One task that almost every healthcare organization is going to have to tackle to comply with the HIPAA omnibus final rule is amending its Notice of Privacy Practices (NPP).
If many acute care hospitals struggle to protect patient privacy, long-term care organizations face their own challenges in ensuring the privacy of residents who live in their nursing homes and assisted living facilities.
Medical Records Briefing catches up on computer-assisted coding (CAC) with Deloris Farthing, RHIA, CHDA, director of HIM for Hays (Kan.) Medical Center.
Q. If an organization’s human resources officer is also the plan administrator for the organization’s group health plan (self-insured), does that individual have the right under HIPAA to access records of high-dollar pharmacy/medical claims for the purpose of targeting the insured for wellness programs or other alternative treatment plans?
It was a gorgeous afternoon and a perfect day to hold an outdoor summer barbecue for the HIM department at Central Peninsula Hospital in Soldotna, Alaska.
Chasing down information on incomplete records can be overwhelming and a lost cause. What do you do when a medical record is incomplete 30 days after discharge (or 14 in California’s case) and thus does not meet regulatory standards?
