The ABCs of ICD-10 from CMS
Get Ready Now: Assess How ICD-10 Will Affect Your Practice Compliance date is October 1, 2015. Visit the CMS ICD-10 website for the most current…
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Are physicians really dissatisfied with EHRs?
By Irv H. Lichtenwald – Should we be concerned? Microsoft Office was first introduced by Bill Gates at COMDEX, Las Vegas, in August, 1988. Here we are almost exactly 27 years later, and if you plug the words ‘hate,’ ‘Microsoft’ and ‘Office’ into Google, you’ll get more than 4 million results. Remove ‘Office’ and Google returns more than 33 million results.
Colorado Medicaid Mails PHI to Wrong Addresses
By Steve Spearman – This past summer, the state of Colorado’s Medicaid program, the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing (HCPF), accidentally sent letters containing PHI to the wrong addresses, affecting individuals from 1,069 households.
New Hampshire State Health Information Exchange
The New Hampshire Health Information Organization (NHHIO) is a non-profit organization created by New Hampshire legislation to run the statewide health information exchange (HIE). Their aim is to collaborate with hospitals, physicians, community health centers, long term care providers, home care providers and other clinicians involved in healthcare delivery.
WEDI Announces Program for Annual Fall Conference: WEDI-Con 2015
Registration is now open for WEDI-Con 2015, October 26-29 at the Hyatt Regency Reston, VA. Join hundreds of your peers for this four-day event to share successful best practices for healthcare privacy and security, transactions and emerging industry trends.
Health IT Issues that Deserve a Second Read – August 2015
One of the ways that HITECH Answers is different from other media sites is the sense of community. The thought leaders in our community are good about sharing their thought on the issues of today. Here are the top read and shared guest posts of August.
Prepping Your Staff for a Successful EHR Implementation
By Debra Harris – Without proper staff training and education, an electronic health record (EHR) implementation can cause more challenges than benefits for your organization. But this doesn’t need to be the case if you take a few strategic steps when prepping and training your staff.
Patient Relationship Management
By Barry P. Chaiken MD, MPH – Opentable. TripAdvisor. Angie’s List. Healthgrades. No person or organization maintains immunity from scrutiny by consumers. Although reviews can deliver either positive words or embarrassing comments, they surely capture the attention of both the reviewer and the reviewed.
HFMA’s Revenue Cycle Conference
HFMA’s Revenue Cycle Conference (MAP Event) is developed for employees of provider organizations including executives, key staff from patient access and patient financial services. Register today for this event on October 25-27 in Fort Lauderdale.