According to the 2019 edition of IBM Security and Ponemon Institute’s annual Cost of a Data Breach Report, data breaches cost the healthcare sector an average of 65% more per record than they cost any other industry.
Facilities need to know how to respond to documentation requests as part of any Medicare audit or review. Preparing a complete and proper reply makes all the difference in the outcome or results of those audits and reviews.
Q: We still use a color-coded filing system at my organization that uses specific colors to identify patient types, like whether an individual is a Medicaid/CHIP patient. These files are mostly used for billing documentation. Because the colors identify patient type, would this be considered a HIPAA violation?
