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HITECH Compliance

AIHC

Checklist for Individual & Small Group Practices Written by: Nancie Lee Cummins, CFE, CHA, CIFHA, OHCC, CHCM, CHCO, CORCM This article provides an overview of Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH) and basic checklist of policies and procedures for compliance of smaller health care organizations.

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Understanding FWA Compliance in Healthcare

American Medical Compliance

Among the various areas of compliance, Fraud, Waste, and Abuse (FWA) compliance stands out as a critical pillar. Therefore, for healthcare providers to prevent these charges from happening, understanding FWA compliance is essential. In this comprehensive guide, we delve into FWA compliance in healthcare.

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Enhancing Oversight with Compliance Monitoring Tools

Compliancy Group

A Deep Dive into the Features and Benefits of a Compliance Monitoring Platform The American Hospital Association reports that hospitals and PAC providers spend nearly $39 billion annually on administrative tasks associated with compliance in various domains. Healthcare organizations face high stakes and low margins for error.

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How to Ensure Dental Regulatory Compliance 

American Medical Compliance

It also ensures dental regulatory compliance, protecting both patients and practitioners. Understanding the Significance Dental recordkeeping includes the systematic documentation of a patient’s oral health history, examinations, diagnoses, treatments, and outcomes. This does not only facilitate comprehensive patient care.

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The 2023 Behavioral Health Industry Report

Topics covered include quantitative statistics describing the overall increase in behavioral health issues, the impact of psychologist and staff burnout, how HIPAA compliance is once again at the top of our minds & much more! This report explores current issues in the behavioral health industry in 2023.

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Healthcare Supplier Compliance Checklist

MedTrainer

Creating and using a supplier compliance checklist ensures vendors meet regulatory requirements and are trusted partners in managing sensitive information. In this article, I’ll discuss why supplier compliance is as critical as legal and regulatory adherence for healthcare organization employees.

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Streamlining Compliance Project Management with Software

Compliancy Group

Regulations abound in the modern healthcare ecosystem, a reliable compliance project manager is more than a necessity—it’s a strategic advantage. However, compliance is often time-consuming and expensive. One clear solution for healthcare leadership is a software program that provides compliance project management elements.

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HIPAA Compliance: Can Your Organization Avoid Costly Government Penalties and Fines?

Colington Consulting was established in 2013 and helps organizations achieve HIPAA compliance and ensures clients stay current with the latest enforcement trends. We provide a full range of HIPAA compliance services and consulting.

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Top 3 Data Privacy Challenges for Contract Compliance in 2022

Outdated compliance practices expose businesses to legal landmines that damage reputations and cost millions of dollars. How other compliance and legal teams are tackling these new standards. How other compliance and legal teams are tackling these new standards. Contract intelligence can help.

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HIPAA Compliance Checklist for Mental Health Agencies

Keeping up with compliance can be intimidating, but this checklist can help make your job a little easier! Use this printable checklist to ensure your systems are buttoned up to avoid breaches, HIPAA violations, and other privacy and safety infractions.

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A Guide to Improved Sepsis Detection & Compliance: 6 Areas You Should Address

This guide highlights key areas that your sepsis detection platform should address to minimize the impact of this leading, entirely preventable cause of in-hospital deaths, as well as how to increase compliance by 20% in 30 days. Download to learn more!

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Streamlined Compliance Facilitates Growth for Multi-Specialty ASC

Discover how MedTrainer solved an unmet need for SurgCenter of Western Maryland, reducing the time and effort it took to monitor and remind staff about crucial annual training.

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Everything You Wanted to Know About FACIS, but Didn’t Know to Ask

Speaker: Amy Anderson

Maintaining compliance and safeguarding against fraud and abuse in today’s changing healthcare landscape can be challenging. Verisys innovates compliance by leveraging data to meet specific healthcare needs such as eligibility screening, pre-hire screening, and ongoing monitoring.

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Ensure Continuous Patient Care: How to Avoid Disruptions Due to Ransomware

The industry has seen an increasing pace of ransomware, zero-day, and remote-code execution attacks. Learn how to defend against these against these attacks in this eBook.