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The now-defunct Georgia-based company responsible for a 2016 security lapse that allowed the public to view online the patient records of more than 1,650 individuals treated by doctors with Virtua Medical Group has reached a $200,000 settlement with the state of New Jersey. 

Q: A lung cancer patient presents to the infusion clinic to receive chemotherapy treatments. The patient receives a Carboplatin infusion, a Gezmar infusion, and an Anzemet intravenous push. Which CPT codes would be used to report these services?

Q: When I attempted schedule checkup appointments for my grandchildren at my daughter's request, the practice staff informed me that I am not permitted to due to HIPAA. Is this really a HIPAA violation?

Most inpatient rehabilitation facility stays might not meet Medicare coverage or documentation requirements and compliance could be improved through a preauthorization process, according to a recent Office of Inspector General report.

Q: If a long-term acute hospital or a skilled-nursing facility isn’t necessary for a patient, but staying at home isn’t a plausible or healthy situation, where are some other options for patients to go after a hospital discharge?

A recent study in the Annals of Family Medicine examined the challenges of implementing electronic health (EHR) tools for collecting, reviewing, and acting on social determinants of health data in community health centers.

In the 2019 OPPS final rule, released Friday, November 2, CMS implemented several site-neutral payment policies, though the agency did delay or shelve other proposals due to stakeholder feedback. 

Q: Where can we find the most recent list of NCCI edits?

Q: What’s the difference between an incomplete miscarriage, a septic miscarriage, and a missed miscarriage and how would surgical treatments for these conditions be reported using CPT codes?

HHS Office of Civil Rights (OCR) recently launched an education campaign about civil rights protections in response to the national opioid crisis, including specific guidelines for covered entities under HIPAA.