Q: If we terminate a business associate agreement, are we required to obtain assurance that it has completely destroyed all of our protected health information (PHI) stored on its servers and other devices? If the PHI was not completely destroyed and was breached after we terminated the contract, who is responsible for reporting the breach?
As more focus is placed on improved revenue integrity management, coordination, and collaboration, revenue cycle is evolving to revenue integrity. As such, it’s important to understand the classic revenue integrity issues which can arise at any facility.
The new ICD-10-CM codes for FY 2018, effective October 1, represent significant changes in our documentation and coding practices. In follow-up to last month’s column, let’s discuss additional new codes and their potential impact upon your diagnostic decision-making and documentation.
