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HIPAA administrative simplification

Understand the HIPAA provisions that ensure safe, efficient and consistent electronic communication across the U.S. health care system.

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Test your HIPAA knowledge: 3 data sharing situations

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) allows data sharing without patient authorization under certain circumstances. These three data sharing situations test your HIPAA knowledge.

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Sharing health data: HIPAA may allow more freedom than you think

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) allows physicians to share protected health information without a patient’s authorization if three requirements are met.

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Top 10 newsmakers for physicians in 2015

Among the biggest news stories for physicians in 2015 included the end of an era for Medicare, the launch of one of the most complex practice changes in recent decades, and the continued advancement of patient care.

Medicare & Medicaid
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4 MIN READ

Court case puts patient privacy in peril

What happens to physician-patient confidentiality when any government agency can obtain a patient’s prescription records without a warrant? A case before a state supreme court threatens to keep these lines of investigation wide open.

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Court case threatens physician-patient confidentiality

What if patients no longer felt safe sharing personal—yet crucial—information with their physicians? A case to be heard by the Washington Supreme Court threatens the integrity of the patient-physician relationship, potentially raising new obstacles to communication and trust.

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CPT® codes, then and now

With more than 10,000 codes, Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) is the most widely accepted medical nomenclature used to report medical procedures and services to health insurers. The 2016 codebook, available now, marks the code set’s 50th anniversary.

CPT®
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What “HIPAA-compliant” really means

If your practice were to come under a random audit for monitoring compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), would you pass? Learn what it really means to be in compliance with HIPAA and learn tips from experts.

Digital
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Protected patient information at stake in Florida case

Data collected in patient safety systems comes with confidentiality protections that encourage physicians to share patient safety information without fear of liability—but a Florida case could impede efforts to improve patient safety, jeopardizing these protections.

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