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Documentation and Provider Standards Training

American Medical Compliance

The Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control program (HCFAC) was formed in 1993 by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). HCFAC received $248,459,000 from HHS and the Attorney General in 2007 to combat healthcare fraud and abuse.

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Everything You Need To Know About NPI Numbers

Verisys

Providers, employers, health plans, and payers use these numbers for billing purposes. CMS.gov The Administrative Simplification provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) required the creation of a standard, unique health identifier for healthcare providers, which the NPI satisfies.

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3 Compelling Reasons — Beyond the Law — to Expand Consumer Access to Personal Records

HIT Consultant

Our industry has undergone several iterations of consumer data protection rules — starting in 1996 with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA ). In 2009, the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act , HITECH for short, became law, setting standards for electronic health records.

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In 2024 U.S. Consumers Will Mash Financial Resolutions With Those For Physical Health and Mental Health, Fidelity Finds

Health Populi

Health Populi’s Hot Points: Here in Health Populi since launching in 2007, we’ve tracked the growth of patients-as-consumers’ financial wellness as part of overall health. Entering 2024, not only are most U.S.

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Why CTA’s Shepherding AI Is Important for Re-Imagining Healthcare

Health Populi

All that data that we ourselves create in everyday life we wonky health-tech folks call “patient-generated data” if it’s medically-related or “consumer-generated data” if it’s more wellness, fitness, or non-medical. In the best of all worlds, that can lead us to better health outcomes, more effective care, and lower costs.

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The Cost of Treating Patients is On the Rise: PwC Goes What’s Behind the 2024 Medical Spending Numbers

Health Populi

As the first line chart illustrates, the peak of medical trend in the last 18 years was in 2007 when the U.S. Here’s a link to PwC’s 2007 study looking behind the numbers, noting that the 11.9% saw double-digit cost growth of nearly 12%.

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Surprise, Surprise: Most Americans Have Faced a “Surprise” Medical Bill

Health Populi

Nearly all Americans (86% net responsible) first blame health insurance companies, followed by hospitals (82%). I wrote my first post on Health Populi nearly eleven years ago Labor Day week 2007. The theme was, “Health Care is the #1 Line Item In Our National Economy…and Taking More Out of Your Pocket.”