This week’s updates include updates on physician specialty codes and additions and October update to the Medicare physician fee schedule database. Click the link above to read more about this week’s updates.
Q: Are there any penalties for sending an unencrypted email containing PHI to the intended recipient? Would this just be a violation of the CE's policy and not a privacy breach under HITECH?
Some hospital case managers may be breathing a small sigh of relief because a provision in the 2015 OPPS proposed rule would, if finalized, put an end to a burdensome physician inpatient certification requirement for most patients.
Q: I am employed by an acute care psychiatric hospital. The hospital's police department will sometimes take photographs of injuries patients have at the time of admission.
