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The OCR performs a HIPAA compliance audit to confirm that covered entities and business associates protect and properly utilize PHI. Here are the factors and scenarios that trigger an audit.
Video can be used for various reasons, from educating corporate coding teams on the latest medical coding updates, reinforcing clinical documentation guidelines to providers, and helping patients understand complex medical procedures.
Medical necessity denials can’t be ignored, as they can lead to significant revenue loss and compliance issues. These best practices for clinical documentation improvement, education, and standardization will help providers overcome their medical necessity denials.
Anticipating coding quality strengths and weaknesses is a great benefit trending reports offer when it comes to coding compliance audits. A coding team can remain accurate and competitive by taking advantage of the benefits trending analysis has to offer.
With the rise of health-related websites, communications, and applications, now’s the time to review how sensitive patient data is shared and protected with these evolving technologies.
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