Jobs are in short supply in many industries throughout the country, but health care is looking for a few good workers and not just nurses. Hospitals are finding it hard to locate and keep medical coders.
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Registrars at the University Hospital of Arkansas in Little Rock are saving time and paper and creating more accessible records by scanning patients insurance and health information into the hospitals computer system, says Mary Nellums, CHAM, admissions manager.
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Editors note: This is the second of a two-part series on improving emergency department reimbursement under ambulatory payment classifications.
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Just as hospitals take a breath after rushing to make sure they are in compliance with the privacy standard, its time to get in gear for the upcoming transaction code-set deadline mandated by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), which is Oct. 16, 2003.
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For Baystate Health System, a $1 billion integrated health system operating in western Massachusetts, compliance with the privacy standard of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) has been seen as more than a technology issue.
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Medical Banking Project founder John Casillas says one of the changes in the final Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) security rule eliminated any requirement to encrypt electronically transmitted protected health information, even over the Internet or other open networks.
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Theres a new patient confidentiality development that HIM personnel should know about, and it has nothing to do with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act privacy standard.
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When does critical care become just another emergency department (ED) visit? When you fail to document it properly. You may do all the right things for a patient in crisis, but if the paperwork isnt done properly, you dont get paid for your efforts.
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