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The HIPAA Trouble with Email, Text, and File Sharing

There are inherent obstacles in creating storing, transmitting, and accessing information even when using “HIPAA” rated service through Apple, Google, Yahoo, Dropbox and other free and paid products. Secured email requires recipient to register online. Recipient loses access to the delivered email content if the sender discontinues the service providers. Text Messages, Messages and others

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HIPPA
Practice Management

Getting the (Text) Message Out: Are Text Messages Secure?

Cutting-edge medicine taps the newest technologies and approaches to improve care. At the other end of the medical innovation spectrum are the communication modes in use in many practices. Email on a desktop or laptop was once cutting edge, but it’s been replaced by instant messaging on phones or tablets, at least in the non-medical

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Medical Billing
Practice Management

Medical Billing: Are Your Payments Accurate and On-Time?

Physician billing is arguably the most crucial non-patient-related operation in your practice. Revenues suffer when it’s not done well. Most physicians have a general understanding of how the medical billing process works: Patient information is entered into the EHR. CPT and ICD-10 codes from the bill are entered into the patient’s record. Claims are transmitted

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Health IT: What do Physicians (and Patients) Want?

“Physician enthusiasm” and “health IT” don’t always fit well in the same sentence. There have been plenty of mandated deadlines and functionality requirements for EHRs and other systems, but vendors and federal initiatives don’t always take their “customers”, physicians who would use said systems every day, into account. Medical practitioners aren’t generally anti-tech, but they

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MACRA, President Trump & ACA

With passage of the Affordable Care Act, President Obama declared a new chapter in healthcare delivery. A mere six years later, are we about to see a new chapter written? A quick Internet scan shows the powers-that-be might be working on a completely different book. Before the election, the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act

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Practice Management

Advantages You Can Gain With Medical Billing Software

Medical billing software is essential in order to stay competitive in today’s healthcare industry, but for some practices, especially startups, the costs associated with such software can be a difficult challenge to meet. In time, your practice may be expected to grow, both in terms of revenue and size, but for now, what options do

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Expert Interview: Marchelle Cagle of caglecpc.com on Medical Billing
Practice Management

Expert Interview: Marchelle Cagle of caglecpc.com on Medical Billing

Marchelle Cagle, of Cagle Medical Consulting, is a health consultant who has written many articles and blogs in the areas of coding and billing. We recently asked for Marchelle’s insight on medical billing –  here’s what she shared: Tell us your story. How did you get into medical billing? What services do you offer today?

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