The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced a settlement on June 28, 2023 of potential violations of the Health ...

Most healthcare organizations are not fully prepared for a privacy and security audit by federal HIPAA regulators, according to a Nov. 2011 survey conducted by HCPro. The government has already begun ...

Verizon’s Enterprise Solutions group has created a cloud service portfolio that will meet HIPAA requirements for safeguarding electronic health information, according to HealthcareIT. Verizon acquired ...

In recent Boston Globe and New York Times articles, billing companies were named in connection with a medical records data breach, one of which apparently involved medical records found in a public ...

A transformation is underway in medical coding as automation permeates medical billing. It raises many questions, such as what kind of skill sets will be needed for this new generation of coding? Will ...

Why should you become a Certified Medical Administrative Assistant and Certified Coding Associate? According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, overall employment in healthcare occupations is ...

For medical practices, quick and accurate claims processing saves patients, providers and insurers time, money and energy. However, when claims are riddled with errors, no one gets paid and everyone ...

Healthcare professionals are finding AI to be nothing short of an asset in producing efficient communication and data organization on the job. Clinicians utilize AI for managing medical records, ...