Tag: Medical records

medical record check list 2023

12-Point Medical Record Checklist : What Is Included in a Medical Record

A medical record is systematic documentation of a patient’s medical history and care. It usually contains the patient’s health information (PHI) which includes identification information, health history, medical examination findings, and Medical billing information. Medical records were traditionally kept in paper form, with tabs separating the sections. As printed reports were generated, they were moved […]
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2025 CMS Proposed Rules

CMS Updates Hospice, Palliative Care Regulations for 2025

It’s April, and that means it’s time for proposed rules for fiscal year 2025  to emerge. But the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) prevailed this year, releasing proposed rules for inpatient rehabilitation, psychiatric patients, hospitals, and skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) in late March. I thought a suggestion was worth mentioning. Additional Benefits for […]
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Telehealth Compliance 10 Things You Need to Know

Telehealth Compliance: 10 Things You Need to Know

Telemedicine or telehealth, which refers to providing care via electronic communication when patients and providers are in separate locations, has been available for decades. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the adoption of telehealth due to the urgent need to deliver care in new ways. Before the pandemic, telehealth faced challenges such as limited reimbursement, […]
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Telehealth Security

Best Practices to Ensure Telehealth Security and Protect Patient Data

  To support the sudden increase in test results and medical records being transmitted during the pandemic, hospitals, laboratories, and pharmacies implemented additional devices and remote connections into their networks. After the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) lifted penalties around telehealth to expand care options amid the crisis, new platforms were adopted that were not previously allowed […]
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Allzone - PEER-TO-PEER APPEALS

A Rebeginner’s Guide to Peer-to-Peer Appeals

Suggestions for conducting peer-to-peer appeals for denials. If you are wondering why you should read this if you think you are not a rebeginner, well, it is because you actually are one. Beginnings do not disappear, they just reproduce. Novices are just starting, veterans have started over and over. We all begin as beginners and […]
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The Facts Surrounding The Coding Chronic Kidney Disease - Allzone

The Facts Surrounding The Coding Chronic Kidney Disease

Complications of chronic kidney disease (CKD) include early death and heart disease. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) affects 15 percent of United States adults, or 37 million people, according to a recent statement by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).  The following are some basic facts about CKD; specifically, it is:   More common […]
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Blockchain in Healthcare

How Blockchain Can Solve Healthcare’s Data Reconciliation Problem

The U.S. healthcare industry has a $1 trillion opportunity to cut costs and reduce waste, according to a 2015 Harvard Business Review analysis. While there are various areas waste accumulates, costly data reconciliation is a prominent problem for hospitals and health systems. Change Healthcare defines data reconciliation as “the process of compiling information across companies […]
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Latest Tips to Secure Your Organization Against Ransomware

Data security is now one of the top aspects of healthcare technology. It can make or break patient satisfaction and institutional reputation. Healthcare providers have a professional obligation not only to care for their patients’ health but also to protect their patients’ data. Cyber crime is on the rise against the sector because healthcare providers […]
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