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As hospital compliance officers prepare for a proposed increase in patient access to medical records' information, another proposed rule increases access to laboratory results.
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The vulnerabilities of a virtual infrastructure are real, but they often are overlooked while healthcare leaders focus on the return on investment (ROI), says Eric Chiu, founder & president of HyTrust, a company in Mountain View, CA, that specializes in access control for data.
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Authorities in Kissimmee, FL, report that a teenager has been arrested and accused of impersonating a physician's assistant (PA) in a local hospital's emergency department (ED).
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Beginning Jan. 1, 2012, providers must use the new HIPAA 5010 transaction standards to conduct certain administrative transactions such as claims, remittance, eligibility and others, but not all providers are ready for the transition to new standards, and that lack of preparedness could affect transition to ICD-10 as well.
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A Georgia man who allegedly froze the operations of a New Jersey pharmaceutical company where he had worked by deleting portions of its computer network has been federally charged in connection with the attack.
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After a new price estimator system was implemented at St. Joseph East in Lexington, KY, results weren't seen immediately. These results came only after a significant amount of hands-on training, reports Stephanie Stamper, patient access coordinator.
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Are you facing pressure to cut education resources in your patient access department? Reducing resources simply isn't an option, according to Wendy M. Roach, RDMS, manager of patient access and central scheduling at Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital in Barrington, IL.
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Before you attempt to measure how skilled your staff are, you might want to be certain your own skills are up to par.
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Service became a pressing issue when registrars at Blanchard Valley Health System in Findlay, OH, started ED and high-dollar outpatient copay collection.
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Training of new hires has become much more comprehensive, due to the expanded patient access role, according to Betsy Keating, interim patient access director at Northwest Community Hospital in Arlington Heights, IL. Keating is a senior consulting manager at Chadds Ford, PA-based IMA Consulting, which provides revenue cycle services for the healthcare industry.