By Art Gross – There was a time when you would walk into any doctor’s office and the sliding walls or file cabinets of patient folders seemed endless. Guarded like vaults, all the information safely under lock and key. And in addition to patient data, there is employee data, which likely contained personal and banking records.
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By Yuriy Pylypchuk & Carmen Smiley – When a family member, friend, or loved one develops an opioid addiction, few people know how to respond. Similarly, it is often difficult for healthcare providers to know how to best prevent, detect, and treat opioid use disorder, and almost every provider in the country has had encounters with patients experiencing addiction.
By Susan Walberg JD MPA CHC – As I have written in previous articles about HIPAA and health-tech, many apps in the marketplace have been largely unregulated with respect to the privacy and security of healthcare data. In order for healthcare-related apps to be regulated, for the most part, they needed to be covered under HIPAA.
By Scott Zeitzer – Because we primarily work with ortho, spine, and neuro practices, we often talk to practices whose patients tend to fall into the “senior” category. This is especially true for practices that focus on joint replacements and degenerative spinal conditions.
New On Demand Dr. Nick: The Incrementalist: With guest Richard Schreiber, MD, FACP, Associated CMIO at Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical Center. Dick is a professor in Internal medicine, a career choice made in his 4th year of medical school as he was looking to solve…
By Lisa T. Miller MHA – Robust cost management is now imperative for every hospital. Adopting the 4 P’s of a successful hospital cost savings strategy can help to drive margin improvement across your hospital.
By Matt Rolfes – The shift toward greater patient financial responsibility is not slowing in healthcare. This trend—predicted by experts and underway for several years now—continues to tilt the reimbursement scale away from insurance claims and onto the patient.
By Mark Spinner – The move toward an omnichannel communications strategy in revenue cycle—from secure texts to online chat, patient portals and phone support—creates a customized experience that boosts patient satisfaction and financial engagement.
By Matt Fisher – The Office for Civil Rights announced its twentieth HIPAA right of access settlement on September 10, 2021, which continues the initiative that has been a primary focal point of enforcement for the past couple of years.