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University of Pittsburgh Medical Center suffers breach impacting 19,000 individuals

The incident involved information stored in a UPMC health plan employee’s email account, per the security notice posted on UPMC’s website. UPMC says it was first notified on December 9 of a phishing incident that may have exposed protected health information (PHI) of patients.

Manual revenue cycle transactions are costlier than ever

Source: HealthLeaders Media

The healthcare industry is leaving $16.3 billion in potential automation savings on the table, finds the 2020 CAQH Index.

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Coders hold the line on productivity despite challenges

Source: Revenue Cycle Advisor

In a year of unprecedented disruption and uncertainty, coding productivity managed to hold steady, according to the results of our 2020 Coding Productivity Survey. Learn how facilities adapted and how yours compares.

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Q&A: Uncertain diagnoses at time of discharge

Source: ACDIS

Q: I am getting mixed information regarding whether uncertain diagnoses have to be in the discharge summary and if they have to be documented at the time of discharge (and if so, what “time of discharge” means). Can you please clarify?

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