Valant

MARCH 30, 2024

Electronic forms allow practices to collect patient information digitally. These can include fields for demographic information, medical history, insurance details, and consent forms. EHRs play a crucial role in safeguarding patient privacy with security measures such as encryption, access controls, and secure messaging.

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Health Prime

JUNE 13, 2024

Consequences of coding errors for your practice : Payment delays: Incorrect codes can lead to delays in insurance companies’ payments, disrupting cash flow and affecting the financial stability of healthcare providers. Increased denials: Insurance companies are quick to deny claims with coding errors.

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Billing Medical Coding Medication Best Practices 88

Valant

JULY 16, 2024

What’s the difference between them, and is your practice compliant with the privacy regulations for each type? Failing to follow best practices for therapy notes and progress notes can have legal and professional repercussions. HIPAA regulates that therapy notes be stored separately from progress notes.

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Health Populi

JUNE 10, 2021

.” Health Populi’s Hot Points: HIPAA, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, was signed into law in 1996 by President Bill Clinton. This week, Ken Mandl and Eric Perakslis co-wrote an essay in The New England Journal of Medicine on HIPAA and the “leak of ‘deidentified’ EHR data.”

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Valant

JUNE 2, 2024

You’ll also be responsible for ensuring that your practice is HIPAA compliant. Look for EHR and other tech solutions that allow you to maintain strong HIPAA compliance and protections for PHI. This includes monitoring patient outcomes, implementing best practices, and seeking feedback from patients and staff.

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Valant

JANUARY 30, 2024

External Audit Requirements In the behavioral health field, audits involve a comprehensive examination of a practice’s compliance with regulations and standards, such as those from states and insurance providers. Common audit requirements help providers maintain practices that align with the highest standards of care.

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Billing Documentation Follow-Up Best Practices 52

Valant

APRIL 2, 2024

Performance Reporting: The ability to focus on metrics such as patient retention, insurance aging, and billing documentation status goes a long way towards practice efficiency. Data Visualization: Visual representations of data, such as charts, graphs, and dashboards, enhance the accessibility and interpretability of EHR data.

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HIPAA Documentation Best Practices Appointments 40

Valant

APRIL 17, 2024

Not only is it a map for treating a client, it is necessary for compliance with insurance and governmental mandates. However, managing these plans at scale is a complex task that often creates headaches for clinicians and directors in large outpatient behavioral health practices.

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Documentation HIPAA Best Practices Collaboration 102

Ciox

JULY 20, 2023

Healthcare organizations must adhere to strict data privacy regulations such as: The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) These regulations ensure that patient data is handled securely and confidentially, minimizing the risk of unauthorized access or data breaches.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

” The last paragraph of the press release states: “All work related to Ascension’s engagement with Google is HIPAA compliant and underpinned by a robust data security and protection effort and adherence to Ascension’s strict requirements for data handling.” health care.

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CollaborateMD

AUGUST 5, 2024

Then review best practices in implementing AI into medical billing. An analysis by KFF found that insurance denial rates could be as high as 49%. As a result, the technology is subject to HIPAA compliance rules. The solution you select must be HIPAA compliant. Compliance requirements apply to AI’s use of PHI.

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Billing Medication Best Practices HIPAA 98

Valant

MARCH 1, 2024

Compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act ( HIPAA ) and other laws/regulations is mandatory. In addition, complying with HIPAA protects your patients, your practice, and helps you avoid fines and penalties. Your EHR software can help with HIPAA compliance.

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EvidenceCare

APRIL 16, 2024

Traditional Medicare vs. Medicare Advantage vs commercial insurance). HIPAA regulations: Ensure patient privacy is protected throughout the documentation process. This helps reduce anxiety and allows staff to practice their responses. Hospitals need to be aware of these state-specific rules as well.

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Health Populi

JUNE 25, 2024

Richard: Our healthcare system is a complex dance between Payers (Insurance Companies) and Providers (Doctors, Hospitals, and in the case of Amedisys – Home Health, Hospice, and Palliative Care.) will HIPAA be enough to assure the privacy of patients’ PHI in an AI-driven environment? In the U.S.,

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