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Latest Blog Posts
How Individual and Group Payer Contracts Affect Billing and Provider Enrollment
How a medical practice contracts with insurance payers affects much more than credentialing paperwork. The...
Building a Nondiscrimination Policy Around Patient Access
A nondiscrimination policy is easy to think of as a compliance document: write the policy...
How to Implement a Clean Desk Policy That Employees Can Follow
A clean desk policy in a medical practice is not really about keeping the office...
HIPAA Breach Response for Medical Practices: From Incident to Resolution
A patient record is faxed to the wrong number. An employee sends protected health information...
How to Build HIPAA Compliance Into Everyday Medical Practice Operations
HIPAA compliance is often treated as a collection of policies, workforce training requirements, and security...
How PII and PHI Apply to Everyday Medical Practice Operations
Medical practices handle identifying information throughout the workday. Patient names, phone numbers, addresses, insurance information...
Business Associate Agreement Requirements and Management for Medical Practices
Medical practices rely on outside companies for everything from billing and IT support to electronic...
How to Decide Whether Accepting Medicaid Makes Sense for Your Medical Practice
Deciding whether to accept Medicaid is not simply a question of whether the reimbursement rate...
Medicaid Eligibility Verification for Accurate Claims and Payer Order
Medicaid eligibility verification matters for every payer, but Medicaid may require extra attention. Eligibility, managed...