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What We’re Reading – Montefiore Employee Terminated after Data Breach Affected up to 4,000 Patient Records

An article in Healthcare Finance News recounted a recently uncovered employee’s theft of patient information at a New York hospital over a period of two years. The breach of patient addresses, dates of birth and social security numbers was detected … Read Full Post

Tagged breach of personal information, cybersecurity, ehr, electronic health record, identify theft |

What We’re Reading – More Than 1 in 5 Patients Perceived Mistakes in their Medical Visit Notes

More than one in five patients perceived mistakes in their notes, judging more than 40% of them as serious. Such is the conclusion of a study published in the June 9, 2020 issue of JAMA. With the proliferation of electronic … Read Full Post

Tagged amendment of PHI, documentation errors, ehr, emr, hipaa, medical errors, medication errors |

What We’re Reading – Boost Reimbursement through Improved Documentation: 5 Tips

Physicians and coders/billers need to be on the same page when it comes to getting claims processed and reimbursed correctly. The key to this – and you’re probably sick of hearing it – is documentation. Especially with ICD-10 coming around … Read Full Post

Tagged current procedural terminology, documentation, e&m, e&m level, ehr, electronic health record, evaluation and management, highest level of specificity, improving documentation, medical necessity, physician documentation, reimbursement |

What We’re Reading – Medical practice action plan: Overcome regulation overload

When you think of all the changes coming down the pike, it gets a little overwhelming, but don’t panic…. this article will ease some of the pressure and give you an action plan to make these transitions more bearable and/or … Read Full Post

Tagged coversion to ICD-10, ehr, electronic health records, icd-10, incentive programs for medicaid, incentive programs for medicare, meaningful use, medical practice action plan, regulation overload |

What We’re Reading – Feeling Better About ICD-10

With all of the negative talk going around about the ICD-10 conversion, the author of this article puts forth reasons why ICD-10 will prove to be a good thing…eventually. Updates technology and specificity. ICD-9 was developed in 1979 and is now … Read Full Post

Tagged coversion to ICD-10, ehr, icd-10, icd-10 conversion, icd-9, incentive programs, meaningful use |

‘Meaningful Use’ for Physician Practices: Is It Worth the Trouble?

The foundation of the Medicare & Medicaid EHR Incentive Program is to improve quality of care. Facilitating documentation, enhancing provider communication and focusing on indicators that produce better outcomes necessitate an electronic solution for most providers. To achieve this, CMS … Read Full Post

Tagged attestation process, certified ehr technology, cms, ehr, ehr incentive program, electronic health records, meaningful use, meaningful use in physician practices, medicaid, medicare |

What We’re Reading – Top 10 Changes in Patient Expectations (Part I)

Undoubtedly, the first rule of customer service is to find out what your customers want and then to give it to them. This article’s author states that, “Understanding how patient expectations and behaviors have changed is the first step toward … Read Full Post

Tagged clinician, customer service, ehr, expectations, healthcare manager, home health, medical records, patient expectations, patients, provider, technology |

What We’re Reading – Docs need more EHR training, survey suggests

A recent study conducted by AmericanEHR Partners found that physicians need at least three to five days of training to feel comfortable using their electronic health-record system. With two weeks or more of training, the “ease of use” ratings increased. … Read Full Post

Tagged ehr, electronic health record, electronic health record system, physicians, training |