Medical Profession Responsibilities Medical Profession Responsibilities This paper will discuss the federal law that governs Protected Health Information (PHI) and the elements of compliance that must be met. This paper will also describe two examples of improper privacy disclosure and some challenges a medical office might have maintaining strict confidentiality. The federal law that governs Protected Health Information (PHI) is the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
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Unit 4 – Medical Office Procedures – Assignment INSTRUCTIONS Research a common amount of money kept for petty cash funds in in a small medical office with 40 employees. A petty cash fund is a modest amount of money kept to provide company cash for small incidental purchases and emergencies. The amount varies from office to office depending on need but can range from under $100 to $1,000 or more. A small company might have only one petty cash fund while a large company might have the separate petty
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AAS-MBIC 117 Medical Office Procedures Week One Assignment Judy Potts ASIAN- INDIANS While working in a healthcare environment, you will most likely interact with many different diversities and cultures.It is imperative to acknowledge their culture and treat them with the utmost respect. Be kind and sensitive to the patient's beliefs, faiths and make them feel at ease and comfortable in getting healthcare.As there may be a difference in language, gestures or customs we are all
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general, a new way of doing something, or offers a new technical solution to a problem. In order to be patentable, the invention must fulfill certain conditions.” (www.wipo.int/patientscope/en/, 2012) To translate, if you develop a new method or procedure of constructing a product that has never been done before, no one else can copy or use the process for a set amount of time. By granting ownership on the basis of a filed patent application by a nation and/or regional authority to be enforced within
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Financial Policies and Procedures” By: Khay Fernandez HCR 230 Jetonga Keel 11/30/2014 Financial policies and procedures are important to the running of a medical office; this means that all procedures must be done correctly to ensure that the laws are upheld. If these procedures are not followed then there are many consequences that could arise that will injure the integrity of the medical office. There are a few basic elements that are needed to ensure that the medical office is using an effective
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and by the healthcare staff. These guidelines are setup to protect the physicians, patients, and medical staff. Medical offices can help to reduce errors by making sure that the staff is properly trained and that the office has updated coding and billing software. I think that each office should have a guide that consists of codes which would aid the employees in the billing process. Some offices currently use sheets that are in the front the patients file that contain diagnosis and the codes
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Effective patient billing have firm financial policies and procedures. The financial policies and procedures are there to explain payment responsibilities to patients. To understand what is expected of patients and members of staff they must understand the financial policies. The process of co-pays, how to make arrangements for balances that are unpaid, collecting deductibles, balances that are past-due, discounts for patients that are considered low income, prepayment, and services that are not
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new74598_ch01_001-024.indd Page 1 24/09/12 1:18 PM user-f502 /202/MH01799/new74598_disk1of1/0073374598/new74598_pagefiles FROM PATIENT TO PAYMENT: UNDERSTANDING MEDICAL INSURANCE KEY TERMS Step 1 S te St ep 10 Follow up payments and collections Preregister patients p2 Establish financial responsibility St ep 3 S te p 9 Generate patient statements Check in patients Monitor payer adjudication Review coding compliance St ep
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maintain the medical records according to HIPPA policies and procedures. 4. Prepare office account information while ensuring the office bills are paid on time and making the nightly deposit. 5. Arrange for any emergency maintenance visits for the office as well as arrange the cleaning staff and their pay. 6. Order any medical supplies as well ensure the delivery to the office and ensure the supplies goes to the correct department and/or person. 7. Arrange the process of the offices response claims
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Training Manual Antonio D. Cardenas HCS/224 Health Care Office Management Monday, September 7, 2015 Sylvia Jones Training Manual Health Care is one of the most important service business in the world. We meet people when they are on their worst and it is our job to help them in their road to been healthy. As a healthcare professional we not only get to help those in need but we promote smiles. There is nothing more satisfying than nursing a person back to health and we see it every day
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