Health care professionals can harness technology in incredible ways to improve patient care. Cloud-based services, for example, enable doctors to analyze thousands of patients’ records to make better treatment decisions ...
After several delays in the deadline for transitioning to the ICD-10 medical coding system, industry observers seem confident that the current October 1, 2014, deadline will stand. That means all ...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced in January a proposed modification to the HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) Privacy Rule that would allow certain ...
Electronic health records (EHR) systems can be complex and costly, challenging to learn and difficult to navigate. And yet, one of the simplest aspects of using EHR can get you ...
When the business news pages start talking about medicine, you are probably not going to hear about the latest breakthroughs in treatments or research. These days, what you most likely ...
You may describe yourself as a doctor, a chiropractor, a surgeon or any other title conferred by your profession — but if you provide services to participants in a private ...
Health care providers are accustomed to helping those in need, but when they receive a complaint letter from the New Jersey State Board of Medical Examiners, they become the ones ...
The major regulatory changes scheduled to take effect during the next few years will create increased compliance challenges for health care providers. As such, it’s more important than ever that ...
For years, getting paid by Medicare and Medicaid wasn’t very complicated. After health care providers performed a service, they billed for it and got paid. But now that “fee for ...
Health care providers face a heavy burden in staying current on the countless federal laws and regulations with which they must comply. For business entities, this burden can be especially ...
