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Interview: Nathanael Ayala, Compliance Officer, Hospital San Carlos Borromeo, Puerto Rico

HIPAA Journal

HIPAA Journal is conducting interviews with healthcare professionals to find out more about their compliance journeys, how the HIPAA Rules have affected their working lives, and the successes of HIPAA compliance and the challenges they have faced. When did you first get involved with HIPAA compliance?

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Our Youth Mental Health Crisis: How Compliance Can Help Providers Address It  

YouCompli

With children back in school, well-visit checkups and sports physical appointments are opportunities for providers to evaluate and discuss mental health. School-aged kids – ages 5 to 17 – face a mental health crisis, and they need all the support they can get.

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Comprehensive Guide to Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) Billing

Medisys Compliance

Additional Billing Considerations In addition to mastering the core billing codes, providers must also navigate supplementary elements integral to accurate billing: Place of Service (POS) Codes: Indicating the treatment setting (e.g., office, hospital outpatient), POS codes play a pivotal role in determining reimbursement rates.

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The Wait is Over. Or Is It? DEA’s Proposed Rules Around Telemedicine Prescribing: Initial Impressions and Key Takeaways

Health Law Advisor

a cross-coverage situation), or where a practitioner is engaged in the “practice of telemedicine,” e.g. because the patient was physically located in a DEA-registered hospital, clinic, or physician’s office. 21 U.S.C. § Provider Education and Understanding About New Prescribing and Recordkeeping Requirements. 21 U.S.C. § 802(17).

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HIPAA Continuity of Care

HIPAA Journal

Some definitions imply care is continuous within the same healthcare organization (or Organized Health Care Arrangement), while others extend the definition to multiple healthcare settings. An example of this is a patient’s journey from a physician’s office to a hospital, then to a care home, then to a home health service.

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Bonus Features – May 14, 2023 – Only 16% of organizations are using data to define clinical best practices, 84% of orgs hit with ransomware attacks lose revenue, and more

Healthcare IT Today

News In a temporary rule, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) extended telemedicine flexibilities for prescribing controlled medications for six months following the end of the public health emergency, through November 11.

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HIPAA Updates and HIPAA Changes in 2023

HIPAA Journal

Such major HIPAA updates placed a significant burden on HIPAA-covered entities and considerable time and effort were required to introduce new policies and procedures to ensure continued HIPAA compliance. What is certain is HIPAA officers and other compliance staff will have a busy few months when the Final Rule is published.

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