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Q: Is it possible for acute kidney injury (AKI) to lead to or be caused by cardiorenal syndrome?

Q: My hospital's marketing team is becoming ambitious on social media lately. They like images, of course. What should we know about posting images of patients in social circles as it relates to HIPAA?

Q: As a case manager, I know about motivational interviewing, especially for patients with mental health or substance abuse disorder, but a colleague recently mentioned the “ask me 3” technique to me. Is it similar to motivational interviewing?

Q: Do we need to monitor Medicare's additional documentation requests (ADR) as part of our denials management program?

Q: How are selective and nonselective wound debridement procedures documented in the medical record and coded using CPT?

Q: What have you seen as best practices with faxing PHI? We still rely often on faxing patient records.

Our experts answer questions about establishing billing and revenue cycle metrics, preparing medical records for audits, and more.

Q: Case management education seems to vary widely. What is the Career Knowledge Pathway?

This month's HIPAA Q&A includes answers on destroying paper records, doctors communicating with patients from their phones, copies of subcontractor agreements, and more!

Q: What does a case manager need to know when helping a patient with their discharge plan?