The thought leaders in our community are good about sharing their thoughts on the issues of today. Here are the top read and shared guest posts of August that we think deserve sharing again.
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By Rita Bowen – During the upcoming 2017 AHIMA Convention and Exhibit in Los Angeles, I will be co-presenting with Melissa Landry, RHIA, Assistant Vice President of Health Information Management for Ochsner Health System, in a session titled “Merger Mania: Impact to HIM and Privacy.”
By Lula Jensen – On June 13, 2017, CMS issued clarification regarding the medical review requirements for Part A payment of short-stay hospital claims, more commonly referred to as the “Two-Midnight Rule.”
The thought leaders in our community are good about sharing their thoughts on the issues of today. Here are the top read and shared guest posts of June that we think deserve sharing again.
The thought leaders in our community are good about sharing their thoughts on the issues of today. Here are the top read and shared guest posts of May that we think deserve sharing again.
By Lula Jensen – RACs are back! Following several delays and multiple lawsuits, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has finally awarded the new RAC contracts.
By Rita Bowen – As of September 30, 2013, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has received over 141,754 complaints. Over 24,500 of these led to OCR investigations, resulting in required changes to privacy practices, corrective actions or technical assistance.
By Sara Goldstein – Data breaches cost companies an average of $221 per compromised record. Heavily-regulated industries, like healthcare, tend to have per capita data breach costs substantially higher than the overall mean.
By Rita Bowen – The Health Care Compliance Association’s Compliance Institute is a must-attend event for provider, hospital and health system professionals working with any form of healthcare compliance.