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How to Streamline Your Medical Claims Management Process for Better Results 

CollaborateMD

If medical claims management is such a vital part of the healthcare ecosystem, why is it so frustrating? The answer often boils down to a process riddled with administrative burdens, a complex coding system, and predisposed to errors due to outdated technology and frequent rule changes.

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Medical billing audits: A proactive approach to compliance and revenue protection 

Health Prime

Medical billing audits are a great tool for achieving compliance and safeguarding revenue. Regular audits help medical practices stay on top of these changes and comply with coding and billing rules defined by the CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) and private payers. Why do these audits matter?

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June 2025 Healthcare Data Breach Report

The HIPAA Journal

In June, HIPAA-regulated entities notified the HHS’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) about 70 data breaches impacting 500 or more individuals, which is well above the 12-month average of 59 large data breaches per month. Episource reported the data breach to OCR as affecting 5,418,866 individuals. dba Frank D.

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Simplifying Compliance: How Medical Billing Services Keep You Audit-Ready

CollaborateMD

Healthcare practices are often plagued with medical billing compliance questions like: “Am I upcoding?” ” With all of these concerns, it’s vital that providers and billing departments understand and follow the key elements of proper medical billing compliance to run a successful practice.

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Medical Billing Audits: A Proactive Approach to Compliance and Revenue Protection 

Health Prime

Medical billing audits are a great tool for achieving compliance and safeguarding revenue. How to perform effective medical billing audits Establish Clear Objectives: Clearly spell out the objectives that define the audit’s scope and focus. Check for upcoding, unbundling, or misuse of codes.

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RAG in Healthcare: Your Complete Guide to Its Implementation

Arkenea

From electronic health records and clinical research papers to medical imaging reports and patient communications, the sheer volume of healthcare information grows exponentially each year. Yet accessing the right information at the right time remains one of the biggest challenges facing medical professionals today.

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Importance of HIPAA Compliance in Medical Coding and Billing

Northwest Career College

HIPAA is a short form of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act , a law devised to protect patients’ personal information regarding their health conditions. A medical billing and coding professional plays a big part in ensuring that this health information is handled as it should be.

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