News & Analysis

August 1, 2012
Briefings on HIPAA

The initial 20 OCR HIPAA audits offer insight with respect to privacy and security compliance.

August 1, 2012
Briefings on HIPAA

Too many healthcare organizations are receiving ­failing grades for HIPAA compliance, an analysis of OCR's first 20 initial audits reveals.

August 1, 2012
Briefings on HIPAA

A compliance officer is responsible for providing leadership for a healthcare organization's compliance program, but this is not a job a compliance officer must do alone.

August 1, 2012
Case Management Monthly

If your utilization review (UR) committee is like many others nationwide, it may not have actually met in years-and chances are your UR committee members are secretly glad that's the case. Let's face it; those meetings can be a complete snooze.

August 1, 2012
Case Management Monthly

Which questions should a case manager ask to ­improve documentation and better reflect the severity of a patient's condition?

August 1, 2012
Briefings on APCs

In this month's issue, our coding experts answer questions about how to differentiate between modifiers -52, -73, -74, coding for negative pressure wound therapy, and billing the technical component of pathology services.

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