News & Analysis

October 1, 2011
Briefings on HIPAA

Could a data breach be life-threatening?

October 1, 2011
Briefings on HIPAA

Q A fax containing PHI is sent to an incorrect fax number. Did the covered entity (CE) or business ­associate (BA) violate HIPAA? Must the patient disclosure ­accounting record include this incident?

October 1, 2011
Briefings on HIPAA

Undocumented policies and procedures are among the top five stumbling blocks to HIPAA compliance that Chris Apgar, CISSP, finds when he audits healthcare organizations.

October 1, 2011
HIM Briefings

CMS finalized a documentation and coding adjustment (DCA) of -2% for fiscal year (FY) 2012, according to the inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) final rule. CMS originally proposed a year-over-year ­reduction of 0.5% in payments to acute care hospitals, including a DCA of -3.15%. However, CMS finalized a cut of 2%, a decrease from 2.9% in FY 2011, which translates to $1.13 billion more in hospital payments in FY 2012 than hospitals received the ­previous year.

October 1, 2011
HIM Briefings

No industry or profession is immune to the budget crunch. Unfortunately, many coding departments fall ­into a routine and neglect to assess their costs and look for innovative ways to save money.

October 1, 2011
HIM Briefings

Editor's note: In 2011 we're celebrating MRB's 25th birthday with special content each month. For October, we've put together a report on the latest quarterly benchmark survey findings, this time on ICD-10 implementation efforts. Just a few of the highlights from the report are included below.

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