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HIPAA Privacy Rule and Marketing: When Covered Entities Cant Use or Disclos

Protected Health Information (PHI) is any identifiable health information transmitted or maintained in any form or medium by a covered entity. Covered entities are healthcare providers, health plans, and healthcare clearinghouses. The Privacy Rule, implemented by the Health Insurance Portability and... View More

Understand the Difference Between Home Health vs. Hospice Care

Whether you’re a patient or health caregiver, it’s important to understand the difference between home health vs hospice care. However, these are a type of healthcare services misunderstood by many people. There are many similarities and differences between these healthcare services; hence, we c... View More

Everything You Should Know About E/M Coding

E/M coding, short for evaluation and management coding, involves CPT codes from the range 99202 to 99499 and is a system used to categorize medical services provided by healthcare professionals. E/M codes help healthcare providers communicate the level of care provided to patients to insurers for bi... View More

HIPAA Risk Analysis and Risk Management

Risk analysis involves identifying potential risks and vulnerabilities to electronically protected health information. It also consists of evaluating the likelihood and impact of those risks on ePHI and identifying appropriate security measures to address those risks. Essentially, risk analysis is t... View More

Basics of HIPAA and Compliance

As all the industry technology is growing fast, initiatives across all sectors have adopted methods to make business more quick and efficient. The one primary industry is the health sector is growing at a very high rate, and all the rules have been advanced to safeguard patient information. One law ... View More

Things You Need to Know for HIPAA Compliance in 2023

HIPAA compliance and many new ways of working in the healthcare industry are changing. The migration to digital and evolving technologies has driven updates to the HIPAA privacy rule and is being followed in 2023. The official rules have been changed, and the approach to compliance is also changed. ... View More

Streamlining the Medicare Enrollment Process: 2023 Updates to the Medicare

Medicare is a federal health insurance program that provides coverage to people over the age of 65, as well as those with certain disabilities. To enroll in Medicare as a healthcare provider, you must complete the Medicare 855 enrollment form. This form is used to gather information about your pract... View More

Ensuring Quality in Telemedicine: A Guide to CMS and TJC Standards

Telemedicine has become an increasingly popular and effective way for healthcare providers to deliver care to patients remotely. It allows patients to receive care from the comfort of their own homes, and it enables providers to reach a larger patient population. However, with the rapid growth of te... View More

HIPAA Audit and Enforcement Updates for 2023

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is a federal law that protects the privacy of patients' health information and sets standards for the security of electronically protected health information (ePHI). The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is responsi... View More

Navigating the 2023 CPT, ICD-10, and Payer Changes

The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code set is a medical coding system used to report medical, surgical, and diagnostic procedures and services. The International Classification of Diseases, 10th Edition (ICD-10) is a medical coding system that is used to report diagnoses and other health-rela... View More

How to Avoid Medical Claim Denials and Increase Revenue Fast?

In any medical role, insurance denials can be unexceptionally found. Inadequate handling of insurance denials impacts the billing team as in whole. In 2022, new ways to avoid claim denials and postpone payments are continuously surfaced by insurance payers. It should not as a surprise that the medic... View More

HIPAA Compliance for Remote Workers - Conferencepanel

We had already started to notice a lot of people making the shift towards the new remote work protocol before Covid-19 forced the majority of people to transition to work from home for the foreseeable future. Since it can be more convenient for the employee and more cost-effective for their organiza... View More