HIPAA’s Impact on Medical Billing and Credentialing

Most providers are delivering telehealth services more often now. Due to lots of advantages, a large population of patients has also adopted to telehealth environment. While delivering telehealth services, the provider needs to take some precautions to avoid HIPAA violations. Recently Office of Civil Rights (OCR) has published FAQs on telehealth and HIPAA during the […]
As a physician, you start growing in your practice you will realize that you need to outsource part or all your billing routine tasks to be more productive and efficient at work. HIPAA compliance is not really an option. All medical practices and businesses must be compliant to stay in business. What Is HIPAA? Health […]
Healthcare organizations, outpatient facilities, solo practitioners, and hospitals today are recognizing the value of ensuring privacy and integrating technology into their core operations to deliver enhanced patient care. And when such is the modern-day healthcare scenario then why not put your bets on the latest innovation of automation. Most forward-thinking physicians/doctors are currently using the […]
HIPAA was officially enacted in the year 1996 by the United States Congress. HIPAA has two titles–Title I of the rule is to protect individuals and families under the circumstances when they lose their jobs or when they change their jobs. Title II also known as the administrative simplification provision requires the establishment of electronic […]
HIPAA – Health Insurance Portability and Accounting Act of 1996, is a remarkably significant healthcare law that Medical Care providers need to be aware of. HIPAA is a federal law specifically designed to let portability of protected health information for billing purposes so that the health care industry has proper billing across the country. In […]
Confidentiality and security in the healthcare industry are of paramount importance today. Without a patient’s authorization, no personal health information can be shared or used. HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) was established in 1996 to set national standards for the confidentiality, security, and transmissibility of personal health information. Under this Act, healthcare providers […]
Patients leave a lot of personal data in the world wide open network while using Internet search engines, electronic mediums of transactions like credit cards, cell phones, websites and home healthcare medical devices that are prone to virus attacks, etc. Most people are unaware of the fact that some of these information are not covered […]
As several key sections ofthe Affordable Care Act (ACA) are set to take effect this year optometry practices need to gear up to sail through the billing challenges. The primary focus of the ACA is to increase the number of American citizens with health insurance and for that, optometrists will need to provide services and […]
There is a strong relation between medical billing and HIPAA as coding and billing specialists have to deal with sensitive patient information on a daily basis. They are required to handle, patient, provider and insurance information that should be kept secure and confidential. Coders and billers are also responsible for ensuring secure electronic and physical […]
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