On March 26, 2013 the final rules that implement the Health and Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act went into effect. These rules directed that...
On Tuesday, July 2, the Treasury Department announced its determination to delay enforcement of a portion of the Affordable Care Act which required certain large employers to provide health insurance for employees.
On July 1, 2013 a much anticipated change will take place in the North Carolina Medicaid system when the state’s 34-year-old claims processing computer system, known as Legacy, will be retired and replaced by the new system, NC Tracks.
Health Care providers are permitted certain HIPAA disclosures under the law. Don’t use HIPAA as shield. Know what the Privacy Rule restrictions are and identify how best to protect your patients while also protecting those around them.
Healthcare Providers are seeing numerous benefits for forming an ACO (Accountable Care Organization) or joining an already existing one.
Competing with the likes of WebMD and Wikipedia may seem like a daunting task for any physician, but there is a simple way to join the online conversation. Engage in social media.
From time to time, circumstances arise which make it difficult, and even impracticable, for a health care provider to continue to render effective treatment to certain patients. Herein, we explain legitimate reasons for dismissing a patient and how to go about it.
Health Information Exchange (HIE) technology is a primary focal point of the HITECH Act of 2009, legislation driven by a policy to promote provider access to pertinent patient health information through the use of computers, the internet, and related technology.
The number one way to protect PHI? Encryption. This means that text is encoded and therefore “disguised” unless your device or computer has the code to read it. It is absolutely imperative to have encryption in place anytime a mobile device is used for PHI.
The implementation date for ICD-10 has been pushed back for the last time. On October 1, 2014, the new set of codes will go into effect. ICD-10 codes will provide room for growth as healthcare continues to evolve, new procedures are developed, and new conditions are discovered.