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Preventing insider HIPAA violations
Source: Revenue Cycle Advisor
Compiling the statistics for insider threats to patient privacy is easy. It’s the mitigation of these risks that takes time, strategy, and commitment. According to the January 2017 Protenus Breach Barometer, internal health system employees were responsible for 58.4% of breached patient data during January 2017.
Readmission reduction: The CDI effect
Source: ACDIS
The Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program allows CMS to penalize hospitals with excess readmissions, as written in Section 3025 of the Affordable Care Act, which added section 1886(q) to the Social Security Act. 
39% of providers use enterprise approach to manage telemedicine
Source: HealthLeaders Media
A quarter of survey respondents who started with a departmental approach to managing telemedicine service say they are now transitioning to an enterprise approach.
 

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Q&A: Query questions
Source: ACDIS
Q: What worries clinical documentation improvement specialists the most in terms of writing compliant queries?

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Upcoming CMS Events

Tuesday 5/16 - CMS HCPCS Public Meetings for Drugs/Biologicals/Radiopharmaceuticals/Radiologic Imaging Agents
Thursday 5/16 - Hospital Quality Open Door Forum
Wednesday 5/17 - CMS HCPCS Public Meetings for Drugs/Biologicals/Radiopharmaceuticals/Radiologic Imaging Agents
Thursday 5/18 - CMS HCPCS Public Meetings for Drugs/Biologicals/Radiopharmaceuticals/Radiologic Imaging Agents
 

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The NOTICE Act and MOON: Operational Strategies and Regulatory Compliance

Join HCPro instructors Kimberly Anderwood Hoy Baker, JD, CPC, and June Stark, RN, BSN, MEd, for this webinar as they analyze regulatory guidance and discuss nationwide operational strategies for effective NOTICE Act and MOON compliance. The speakers will also explain NOTICE Act requirements and how to identify which patients should receive the MOON.
 

    

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