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Article by Chris Dimick, Editor-in-Chief at the Journal of AHIMA. This article was originally published on the Journal of AHIMA website on February 27, 2013 and is republished here with permission. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will maintain their commitment to the current ICD-10-CM/PCS compliance date of October 1, 2014, according to…
By David Codrea for examiner.com An advance notice of proposed rulemaking by the Office for Civil Rights Department of the Department of Health and Human Services titled “HIPAA Privacy Rule and the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS)” was published yesterday in the Federal Register. Drafted following Executive Actions signed by President Barack Obama…
From the personal blog of John D. Halamka, MD, MS, is Chief Information Officer of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center titled Life as a Healthcare CIO Now that schedules are returning to normal, it’s appropriate to review the events of last week and reflect on the lessons learned with the benefit of hindsight. 1. Risk…
By Carl Natale of ICD-10 Watch , posted at PhysBizTech Physicians will be a key part of making the ICD-10 transition successful. This post focuses on helping doctors become more comfortable with the new code sets. HealthStream outlined these steps in the white paper “Preparing a Successful ICD-10 Transition : Helping Physicians Succeed in an…
By Ali Gorman, R.N. for Action News 6, Philadelphia, PA PHILADELPHIA – April 2, 2013 (WPVI) — If you have visited any medical center in the past 15 years, you have probably heard of the HIPAA privacy law. One local father is now urging lawmakers to change it. He says it is too strict in…
Written by Bob Herman for Becker’s Hospital Review Hospitals that rely disproportionately on Medicare patients for revenue may find themselves in a tougher bind over the next several years, as sequestration has started siphoning 2 percent of all Medicare funds. Moody’s Investors Service recently released a report, indicating that sequestration will worsen the “already challenging…
By Heather A. Haugen PhD. for HealthBiz Decoded Fundamental change has arrived in healthcare, occupying center stage in our politically polarized world. Care providers who have dedicated their lives to helping others may feel that these are the worst of times as they struggle to adapt to new mandates. But in fact – because healthcare…
By Avery Comarow for U.S. News Where can you go to find one list that names the “best cars”? The answer, of course, is obvious. There isn’t one. What does “best” mean — best for short commutes or for interstate cruising? Best for a 16-year-old who just got her license or for a middle-aged male…
Healthcare ‘Wall of Shame’ Shows Devices Are Unprotected By Marianne Kolbasuk McGee for GovInfo Security Incidents involving the loss or theft of unencrypted computing devices continue to dominate the federal tally of major health data breaches, despite the bad publicity these cases have been getting since regulators began tracking incidents in late 2009. Nine of…
By Kyle Murphy, PhD for EHR Intelligence Few dispute the value of the knowledge comprising physician notes. The problem for healthcare organizations and providers is being able to extract meaningful and useful data from that unstructured free text for the purposes of care coordination, coding, and reporting — to name a few. And it’s about…