Data is an essential tool in understanding the patient population that will guide the focus of your program. Both internal metrics and community/public health data will provide strategic focus to case management practices.
Q: How far in advance are we required to provide an Advance Beneficiary Notice of Noncoverage (ABN)? If multiple entities are involved in ordering and providing a noncovered service such as a lab test, does each entity need to issue a separate ABN?
In this month's HIPAA Q&A, we answer your questions about making changes to patient records, the difference between consent and authorization, vaccination data, and more!
In this month's complex case, a case manager deals with a challenging patient who arrives in the emergency department on Friday afternoon, the same day he was supposed to be discharged from his skilled nursing facility.
A recent survey of 600 data center experts across North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific has found that inefficient data removal and data sanitation processes are costing some organizations hundreds of thousands of dollars annually.
