OCR meant what it said in February of this year about patients’ right of access to their medical records. The HIPAA Privacy and Security Rule enforcer issued its first enforcement action under its “Right of Access Initiative” in September.
A June report by Kaiser Permanente found that not only do Americans believe that having social needs met—such as housing, food, and social support—is crucial to good health, but 68% of those surveyed reported that they had at least one social need unmet in the last year, and more than 25% of them said that unmet social need affected their health.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Tuesday warned patients, healthcare providers, and manufacturers that some medical devices and hospital networks may be vulnerable to cyberattacks due to 11 vulnerabilities known as URGENT/11.
Q: Our coding team saw that there is a new section for radiation therapy in the FY 2020 ICD-10-PCS Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting. Can you explain the recent changes made to this section?
