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6 aspects to consider when choosing the right medical coding partner for your practice 

Health Prime

Read more about this in our blog How to make sure your Business Associates are HIPAA Compliant. Communication & Sup port Effective communication and robust support mechanisms are integral to a successful partnership with a medical coding provider.

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Creating Opportunities for Nurse Entrepreneurship and Side Hustles

Minority Nurse

For nurses seeking opportunities using their podcasting, speaking, coaching, and writing skills, the ability to create financially and personally rewarding side hustles and full-time businesses has never been stronger.

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The Complete Know How on EMR API Integration

Arkenea

EMR API integration may be the key to achieve better communication between care providers, systems, and offer scalability. Better Communication Between Providers Since EMR APIs are known to connect different systems together, they can aid in improving communication between healthcare providers.

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The Pace of Tech-Adoption Grows Among Older Americans, AARP Finds – But Privacy Concerns May Limit Adoption

Health Populi

About four in 10 people 50+ are interested in “purchasing” (the word used in the AARP survey) several digital health innovations: Communicating with a health care provider that you’ve taken a medication as prescribed. Communicating other information, like blood pressure, weight, or heart health) to a health care provider.

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The Smartphone Is the Consumer’s Personal Health Platform – Implications from Deloitte’s 2018 Survey

Health Populi

This gets to transparency, regarding how these companies communicate privacy policies to users; and, for health care, this speaks to patients’ concerns about their healthcare privacy. Many personal information flows don’t fall under the HIPAA umbrella if the company isn’t a business associate.

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Zoom Became a Household Name in the Pandemic. It’s Working to Do the Same in Healthcare – At #HIMSS21

Health Populi

They had developed business associate agreements (BAAs) for HIPAA compliance over four years ago, thousands of which had been in place across the U.S. ’ Reliable video communications like Zoom are a way of life,” the company foresees.

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UnitedHealth Group Confirms Data Stolen in Change Healthcare Ransomware Attack

The HIPAA Journal

The AHA explained in the letter that Change Healthcare is a covered entity and, as such, has a duty to notify OCR and the affected individuals about any data breach, even in cases where Change Healthcare acts as a business associate.

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