July 2016 - PracticeSuite

Six Steps to Lock Down Patient Data

Posted on July 29, 2016 By Michael Sculley

Think your practice is too small for a data breach to occur? Think again. It’s vital to stay on the right side of HIPAA requirements for data security. This isn’t always easy and can cost a significant amount, but in general, locking down data is less expensive than damage control after a breach...

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Physician Owned Small Practices Contribute High Value

Posted on July 27, 2016 By Michael Sculley

Smaller physician-owned practices have a lot to contribute to the healthcare conversation, even when practice consolidation and hospital ownership are the name of the care delivery game in many areas. This insight comes not from a lonely rural practitioner, but from Dr. Farzad Mostashari, former nat...

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Medical Doctors say Staff Training Efforts Payoff After ICD-10 Rollout

Posted on July 25, 2016 By Michael Sculley

The addition of more than 140,000 codes under the 10th revision of the International Classification of Disease (ICD-10) meant that everyone from the billing departments of health insurance companies to staff at private medical practices needed plenty of training. There were concerns ahead of the Oct...

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Patient Access to Data: Too Much Information? Maybe Not. Improving Your EMR

Posted on July 22, 2016 By Michael Sculley

How much patient information can you share with…your patient? And does your support staff know the answer? Patients’ access to their own health information is a cornerstone of HIPAA, the intent of which is to protect the privacy and security of identifiable health information. However, HIPAA has...

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The EHR Dilemma: Are Scribes Your Best Option? 5 Tips To Make Electronic Medical Record Systems Work.

Posted on July 20, 2016 By Michael Sculley

You don’t need a cadre of studies to tell you that physicians in private practice have to handle more administrative chores than ever. More notable, a recent study found that administrative duties are the top stress producer for most physicians. Data entry and reporting tasks associated with care ...

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Expert Interview Series: Has ICD-10 Been Worth all the Headaches?

Posted on July 18, 2016 By Michael Sculley

[cmsms_row][cmsms_column data_width=”1/1″][cmsms_text] It’s been 10 months after the rollout of the 10th revision of the International Classification of Disease (ICD-10), a standardized set of codes used to identify diseases and hospital procedures. After the bustle of preparing fo...

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Does Your Practice Apply Medical Billing Best Practices?

Posted on July 15, 2016 By Michael Sculley

Medical billing is one of the most important aspects of running a successful practice, and if done properly, it can increase revenue and profitability. If done improperly without using best practices, however, it can cause all kinds of financial difficulties for your facility and its staff, and this...

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Choosing the Right Medical Billing Service: Key to Your Practice’s Success?

Posted on July 13, 2016 By Michael Sculley

Healthcare is increasingly moving to a “consumer driven” model. The good news is that consumers are demanding the right to choose their own practitioners and financing, but the bad news is that this means consumers must also be the sole decision-makers when problems arise. Caught in the crossfir...

Expert Interview Series: Jay Hodes of Colington Consulting

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Jay Hodes of Colington Consulting on HIPAA Compliance and Protecting Medical Records

Posted on July 11, 2016 By Michael Sculley

Jay Hodes, president of Colington Consulting, is a leading expert in HIPAA compliance with over 30 years of experience. We recently asked him headlines and trends related to HIPAA today and about where healthcare organization should start when assessing compliance. Here’s what he had to say: T...

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Telehealth Telemedicine. The Doctor is On. Responding to COVID-19

Posted on July 8, 2016 By Michael Sculley

Health and Human Services and the ONC are encouraging healthcare providers to adopt remote medicine in response to the COVID-19 nationwide public health emergency. According to speakers at last month’s American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) State Legislative Conference, doctors should push i...

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Six Steps to Lock Down Patient Data

Physician Owned Small Practices Contribute High Value

Medical Doctors say Staff Training Efforts Payoff After ICD-10 Rollout

Patient Access to Data: Too Much Information? Maybe Not. Improving Your EMR

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Expert Interview Series: Has ICD-10 Been Worth all the Headaches?

Does Your Practice Apply Medical Billing Best Practices?

Choosing the Right Medical Billing Service: Key to Your Practice’s Success?

Jay Hodes of Colington Consulting on HIPAA Compliance and Protecting Medical Records

Telehealth Telemedicine. The Doctor is On. Responding to COVID-19

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