Featured Report: Medical Practice Compliance Program in 4 Steps

iHealthBeat

Google’s Newest Search: Cancer Cells

Oct,29,2014

by: iHealthbeat Staff

On Tuesday, a Google executive said the company is working on a wearable device designed to help doctors detect cancer and other diseases earlier, theWall Street Journal reports.

Details of Device

According to the Journal, Google is developing small magnetic particles, called nanoparticles, that would find and attach themselves to cells, proteins or other molecules inside an individual's body.The particles could be delivered into the system via an oral pill. The wearable device then would monitor the nanoparticles by using a magnet to attract and count them. Read More

Health Data Management 

Physician-Patient Email Communication on Rise

Oct,23,2014

Greg Goth

A new study from Boston’s Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) offers some early insights into the effects of increasing numbers of emailed communications on doctors, suggesting that reimbursement models and physician workflow may need to adjust to accommodate message management.The were published online in Health Affairs.
“BIDMC was one of the first hospitals in the country to create a patient web portal providing a secure platform for patients to view parts of their medical record and send emails to their clinicians,” said lead author Bradley Crotty, M.D. “The portal became available in 2000, so we were able to take a 10-year look at the data and examine the email traffic resulting from this new use of technology.” Read More

Physicians Practice

Medical Practice Compliance Program in 4 Steps

Oct,29,2014
by: Alicia Shickle, CPC, CPCO, CPPM

Identifying and correcting potential vulnerabilities in your practice through a compliance program optimizes claims payment, minimizes billing mistakes, reduces the chance of an audit, averts protected health information (PHI) breaches, and avoids conflicts with Stark and other anti-kickback statutes. If you haven’t already initiated a compliance program in your practice, here’s how to get started  Read More

Health Data Management

Surviving a HIPAA  Privacy/Security Audit

Oct,30,2014

by: Staff

The HHS Office for Civil Rights expects in 2015 to begin a random audit program to assess compliance with the HIPAA privacy, security and breach notification rules. At the MGMA Conference, David Holtzman, a former senior advisor at OCR and now vice president of compliance services at security firm CynergisTek, walked through what providers selected for an audit can expect  Read More

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