CNO Financial Group recently reported a data breach which compromised the protected health information of 566,271 individuals to HHS’ Office of Civil Rights
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566,217 individuals affected by Bankers Life breach
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CNO Financial Group recently reported a data breach which compromised the protected health information of 566,271 individuals to HHS’ Office of Civil Rights. The breach occurred in the company’s Bankers Life and Casualty Co. division in Chicago.
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"Thinking about a laminectomy in terms of its ICD-10-PCS root operation, a coder may lean toward reporting it as an Excision, but this procedure is reported as a Release—the freeing of a body part from an abnormal physical constraint by cutting or by the use of force.” — Adrienne Commeree, CPC, CPMA, CCS, CEMC, CPIP
 

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Financial concerns a big component of chronic and serious illnesses
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Case managers working with very ill patients already know that many people will struggle financially with their health problems, and a recent survey found that among people struggling with serious illnesses, 53% believed they were at risk of financial ruin as a result.
 

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Q&A: Can ordering tests impact E/M level?
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Q: A nurse practitioner told a patient to return after an office visit if his chest pain worsened, and the provider ordered a nuclear stress test to take place the next day. Can my provider count the plan for the stress test in the medical decision-making for the previous encounter?

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