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Going too far with HIPAA compliance threatens care provided to patients
Overzealous individuals can become the HIPAA policeReport finds HIPAA hindering data usage
Preceptors help with these roles
ONC releases `Patient ID and Matching Report’
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) has released the final version of the Patient Identification and Matching Report.First ever settlement with local government
Access can prevent 30-day readmissions
Patient access can collaborate with clinical leaders to avoid readmission penalties.Your surveyors might ask these questions
Patient access employees are responsible for knowing the general policies and procedures of the hospital, emphasizes Angela Click, patient access services manager at OSF St Joseph Medical Center in Bloomington, IL.Did price estimate turn out to be wrong?
Patients rely on patient access employees to inform them of out-of-pocket costs, but accurate estimates are challenging to give. This challenge is due to changes in what is done clinically, provider contracts, patient co-morbidities, and the complexity of coverage.Include access in survey preparation
Patient access leaders should expect surveyors from The Joint Commission or the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to interact directly with front-line staff in registration areas.Here are answers for privacy questions
How do you protect a patients privacy? Some patient access employees get a deer-in-the-headlights look when surveyors ask this simple question, says Michael Sciarabba, MPH, CHAM, director of patient access at University of California, San Francisco.