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Be Ready for Challenges to Data Reliability
Data transparency is one of the most effective mechanisms for incentivizing physician behavior change, but one of the first reactions to unveiling physicians’ performance among their peers usually is to question the validity and source of the data, says Kelly Tiberio, manager of GE Healthcare Camden Group, a consulting company based in Los Angeles.
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Competition Improves Physician Quality, But Tread Carefully
Showing doctors where they stand compared to others can be effective, but if you go about in a ham-handed way it can backfire.
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Worker Fired in NFL Player Incident Sues Hospital
A secretary fired from Jackson Health System in Miami for accessing the medical record of New York Giants’ football player Jason Pierre-Paul is suing Miami-Dade County’s public hospital network. She claims she did not access the patient record and that the health system defamed and libeled her.
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OCR: Ransomware Attack Is Usually a Data Breach
With ransomware attacks a continuing threat to hospitals and health systems, the Office for Civil Rights is warning that, in addition to all the other headaches, such incidents could be considered a data breach under HIPAA.
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First Settlement with Business Associate Shows Focus of Office for Civil Rights
For the first time, the Office for Civil Rights has settled potential HIPAA violations with a business associate, and that settlement sheds light on how the government is assessing compliance.
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HIPAA Risk Analysis Should Be Thorough And Helpful for Hospital’s Compliance
A risk analysis is fundamental to any HIPAA compliance program, but conducting one effectively can be a challenge. Too often, the risk analysis is a perfunctory task that lets you check off a requirement, when it should be a valuable tool that drives the rest of your compliance efforts.
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Health IT Certification Criteria Capture Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
The 2015 Health IT certification criteria include the capture of sexual orientation and gender identity in the demographics certification criteria, according to the National Association of Healthcare Access Management.
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Does Applicant Claim, ‘I’m a People Person?’ Rely on Real-Life Experiences Instead
Two of the best hiring decisions he ever made in patient access “had absolutely zero healthcare experience,” says Bob Stearnes, CHFP, CHAM, a patient access leader who is based in Dallas.
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Choose Future Leaders with Care: For Some, It’s ‘Just Wrong’
It’s a mistake that Joseph Ianelli, MSW, MBA, has seen many times: Rewarding a loyal, long-term access employee with a promotion, despite the fact that the individual has no leadership skills.
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Revamp Processes to Satisfy ‘Walk-Ins’
At CHI St. Luke’s Health – Lakeside and Springwoods Village Hospitals in Houston, the medical campus includes several office buildings with many physician practices. This campus layout means a large number of patients are unscheduled “walk-ins.”