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Documentation is more important than ever before

Anyone who enters anything into a patient encounter must make sure the documentation is detailed, accurate and thorough. Now more than ever before "if you didn't document it, it's the same as if you didn't do it."...

Physician Integrity: More than Just a Piece of the Healthcare Compliance Puzzle

There are many ways integrity is defined. Most of us have heard integrity defined as what you do when nobody else is around, or what you do and how you do it on a daily basis. Integrity is a concept that includes...

Should Office Romances Be Allowed In The Workplace?

Healthcare organizations are not exempt when it comes to office romances. Some organizations may choose to ignore office romances; some organizations may ban them altogether; while others may have policies and...

A Breach Can Be Good Medicine

Reality Check Questions Are you among the lucky healthcare providers who have never experienced a "Breach" of Protected Health Information (PHI)? You have run such a tight ship that a "Breach" has never...

Social Media and HIPAA Violations: Posting with Caution (Do's and Don'ts)

HIPAA Compliant Social Media Social media is used by 74% of Internet users and 80% of people using social media actually use it to research doctors, hospitals, and medical news and information. Social Media...

New Medicare Cards Are Coming!

For information on Medicare or Medicaid cards, please call 1-800-MEDICARE (663-4227). The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that under the Medicare Access and CHIPS Reauthorization Act (MACRA)...

Policies and Procedures: Critical for Healthcare Organizations

In the healthcare industry, written and implemented policies and procedures should help an organization and its employees make decisions, take the appropriate action, and ensure activities are in compliance with...

OIG to look at Questionable Billing for Off-the-Shelf Orthotic Devices

Included in the January 2018 Office of Inspector General's (OIG) Work Plan is an active item titled Questionable Billing for Off-the-Shelf Orthotic Devices. The three off-the-shelf orthotic devices being reviewed...

Ransomware Attack Impacts and Allscripts Applications

On January 18, 2018 Allscripts experienced a ransomware attack that impacted their cloud based EHR and other services. At this time, Allscripts does not believe there is any reason to believe any data has been...

Breach Notification Deadline is Just Around the Corner

The deadline for breach submission affecting fewer than 500 individuals is just around the corner. If a breach of unsecured protected health information affects fewer than 500 individuals, a covered entity must...