Patient Access professionals can network with peers and experts in the field on the Patient Access Resource Center to share ideas and best practices, download sample training tools and management tools and customize them, and read the latest industry news and trends.
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2009 HIPAA forecast
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) released a report October 27, 2008, regarding how well CMS is enforcing the security rule.
Although the OIG’s report did not specifically state whether the OIG has scheduled another performance review, it is highly likely that it will revisit CMS’ progress and activity in carrying out its HIPAA enforcement responsibilities, which should signal a red flag for organizations, says John Parmigiani, MS, BES, president of John C. Parmigiani & Associates, LLC, in Ellicott City, MD, and chair of the team that created the HIPAA security rule.
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It only takes one company to protest the RAC selection process and halt the permanent program.
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Medicare Secondary Payer
The following is a form you can use to ensure accuracy in your MSP process. It is provided by...
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Training Tool: Medical necessity
Editor’s note: This month’s training tool is provided by Khristine Anderson, training and data integrity specialist at Baptist Health...
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Patient Access Director's Handbook
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Everything you need to ensure your patient access department's success is in one place. This comprehensive, step-by-step guide provides best-practices for everything from hiring the right staff to proper delivery of Medicare's notices of discharge appeal rights. This book features a number of relevant forms, scripts and worksheets you can use to make your department run more efficiently including sample job descriptions, scripts for staff interaction with patients, workflow diagrams, and checklists.
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