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HIPAA: Are You an Expert or a Flunky?

By Marcia Brauchler
In Healthcare Business Monthly
Jul 1st, 2017
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See if your knowledge of Privacy and Security Rules is a help or a hinderance to your practice’s compliance. Take this quiz and then score yourself to find out if you are a HIPAA expert, a HIPAA flunky, or somewhere in between. (Note: You will not ear...
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Top E/M Office Visit Chart Audit Findings

By Marcia Brauchler
In Healthcare Business Monthly
Apr 1st, 2017
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In my work with clients, I often identify potential coding issues around the frequency of evaluation and management (E/M) visits compared to a benchmark. For example, based on Medicare distribution data, Chart 1 illustrates possible over-coding (relat...
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Defining PHI Helps Secure Information

By Marcia Brauchler
In Compliance
Sep 26th, 2016
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Under the HIPAA Privacy Rule, protected health information (PHI) refers to health information that can identify an individual, or can be used with other available information to identify an individual. PHI requires two things: An identifier; and A ...
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Answer Common HIPAA Questions – Business Associate

By Marcia Brauchler
In Compliance
May 1st, 2014
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What changed in 2013 for business associates? One of the most significant changes under HIPAA’s final rule, effective September 23, 2013, was that business associates of HIPAA covered entities became directly liable for compliance with certain Privacy...
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The Big Picture of Contract Negotiations

By Marcia Brauchler
In Industry News
Aug 1st, 2012
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A focused effort on negotiating payer contracts can create much-needed money for any practice, and coders are uniquely qualified to facilitate these negotiations. This month, I’ll provide an overview of the contract negotiation process. In future mont...
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