Want to see answers to the most commonly asked questions concerning HIPAA? Need to ask your own question? Then go the website of the HHS Office of Civil Rights - http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/hipaa/
IRS and Shareholder Compensation
In the last issue, I discussed the Pediatric Surgical IRS case and its potential impact on any medical practice that operates as a C corporation. This case could affect a corporation that has non-shareholder physician associates, other healthcare providers, and clinical services lines that do not require significant services from the shareholder physicians. So how can these corporations protect themselves from the IRS?
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An Easy Way To Analyze E/M Coding Patterns
If not already, you should be analyzing physician evaluation and management coding practices on an ongoing basis. As managed care continues to grow and as practices move more in to a fixed-fee type of environment, proper coding becomes paramount. This is particularly true of patient-visit coding. Medical practices can lose significant amounts of revenue if these services are not coded correctly.
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Are You In HIPAA Compliance? - A Checklist
It seems most medical practices are taking HIPAA lightly, even though this is a federal law. With the compliance deadline upon us for the privacy regulations, the big question is whether or not your medical practice is in compliance. Use this checklist to see; any "no" answer will identify an area of noncompliance.
Need help getting in compliance? I highly recommend a software called "HIPAA Says." For more information, go to http://www.hipaasays.com.
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