HIM Briefings

Many organizations believe their websites are compliant, but experts who regularly audit healthcare digital properties say that exposure remains in less obvious places.

HHS recently released updated model notices of privacy practices (NPP), introducing changes that go well beyond revising standard privacy notice templates.

Admit type continues to present a significant risk across hospital operations, driven by limited formal education and widespread misinterpretation of national standards.

As the Office of Inspector General (OIG) and other agencies place additional focus on Medicare Advantage (MA) risk adjustment, HIM leaders should do the same. 

Discover opportunities for CDI specialists and physician advisors to collaborate on mitigating copy-forward risks.

Identify ways that HIM professionals are accountable for patient data that lives well beyond the electronic health record.

HIM leaders are being asked to protect patient data in an environment that no longer resembles the one HIPAA was originally designed for.

For HIM leaders, coding risk is no longer confined to isolated errors or individual productivity gaps, and pressure is building in two distinct areas.