The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) requires covered entities (CE) to protect and confidentially handle patients’ protected health information (PHI). MSPs, physicians, and their organizations must remain vigilant or risk violating HIPAA. Luckily, HIPAA is a fairly cut...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 26, Issue 11
Finding that external peer review reports are not protected from disclosure by the state constitution, the Florida Supreme Court (the “Court”) reversed the decision of the Second District Court of Appeal of Florida regarding a case of a patient suing a hospital for medical negligence, including...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 26, Issue 12
I started working with doctors as a college student. During the summers, the company-owned hospital where my mom worked paid me pretty well to work in the outpatient reception area, preparing medical records for patient appointments and then filing them. This small but creditable hospital only...
The following is hardly an exhaustive list but rather a potpourri of ideas and thoughts that can help the individual recharge, re-energize, and re-engage. There is no one size fits all, but maybe something will click and engage you or a member of your medical staff to address the burnout...
Representatives from The Joint Commission, URAC, DNV GL, the Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program (HFAP), and the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) took the stage at the 2017 NAMSS Educational Conference & Exhibition in October to share what they have learned from the...
