Bad Billing
By David R. Burda – A short research letter recently published in the Journal of the American Medical Association supports the idea that it’s providers and payers, not patients, that have created the revenue cycle mayhem.
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Health IT Issues that Deserve a Second Read – January 2024
The thought leaders in our community are good about sharing their thoughts on the issues of today. Here are the top read and shared guest posts of January that we think deserve sharing again.
Ahead of the Curve: The Power of Completing HIPAA Training Early
By Art Gross – Ensuring HIPAA compliance is a crucial aspect of healthcare operations, and staying current on the latest regulations and best practices is essential. Our team of experts strongly encourages professionals to initiate employee training early in the year, contributing to a secure and informed healthcare environment.
Modern Convenience, or Invasion of Privacy?
By Pamela J. Gallagher – Compared to a grocery store, the healthcare industry holds vastly greater amounts of sensitive personal information. Questions of how to balance convenience and privacy is essential for the health of our industry.
AI’s Healing Touch: Revolutionizing Healthcare for a Better Tomorrow
By Shane Reeves – Despite the overarching impact that artificial intelligence (AI) is having in the field of medicine, physicians, pharmacists, and other healthcare professionals remain skeptical of its use. For all the publicity, AI is still relatively new.
Chasing a Cyber Attacker: A Close Call and Cautionary Tale
By Steve Akers – One of the best defenses against a cyberattack is 24/7 threat detection and response. Whether you build this team internally or leverage a healthcare MSSP, this team actively hunts for threats in your network to mitigate the danger before it becomes a material incident.
Is Clinical Trial Diversity the New Patient Centricity?
By Hiren Thakkar – Inadequate ethnic diversity in clinical trials, tight eligibility criteria, delayed or missing prescription recommendations for certain communities, and access gaps affecting global health are all hot topics in academia, business, and government.
SAMHSA and ONC Launch the Behavioral Health IT Initiative
By Micky Tripathi & Miriam E. Delphin-Rittmon – SAMHSA and ONC will work together to invest more than $20 million of SAMHSA funds over the next three years in an initiative to advance health IT in behavioral health care and practice settings.
Mental Health Care is now Primary Care – Support Primary Care Providers
By Julie Frey – The demand for mental health services is outstripping the ability of providers to keep up. A recent report by the American Psychological Association found that 38% of psychologists have seen an increase in the number of people on their waiting list, increasing their workloads by 26%.