Health Care Communication Methods Health Care Communication Methods Over the last several weeks the national drug manufacturing giant, Johnson Pharmaceuticals, has been under tremendous pressure from the media over the negative effects of the blood pressure medication Exforge Hydrochlorothiazide Tablets (HCT). According to Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation (2013), an affiliate of Johnson Pharmaceuticals, "the medication contains two of the most prescribed high blood pressure medicines; amlodipine
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Medical Billing Process and HIPAA, ICD, CPT and HCPCS contribute their own uniqueness to the process. HIPAA is the umbrella to the process. HIPAA compliance, as far as protecting the patient’s rights and confidentiality and the physician, has to take place first in the medical billing process. HIPAA influences the medical staff in determining financial responsibility, either as private pay, insurance and personal information who is the responsible party. HIPAA statement has to be signed by
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impacts. The global economic crisis of today has put a lot of risk in the healthcare industry at an accelerated pace. The most important financial and privacy risks in the healthcare industry include compliance with government mandates such as Healthcare Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), the federal False Claims Act and Medicare/Medicaid regulation – along with data privacy and employee misconduct or fraud. Each of these factors has grown in significance and will become more severe
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I learned a lot from the HIPAA tutorial. I learned that the final security rule is required for a covered entity to meet four basic requirements. The four requirements are: to ensure the confidentiality, integrity and availability of all e-PHI’s created, received. Maintained or transmitted; protect against any reasonably anticipated threats or hazards to the security or integrity of e-PHI; protect against any reasonably anticipated uses or disclosures of e-PHI that are otherwise not permitted or
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health record includes: purpose of record, compliance with laws and regulations, documentation, and rules of evidence. Also, much like paper legal health records, the considerations for electronic legal health records include: length of storage cost of storage, long-term usefulness, and long-term efficiency. When discussing one of the general considerations of the Legal Health Record, there are a few laws and regulations that come to mind such as HIPAA and how it defines a designated record set
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CFR 45 Part 160 is otherwise known as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2012). HIPAA enacted in 1996, outlines the conditions protected health information (PHI) may be used or released by covered entities or individuals. The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) enforces the HIPAA Privacy Rule. The Privacy Rule, modified in 2002 and 2003, set standards for protecting the integrity
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Health Law and Regulations Daniel Sanchez Health Law and Ethics/545 August 19, 2013 Mary Cummings Introduction Over the past several decades America has witnessed overwhelming increases in health care cost and a diminishing quality of care. The involvement of government sets the expectations of enforcing laws and regulations on how health care is delivered in the United States of America. Healthcare legislation has been defining regulatory agencies for centuries. The primary existence
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Abstract This paper will explore the Health Information Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and discuss the following questions: What is the purpose of HIPAA? How does the HIPAA law affect health information managers? What are some ethical issues to consider regarding HIPAA? Finally I will provide some examples of how HIPAA has changed the way the practice of health care and health information is managed. Health Information Portability and Accountability Act In 1996, the United
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Dealing with Fraud Vianny Castillo David.Tataw, PhD, MPA, MMIS, FACHE Health Care Policy, Law, and Ethics (HAS 515) September 6, 2013 Introduction Fraud is defined as wrongful or criminal deception intended to result in financial or personal gain. The term is usually associated with financial institutions or perhaps other types of businesses, but it’s not a term that is automatically associated with the health care field. Or at least some of us didn’t think so. However, the sad truth
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Carson Cummings Lab Assignment for May 16, 2015 1. HIPAA – Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act was set into to place to ensure that all doctors, hospitals, health care providers and researcher keep classified patients information private. The HIPAA was designed to protect the consumer. The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society annual survey gave percentages of log sources. Firewall and Application Logs, servers, intrusion detection and network devices
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