How HIPAA Violations Affect the Medical Billing Process HCR/220 October 7‚ 2012 How HIPAA Violations Affect the Medical Billing Process In this paper we will discuss how HIPAA violations affect the medical billing process and why HIV and AIDS information is more sensitive than other types of health conditions. We will also examine the social‚ legal‚ and ethical ramifications of improper information disclosure. In 1996 on August 21‚ the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability
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Running head: HOW HIPAA VIOLATIONS AFFECT THE MEDICAL BILLING How HIPAA Violations Affect the Medical Billing Process Brenda Beaver Axia Of UOP How HIPAA Violations Affect the Medical Billing Process HIPAA confidentiality is important for very patient but for some reasons when they hear someone has HIV or AIDS it gives them the right to talk about it with others which have no reason to know. I will show why it is so important to be sensitive to this type of health conditions. Will examine
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How HIPAA Violations Affect The Medical Billing Process HCR/220 September 23. 2012 How HIPAA Violations Affect The Medical Billing Process HIV and AIDS are two very serious diseases which first came known and reported in the U.S. in 1981. Today it is estimated that 1.7 million people in the U.S. have been infected with HIV since that date 619‚000 people have already died from it. The CDC‚ (Center For Disease Control) estimates that every one in five people living with HIV‚ are unaware that
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national framework for health privacy protection. Everyone in the health care business should be aware of the HIPAA law to protect the privacy and confidentiality of anyone who may be cared for in the facility. The patient must also sign and acknowledge the HIPPA privacy statement that is usually received during visits and prescription pickups. HIPAA protects the patient’s medical and personal information from being released to other staff members in a social manner‚ the patients workplace
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How HIPAA Violations Affect the Medical Billing Process HIV and AIDS information is more sensitive than other types of health conditions because patients actually do not seek medical attention for fear of breach in confidentiality. This fear directly affects their health because they are not seeking treatment for the illness they have. Organizations involved with HIV care are aware of the need to protect confidentiality of those individuals receiving services. Accordingly‚ HIPAA has put
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Batson When it comes to HIPAA‚ ICD‚ CPT‚ and HCPCS on how they influence each of the ten steps of the medical billing process‚ HIPAA influences the billing process by maintaining HIPAA compliance‚ as far as confidentiality and the handling of the medical record. When it comes to ICD‚ CPT‚ and HCPCS they influence the billing process they are the reference source where the codes are contained that are used to find the diagnosis‚ procedure‚ and the supply codes. But the HIPAA‚ ICD‚ CPT‚ and HCPCS they
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Course Project Rough Draft MGH HIPAA violation case Jennifer Brummage Medical Law and Ethics In the health care business‚ there are certain standards and laws that have been put in place to protect our patients and their personal health information. When a health care facility fails to protect their patient’s confidential information‚ the US Government may get involved and facilities may be forced to pay huge sums of money in fines‚ and risk damaging
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The Steps in the Medical Billing Process HCR/220 Instructor Kerby The Steps in the Medical Billing Process In the medical billing process‚ there are significant and mandatory steps that healthcare workers need to do. Preregister patients are the first step‚ and this contains two major duties. The first duty is to schedule appointments because the patients need to have a time and date to see the physician‚ plus to update appointments. Gather preregistration demographic and
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Violations of HIPAA Angela Void Rasmussen College Author Note This paper is being submitted on June 17‚ 2014‚ for Susan Finneman’s Medical Law and Ethics class. Violations of HIPAA Helene Michel‚ out of Hicksville‚ NY the owner of Medical Solutions Management Inc.‚ medical supply company‚ according to PHIPrivacy.net‚ was convicted of $10.7 million Medicare fraud and wrongful disclosure of private patient information in September. Michel was sentenced to 12 years in federal prison
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The medical billing and coding process involves numerous tasks completed by all staff members of a medical facility to provide quality care while protecting the privacy of patients and expediting the payment of services. Ten steps are used to complete this process; pre-registration of patients‚ establishing financial responsibility for visits‚ check in of patients‚ check out of patients‚ review of coding compliance‚ a check of billing compliance‚ preparation and transmittal of claims‚ monitoring
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