and a Look at Enforcement Actions
The Patient Right of Access Rule and a Look at Enforcement Actions April 7, 2022 Healthcare IT TodayNew government regulations never stop in healthcare. It’s just the nature of the business and that’s unlikely to change. However, the reality of this is that some...
Revenue Integrity: How to Reduce Costs and Retain Revenue
Revenue Integrity: How to Reduce Costs and Retain Revenue April 4, 2022 Journal of AHIMAAs the world prepares to navigate year three of COVID-19, the impact of the pandemic continues to touch every facet of healthcare. For health information (HI) professionals,...
Patient Right of Access and the Path to Compliance
Patient Right of Access and the Path to Compliance January 21, 2022 For The RecordHIM professionals play an increasingly critical role in privacy and security, release of information (ROI), protected health information (PHI), disclosure management, interoperability,...
What Does it Mean to be #CyberSmart?
What Does it Mean to be #CyberSmart? October 6, 2021 Health IT AnswersCyber safety begins with good cyber hygiene. All internet-connected devices are possible entry points for a cybercriminal. And the need for diligence increases exponentially as the volume of...
When the Police Come Knocking
When the Police Come Knocking October, 2021 For The Recordby Selena Chavis For many years, the health care industry has been well versed in the parameters of sharing protected health information (PHI) with law enforcement. But even with the best training, HIM...