The HIPAA Journal

APRIL 27, 2025

OCR stepped up enforcement of compliance with the HIPAA Rules in 2016, more than doubling the number of financial penalties imposed. The following three years saw similar numbers of financial penalties; however, there was another major increase in HIPAA fines in 2020 when 19 HIPAA violation cases were settled with OCR.

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Health Prime

JULY 27, 2023

Above all, familiarize yourself with the specific prior authorization forms, submission procedures, and documentation requirements. Ensure all necessary documentation, such as medical notes, test results, and treatment plans, is complete and readily available. These tools help reduce manual errors, save time, and improve efficiency.

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Healthcare Law Insights blog

AUGUST 8, 2023

A transaction in which the parties meet the size of entity test is subject to reporting if it has one or more of the following characteristics: The proposed fair market value of the transaction exceeds $25 million and concerns the provision of health care services.

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Northwest Career College

OCTOBER 24, 2024

With such a competitive salary and a projected 12% job growth from 2020 to 2030, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, it’s clear that legal assistants are in high demand. Be sure to highlight tasks managed, such as organizing case files, setting court dates, and drafting legal documents.

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ACMA Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2024

The goal of PAs is to ensure patients receive the most appropriate care for their medical needs in agreement with the most up-to-date medical evidence and guidelines 1. Prior authorizations can be very time-consuming, as they require documentation and paperwork from healthcare providers to show why the patient would need the treatment.

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The Healthcare Blog

APRIL 2, 2024

United channeled almost $52 billion of that cash into buying health-related businesses, nearly all of which end up housed inside Optum. It is a sprawling nationwide roll-up of healthcare assets. During the early pandemic, Eugene-based Oregon Clinic encountered terminal operating difficulties and sold to Optum in late 2020.

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Arkenea

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Furthermore, the billing process can be automated to avert issues such as duplicate entries, clogged workflows, and document errors. Providing healthcare price transparency ameliorates patient retention and engagement as patients will end up seeking care from services with lower pricing.

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ACMA Blog

JUNE 25, 2024

This process can include patient demographics, charts, labs, and any clinical documentation that will aid in proving the necessity of the medication or service. This can include verifying information with the pharmacy and obtaining all required documentation from the patient’s health record, as mentioned above.

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ACMA Blog

OCTOBER 16, 2023

This process can include patient demographics, charts, labs, and any clinical documentation that will aid in proving the necessity of the medication or service. This can include verifying information with the pharmacy and obtaining all required documentation from the patient’s health record, as mentioned above.

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Arkenea

JANUARY 25, 2025

The cost depends on the team, features, functionalities, and the time required to wrap up the development process. Furthermore, the use of abbreviations or suffixes can mislead pharmacists and they can end up giving the wrong drug to patients. The cost of custom e-prescription software development is around $20,000 to $700,000 or more.

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Valant

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Novel Treatments for Anxiety Disorders Among antipsychotics, as of 2020, the only FDA-approved anxiety treatment is an older medication called trifluoperazine, which has the same problem with tardive dyskinesia following prolonged use ( Garakani et al.,

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Medical Advantage

MARCH 8, 2024

athenaOne: Simplifies delivery of quality care with customizable documentation templates. Moreover, athenaCollector also employs efficient billing practices, using a rules-based engine to automatically submit claims and follow up on unpaid or underpaid claims.

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MedAssistantEDU.org

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Different categories of medical assistant certifications- Medical assistant certifications can be of the following type- a) Distance learning – In distance learning, the candidates learn their syllabus online over a period at the comfort of their home. They must maintain privacy by following the HIPAA compliance guidelines.

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Relias

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

In 2020, researchers from Ireland, the U.S., AHRQ defined each of the domains as follows: Safe — avoiding harm to patients from the care that is intended to help them. Patient medical records include documentation of patient histories and care. What’s missing from the Six Domains? Defining the Six Domains of Health Care Quality.

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The Healthcare Blog

APRIL 4, 2024

The answer to that final question is what DARPA , the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency , was attempting to answer in the Spring of 2020 when they funded researchers at Wuhan University. He became the first scientist to use photographic images to “document the expressive spectrum of the face” in a publication. Grove/2020)

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Accepted Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

We can look up stuff. If it’s just facts, we can look them up. But I would assume that the scores on the step two should go up. So how do you treat the sick patient who ends up in your hospital and you don’t have the super-duper whatever it is? [12:28] Takes about 45 minutes, and then they write up a report.

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Pulmonology Advisor - Practice Management

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Will they be happy to wake up every weekday morning and go to work? 2 This is a sharp decline from the results obtained in the 2020 survey, at which time 72.2% The following is a breakdown of how some of these themes drive professional satisfaction for physicians. From 2020 to 2021, the mean score decreased by 17.6%.

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Walker Info - Patient Experience

JUNE 20, 2023

A company objective might be to ramp up sales. This can work especially well if the communication is more informative (no need for immediate action) or it is difficult to set up direct time with busy executives. One must keep up/strive to stay ahead or risk being left behind. How actionable is it?

