The reporting of health care diagnoses and procedures for primary care physicians will be changing on October 1, 2015, switching from roughly 14,000 ICD-9-CM codes to over 69,000 ICD-10-CM codes. This role-base training session, designed specifically for primary care setups, will provide specific implementation guidelines and best practices to ensure the transition is smooth and […]
“It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you’ll do things differently.” – Warren Buffett Managing your professional and practice reputation has become much more challenging in the age of the internet. A difference of one star in an online review has been shown to impact […]
The HIPAA data breach violations are on the rise. The HIPAA Breach Notification Rule, 45 CFR §§ 164.400-414, requires HIPAA-covered entities and their business associates to provide notification following a breach of unsecured protected health information. Similar breach notification provisions implemented and enforced by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), apply to vendors of personal health records […]
In this one-hour live webinar, Jonathan Pantenburg will provide an overview of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, with an emphasis on the critical balance between protecting patient health information and sustaining operations as a healthcare entity. Jonathan will review, at a high level, risk assessments, OCR audits, safeguarding PHI, breach protocol/penalties, the most common HIPAA violations, and covered […]
