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The importance of encryption is emphasized with most of the most recent major breaches added to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) list of breaches. Seven of the breaches involved laptops, while the other two involved paper records.
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Registrars at Mercy Medical Center in Oshkosh, WI, have learned a lot by shadowing clinical staff when they are first hired, reports Linda Swanson, registration coordinator.
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Emergency department (ED) registrars at the University of Washington (UW) Medical Center in Seattle have collected co-pays for five years, but soon they also will collect coinsurance from patients and give cost estimates on the patients total out-of-pocket responsibility.
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Patients and family might perceive the information they give registrars as mundane demographic details, says John Linser, MPA, director of operations for Registration Services at Cincinnati (OH) Childrens Hospital Medical Center.
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As a new manager in the emergency department (ED) setting, Shante R. Hill, manager of the patient access revenue cycle at University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, discovered some unique challenges with registration accuracy.
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If one of your best registrars is considering leaving patient access for a higher-paying position in another hospital department that offers better compensation and hours, there might be something you can do to change his or her mind.
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Faced with rising Medicaid costs, most states are trying to come up with ways to save money.
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The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) came out in March with a draft insurance application that showed what applying for benefits under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) exchanges might look like.
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Although healthcare organizations have been slower to adopt cloud-computing services than other industries,1 a recent study shows that 62% are using cloud services for some activities.2 However, 47% of respondents relying on the cloud are not confident that information is secure, and 23% are only somewhat confident.
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The benefits of using cloud service providers include improved operating efficiencies as well as reduced costs related to infrastructure, when compared to more traditional, physical environments.
