As coders mark the third anniversary this October of the U.S. implementation of ICD-10, its newly minted successor is waiting in the wings, nearly ready for adoption.
Third-party business associates and medical device vendors play a huge role in healthcare, and as healthcare becomes more network-reliant, security for medical devices and third-party vendors is critical.
HHS Office of Civil Rights (OCR) recently launched an education campaign about civil rights protections in response to the national opioid crisis, including specific guidelines for covered entities under HIPAA.
Q: I work for a large company. I called out one day because my daughter was sick. Do I have to provide a doctor's note to my employer when I wasn't the actual patient?
This month's Q&A answers to readers' questions on collecting payment, contacting physicians, overhearing medical examinations in the emergency department, and discussing the health of adult children.
The HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) announced last week that they have updated the Security Risk Assessment tool with improved functionality to assess risks to protected health information.
Q: Are we required to keep copies of a former patient’s records after transferring the records to the patient’s new doctor? If we do, are we allowed to charge for copies now that the patient is no longer “our” patient?
HIPAA allows patients to request amendments to their medical records. Facilities are not required to automatically make whatever change a patient requests, but they must allow patients to make the requests and follow a specific process for handling them.
