Organizations need to determine whether they have fully implemented the Security Rule. The HIPAA Security Rule has been around for a while, but many organizations have not implemented all of its requirements.
Here's one trend industry observers say healthcare organizations can expect to see now and in the future: heightened patient awareness and concern about the security of their private medical data.
CMS’ rules for properly applying condition code 44 are hard enough to understand, but when it comes to putting those rules into practice, things can get even more difficult.
As patient advocates, case managers often need to question physician decisions that do not follow evidence-based criteria or that go against patient wishes.
