A former Arkansas Children’s Hospital employee is under investigation for misusing patients’ personal health information for personal gain, according to an announcement from the hospital.
CMS recently released new documentation guidance on medical review of E/M services performed by medical students. A medical student may document E/M services if the physician performs or re-performs the exam and then verifies the student’s documentation.
CMS began rolling out new cards to Medicare beneficiaries in April and recently announced that wave one of the mailing has been completed. The new cards are intended to help protect beneficiaries’ Social Security Numbers.
Q: A physician performs wound debridement on a patient’s right foot, then applies bilateral, multilayer compression dressings to each leg. How should this be reported?
OCR’s June cybersecurity report focuses on software bugs and patches designed to fix them. Software bugs can make your computer systems vulnerable and put electronic personal health information (ePHI) at risk.
Q: A patch was installed within the EHR at my facility last week. While using the system this week, my coworker and I received an error message. Should we alert staff of this performance issue?
