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Illinois healthcare provider experiences security incident affecting 65,000 individuals

Mobile Anesthesiologists, an Illinois-based company offering healthcare services throughout the country, reported a breach in March affecting 65,403 individuals, according to the Office for Civil Rights breach report.

'Substantial increase' found in Medicare advance care planning

Source: HealthLeaders Media

A Health Affairs study also found prevalence of annual wellness claims to be below 7.5% for all fee-for-service Medicare patient subgroups.

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Compliance checkup: Monitoring and internal auditing

Source: Revenue Cycle Advisor

Regular monitoring and internal auditing are critical to ensure compliance throughout the revenue cycle and protect revenue integrity. Consider the different strategies that can be applied to documentation and chart audits, coding audits, and more.

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Q&A: Secure texting with physician advisors

Source: ACDIS

Q: We’ve started to incorporate physician advisors into the CDI process. Our CDI staff are currently remote but do have access to secure texting to contact the physician advisors. Is it appropriate for the CDI staff to text a question to the physician advisor instead of placing a query in the medical record?

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