Phone Etiquette for Medical Practice Patient Satisfaction The gateway to your medical office isn’t the front door. It’s your voice on the phone, because most people initially dial in. For example, if you come across on the phone as hurried, that’s how people might think the practice is. Here are a … [Read more...]
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Be Aware of These HIPAA Enforcement Issues
HIPAA Enforcement The following are key ten enforcement issues that the OCR continues to encounter through its enforcement of HIPAA. You need to be aware of these. Impermissible Disclosures HIPAA’s Privacy Rule prohibits covered entities and business associates from disclosing PHI except as … [Read more...]
Vendor HIPAA Breach: Should You Terminate The relationship?
Vendor HIPAA Breach Periodically we are asked questions about Business Associates and how to handle a vendor HIPAA breach. Recently, we were asked the following question: Under HIPAA concerning Business Associates, if you don’t have a Business Associate Agreement (BAA) with a vendor and they … [Read more...]
HIPAA Compliance – Let’s Revisit
Revisiting HIPAA Compliance In the two decades since its original passage, HIPAA compliance (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) hasn’t gotten any easier. Enacted with the primary goal of protecting the confidentiality, integrity and availability of healthcare information, … [Read more...]
March 25th Newsletter
March 25th Edition of the Physician Advocate The past few weeks have been difficult for all of Texas. We are with our clients, family and friends in wishing full recovery for everyone from the devastating winter storm! We are hopeful that Spring will be more normal. In our March Newsletter we … [Read more...]
Think your Physician Practice Uncollectibles are Useless?
Physician Practice Uncollectibles Think your physician practice uncollectibles are only good to look at on an aging report? Well maybe not. Instead of just considering them to be dead accounts, try viewing them as teaching tools. By carefully examining these accounts, you can discover where you … [Read more...]