Chiropractic Coding & Billing Articles

Over the last few weeks, a few articles of mine addressed interacting with government agents. One topic that I did not discuss was determining whether you can, should, or must share inf ...

As a provider, a question worth asking yourself these days is this: what degree of risk is there that you might have something on your website that could lead to a multi-million-dollar ...

On January 5, 2021, H.R. 7898 was signed into law by President Trump. This new law modifies the HITECH Act such that when an organization experiences a breach, fines and/or penalties ma ...

The anticipated changes to the Advanced Beneficiary Notice of Non-coverage (ABN) Form (CMS-R-131) have arrived. This important form is issued to the patient or client by providers, phys ...

On April 30, 2019 The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that “HHS will apply a different cumulative annual CMP limit for each of the four penalties tiers in the ...

In Chapter 3 — Compliance of the ChiroCode DeskBook, we warn about the dangers of disgruntled people (pages 172-173). Even if we think that we are a wonderful healthcare provider and ...

A number of patients now have high deductible plans. Sometimes, deductibles can be $5000 or $10,000. My payer contract states that I must submit all claims to insurance for covered serv ...

Two recent reports should make providers stop, take notice and make sure their practice's policies and procedures are up-to-date. The first one involves a HIPAA Breach settlement of a ...

HIPAA requires covered entities to properly dispose of Protected Health Information (PHI) in the following manner: Paper, film, or other hard copy media has been shredded or destroye ...

It is a common misconception that every doctor’s office is (or must become) a HIPAA covered entity; however, the list of those who still qualify for exemption from HIPAA is rapidly sh ...

Neglecting or overlooking a sound HIPAA Compliance policy can be crippling to a practice. Where can I find more information on HIPAA penalties? ...

Q: Is my software vendor a business associate to my practice? ...

How do I determine who is a Business Associate? ...

We have a Business Associate who has recently had a data breach, are we liable? ...

We're flying through the last quarter of 2016! Before we know it, we'll be ringing in the new year, so we'd better be ready! As always, there are end of the year things that we must b ...

Q&A: We just learned that for Meaningful Use attestation, we have to complete a Security Risk Assessment. What is that and how do we do it? ...

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) has been around for quite some time. There are many misconceptions about HIPAA compliance that our office still gets call ...

Our team is frequently asked if it is legal for chiropractic offices to offer coupons or Groupons. We’re not allowed, as a profession, to dramatically discount our services, offer fre ...

Phase 2 of HIPAA audits have begun. What do you need to know? ...

The HIPAA Security Rule requires that covered entities (your practice) conduct a Security Risk Assessment (SRA) for your organization, at a minimum of once per year. It is critical that ...

Failure to have a properly executed Business Associate Agreements (BAA) costs one organization $1.55 Million. In today's highly technological environment, it is too easy to skip the nec ...

It's not just the names and addresses that matter -- It's the compliance. If you can demonstrate that you are hleping yourself to maintain HIPAA compliance by careful documentation and ...

This article contains detailed information on the OCR guidance regarding the de-identification of Protected Health Information (PHI). Avoid HIPAA violations and learn specifically what ...

Many healthcare organizations are not aware of how critically important it is to screen their employees against ALL state and federal exclusions databases. This article has important i ...

Secure medical records is a broad topic that should be addressed in detail by all practices. There are multiple items to consider when meeting standards to best safeguard protected heal ...

As more and more people are using mobile and wireless devices, a new term - mHealth - has emerged. According to a National Institute of Health consensus group, mHealth is “the use ...

How secure is your computer? Do you have a password on your computer? Do you have the automatic log offs turned on? Is your computer encrypted? Are your off-site storage files encrypted ...

Providers work with many different groups and many of them have some interaction with Protected Health Information (PHI). In an effort to help us understand who qualifies as Business As ...

The HIPAA Privacy Rule provides two ways to de-identify information, which are listed here with the 18 de-identifiers. ...