Pulmonology Advisor - Practice Management

MAY 17, 2024

An update to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Security Rule is now underway with new cybersecurity requirements. In addition, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is issuing new guidance for health care providers to help better prepare them on how best to respond to cyber threats.

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HIPAA Hospital Insurance Follow-Up 108

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

In past studies, such word-of-mouth from “people like me” has been a top driver of consumer health care decision-making. Collaboration for health care in the community, for services and for social determinants of health factors, is a growing feature in U.S. health care — and desirable.

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Collaboration Insurance Patient Care Hospital 115

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

This year at HIMSS19, we can take part in at least two dozen education sessions preaching and teaching the centrality of SDOH in patient care and revenue cycle management, and exhibitors who are bringing SDOH data elements and analytics into the electronic health record. As health care delivery in the U.S.

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Appointments Insurance HIPAA Billing 95

The HIPAA Journal

DECEMBER 24, 2022

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 placed a number of requirements on HIPAA-covered entities to safeguard the Protected Health Information (PHI) of patients, and to strictly control when PHI can be divulged, and to whom. 3-Year Jail Term for VA Employee Who Stole Patient Data. OCR HIPAA Fines 2018.

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HIPAA Business Associate Follow-Up Medication 124

ACMA Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Many healthcare providers may prescribe treatments that are not considered routine or may be expensive, an insurance company may need prior authorization (PA) to determine whether they will cover what the healthcare providers recommends 4. The healthcare provider must get approval from the insurance company. Al-Haque, S.,

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Medication Insurance Documentation Follow-Up 40

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

This blog appears today as part of a #HIMSS18 primer series for attendees, and the industry at large, to discuss major health IT issues that will help move health and healthcare delivery forward in 2018 – and beyond.

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HIPAA Patient Experience Appointments Insurance 48

Pulmonology Advisor - Practice Management

MAY 17, 2024

An update to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Security Rule is now underway with new cybersecurity requirements. In addition, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is issuing new guidance for health care providers to help better prepare them on how best to respond to cyber threats.

HIPAA 52

HIPAA Hospital Insurance Follow-Up 52

Northwest Career College

JUNE 20, 2024

The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects a 7% growth in employment for pharmacy technicians from 2018 to 2028, faster than the average for all occupations. Rewarding Work Environment Working as a pharmacy technician means being a part of a team that directly contributes to patient care and well-being.

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Certification Continuing Education Scheduling Hospital 40

ACMA Blog

JUNE 25, 2024

Engagement in Prior Authorization: Duties and Training INTRODUCTION: The prior authorization (PA) process is critical in providing some patients with their medically necessary products. The pharmacy then notifies the patient and the prescriber of this request.

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Medical Assistant Documentation Insurance Certification 40

ACMA Blog

OCTOBER 16, 2023

INTRODUCTION: The prior authorization (PA) process is critical in providing some patients with their medically necessary products. It is the insurance or payers’ way of controlling costs by approving or denying certain medications, procedures, or devices that may not usually be covered or is on a higher tier on the formulary.

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Medical Assistant Documentation Certification Medical Coding 40

Health Populi

AUGUST 24, 2020

Interestingly, when considering various factors that could cause great harm to patients, the current risk of contracting COVID-19 ranks lower than other concerns. Two-thirds of doctors are also concerned about closure of practices due to COVID-19 causing great harm to patients. On the payor front, large U.S.

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Patient Care Appointments Medication Insurance 154

Health Populi

MAY 20, 2024

In the past year, the growth of prescription drug utilization and spending has much to do with the use of GLP-1 agonists to treat diabetes and obesity, along with immunology therapy, and lipid meds, along with specialty medicines now accounting for over half of spending — up from 49% in 2018.

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Follow-Up Sterilization Tests Diagnostics 71

Relias

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

of citizens identifying as American Indian or Alaska Native relied on Medicaid or other public health insurance, and 14.9% on Medicaid or public health insurance and only 6.3% Insufficient funding creates a lack of clinical resources because available funding is often put toward direct patient care. with 34.3%

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Insurance Patient Education Collaboration Patient Care 59

Health Populi

JANUARY 24, 2019

In the middle of the day, I spoke about trends in health care focusing on the patient: as a payor, as im-patient, as digital, as a consumer, and as political. As a payor, the insured patient in 2019 is likely to be managing a high-deductible health plan, responsible for first-dollar costs until s/he reaches that threshold.

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Insurance Patient Care Hospital Appointments 69

The HIPAA Journal

JANUARY 9, 2023

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act was signed into law in 1996 and while there have been some significant HIPAA updates over the last two decades, the last set of major HIPAA updates occurred in 2013 with the introduction of the HIPAA Omnibus Final Rule.

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HIPAA Business Associate Appointments Scheduling 111

Health Populi

OCTOBER 8, 2018

As the only health economist in the family of the 2018 HIMSS Social Media Ambassadors, this is a voice through which I can uniquely speak. One rationale for adopting digital health records was to be able to measure, and then better manage, health care outcomes and, eventually, spending. GDP, in 2018. trillion, over 18% of U.S.

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Hospital Insurance Collaboration Billing 61