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Navigating the Intersection of Payment Integrity and Provider Relations in Healthcare

Innovaare Compliance

The Importance of Payment Integrity Payment integrity is crucial for health plans to control costs, reduce fraud, waste, and abuse (FWA), and ensure the accuracy of healthcare payments. billion in healthcare fraud judgments and settlements. billion in healthcare fraud judgments and settlements.

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What is Revenue Cycle Management with RemitOne

Med Com Blog

Fraud detection: AI can be used to detect and prevent fraudulent activity in the revenue cycle, such as billing for services that were not provided or upcoding of services. This can improve patient satisfaction and increase the likelihood of payment. This can improve efficiency and reduce the risk of errors.

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Editorial: Benefits of HIPAA for Healthcare Professionals

HIPAA Journal

HIPAA was signed into law in 1996 by President Clinton and introduced standards in healthcare to improve efficiency, eliminate waste, combat fraud, and ensure that Americans could retain health insurance coverage when they are between jobs. The first article in the series covered the benefits of HIPAA for healthcare organizations.

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The Essential Components of an Effective Healthcare Compliance Program

Healthcare Blog

Healthcare organizations can improve their reputation and trustworthiness by creating a compliance culture among patients, regulators, and the community. A strong compliance program communicates a commitment to excellent patient care, resulting in greater patient satisfaction and loyalty.

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What is GRC in Healthcare?

Verisys

It emphasizes conducting activities transparently, ethically, and in a manner that secures the trust of patients, staff, and stakeholders alike. This holistic approach to governance ensures that decisions are informed by a comprehensive understanding of the hospital’s overall performance and its implications for patient care.

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Improving Wound Care Billing

Medisys Compliance

Challenges of Wound Care Billing Wound care billing can be a complex and challenging process due to several factors including, coding complexity, documentation requirements, reimbursement limitations, billing multiple payers, and risk of fraud & abuse billing.

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These are the compliance issues providers should be preparing for, post-PHE

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

While it is important to carefully consider the most effective methods of providing care and the intended purpose behind various reimbursement, privacy, and fraud and abuse regulations, it is also clear that healthcare delivery has always and continues to evolve, and the regulatory framework needs to do the same.