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

Health Prime

It’s 100% non-negotiable for a practice to stay in business and be successful. When speaking with prospective medical coding partners, make sure to find out how they follow compliance rules. They should give you a list of compliance procedures they take as a company and how they ensure each employee is following rules and regulations.

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Healthcare Data Breach Statistics

The HIPAA Journal

MN Business Associate 190,000,000 Hacking/IT Incident 2 2015 Anthem Inc. CO Business Associate 14,782,887 Hacking/IT Incident 4 2024 Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. NY Health Plan 9,358,891 Hacking/IT Incident 10 2023 Perry Johnson & Associates, Inc.

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HIPAA Violation Cases

The HIPAA Journal

OCR stepped up enforcement of compliance with the HIPAA Rules in 2016, more than doubling the number of financial penalties imposed. The following three years saw similar numbers of financial penalties; however, there was another major increase in HIPAA fines in 2020 when 19 HIPAA violation cases were settled with OCR.

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Creating Opportunities for Nurse Entrepreneurship and Side Hustles

Minority Nurse

Meanwhile, around 2011, conversations about podcasting were heating up on Twitter, and it wasn’t long before two colleagues and I launched RNFM Radio, arguably one of the first nursing podcasts in existence. This was soon followed by The Nurse Keith Show , my current nursing career podcast, which has reached almost 500 episodes.

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HIPAA Compliant API: A Complete Guide

Arkenea

Key Takeaways Healthcare developers must follow the three key HIPAA rules during API development: HIPAA security rule, privacy rule, and the breach notification rule. This article discusses key HIPAA rules and steps that developers can follow while building a HIPAA API. Key Rules for Developing a HIPAA API 1.

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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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Understanding the Importance of HIPAA Compliance in Medical Billing Software 

CollaborateMD

Those rules apply to healthcare organizations and their business partners where PHI is present. Those regulations must be followed during the medical claim submission process, from insurance eligibility verification to claim submission to payment processing. Yet, many practices still face challenges in following them.

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