News & Analysis

May 1, 2014
HIM Briefings

Q: I work for a hospital with a geriatric psychiatry unit. Many patients are discharged to nursing homes.

May 1, 2014
HIM Briefings

The ICD-10 implementation deadline is just around the corner, so hospitals must carefully assess their systems and processes to ensure things go smoothly on and after October 1.

May 1, 2014
HIM Briefings

The HIPAA Security Rule preamble reinforces training "criticality" and restates the standard, "We require training of the workforce as reasonable and appropriate to carry out their functions in the facility." Security training is essential.

May 1, 2014
Case Management Monthly

Prescription painkiller misuse and abuse sent approximately 500,000 Americans to the emergency room in 2009, according to the CDC.

May 1, 2014
Briefings on HIPAA

Q: My brother claims he read in his dentist's HIPAA statement that information was disclosed to CIA and other government agencies. I suspect that his dentist was editorializing, but wanted to check. Could you explain what should be included in a HIPAA statement that should be in physician/dentist offices? Can you direct me to the official statement?

May 1, 2014
Briefings on APCs

The ears--more formally, the auditory system--have their own chapter in ICD-10-CM, no longer relegated to the end of the neurology codes. Codes in Chapter 8, Diseases of the Ear and Mastoid Process (H60-H95), are located between the chapters for the optical system and the circulatory system.

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