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Relias

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Here, we’ll discuss creating safety planning documents for some common types of crises: Suicidal ideation. One study that evaluated the use of suicide safety planning in the emergency department resulted in “45% fewer suicidal behaviors in the six-month period following the ED visit compared with usual care.”. Substance use disorder.

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Relias

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Here, we’ll discuss creating safety planning documents for some common types of crises: Suicidal ideation. One study that evaluated the use of suicide safety planning in the emergency department resulted in “45% fewer suicidal behaviors in the six-month period following the ED visit compared with usual care.”. Substance use disorder.

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Relias

JUNE 21, 2023

Here are some variations of DEI currently seen in various contexts: DEIB — Including “belonging,” this acronym emerged in 2020 to encompass individuals’ perception of their acceptance within a group. A feeling of belonging means people feel heard, seen, and recognized. Decades ago, mere tolerance was the goal.

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Relias

JUNE 21, 2023

Here are some variations of DEI currently seen in various contexts: DEIB — Including “belonging,” this acronym emerged in 2020 to encompass individuals’ perception of their acceptance within a group. A feeling of belonging means people feel heard, seen, and recognized. Decades ago, mere tolerance was the goal.

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Arkenea

DECEMBER 2, 2024

According to a report published by Chime, 83 percent of acute care organizations stated high use of patient portals by users in 2021, as compared to 74 percent in 2020. Enhanced Patient Care Patients can get annoyed by long waiting hours and freeing up time for appointments. at any given time.

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Setting Sights

AUGUST 11, 2021

But, my colleagues’ wellbeing isn’t hanging in the balance just because of the taboo that comes with opening up on their mental health struggles, or that there is little time to address it on top of the day-to-day work pressures – it’s hanging in the balance because we are simply not supported full-stop. I called for help in person.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 6, 2022

Ford let us know up-front that he could not be more proud of the stories he was about to share with us…and I will do my best to capture some of his remarks with you here in Health Populi so you can be inspired, as well. For more on that collaboration, please see my blog post which describes the program which launched in June 2020].

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The Healthcare Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Instead of shopping for care, consumers found themselves saddled with almost $200 billion in medical bills they could not pay, and hospitals and physicians ended up eating most of it. It didnt take more than eighteen months for the historic Optum roll-up of medical claims management software and services to blow up in Uniteds face.

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The Healthcare Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2024

HMOs Go Public and Roll Up Two little noticed developments accelerated the shift in power from providers to payers. Up until the mid-1990s, healthcare claims were paper and fax transmitted, costly and unreliable. Physician time in helping manage ACOs and in minutely documenting all those core measures is invariably costed at zero.

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Scrubs

JUNE 21, 2023

22, three FDA inspectors arrived at the sprawling Intas Pharmaceuticals plant south of Ahmedabad, India, and found hundreds of trash bags full of shredded documents tossed into a garbage truck. So when a company stops making a drug, others do not necessarily step up, he said. Original Reporting by: Arthur Allen On Nov.

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Relias

JULY 20, 2023

Maternal mortality is closely linked to social and behavioral factors As documented extensively, higher U.S. Managing gaps in mental health services by expanding the scope of services offered, increasing training on mental health for all staff, and reviewing documentation practices can also help.

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The HIPAA Journal

MARCH 13, 2025

million in 2020 and the healthcare industry more than $6.7 Mike Kelly (R-PA) and Bill Foster (D-IL) and follows a similar bill, the MATCH IT Act of 2024, which was referred by the House Ways and Means Committee to the House Subcommittee in December 2024 before the last Congress wrapped up. billion each year.

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The Healthcare Blog

MARCH 11, 2024

By MIKE MAGEE In our world where up is down, and black is white, there is a left and a right – it’s the middle we appear to be missing. With this most recent turn of events, the DeSantis family seems to be following the plot line (with its twists and turns) of Barbie – this year’s favorite for Picture of the Year.

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The Healthcare Blog

APRIL 3, 2025

Adenosine builds up in synaptic connections between brain neurons. The restorative powers of boiling tea leaves was first documented in 3000 BC. Congress pass a law the following year requiring that the company include the phrase habit-forming on their label. Grove/2020) None of this is especially breaking news.

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Sensible Medicine

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Anyone who works in a hospital will say, ‘we are no longer living in the dark days of 2020’— and ‘this is not the same disease’ This is also why I think all therapeutic data needs repeat RCTs. If you feel up to going to work, go for it. All kids will get COVID now and repeatedly in their lives.

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Sensible Medicine

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Anyone who works in a hospital will say, ‘we are no longer living in the dark days of 2020’— and ‘this is not the same disease’ This is also why I think all therapeutic data needs repeat RCTs. If you feel up to going to work, go for it. All kids will get COVID now and repeatedly in their lives.

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