Electronic Data Interchange is an electronic communication method that delivers standards for exchanging data by electronic means. EDI has a set of standards that requires that any patient health information must be in EDI standards from one computer to another. The rules are different types of trades that are covered under HIPAA. According to the article HIPAA: Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) Rule, “Electronic transactions such as health care claims, claims status and remittance advices (RA), eligibility verifications and responses, referrals and authorizations, and coordination of benefits are included in the rule.”(American Speech Language Hearing Association, para. 1).
Documentation Interchange Standards- According to Fenton, Giannangelo, Kallem, and Scichilone (2007) “documentation standards …show more content…
When it comes to billing and coding, integrity is an important asset. As a medical coder and biller, patients and employers trust you with their personal, private information as well as their insurance claims. Patients also trust you to code their diagnosis accurately, fairly, and legally. There may be times where an employee may be faced with a patient or employee to code wrongly and ignore professional standards. To be worthy of this trust, you must uphold your integrity as a medical biller and coder. Integrity is the reassurance that the information being accessed has not been changed represents what is intended
Information Security Regulations- Many medical offices promote security regulations to ensure safety of patient data. A type of security measure is authentication. This allows the system to know who they are by different factors such as ID and passwords. After a provider established authentication, they are still guarded by access control, which regulates what they can see, document or modify in a patient’s health
Documentation Interchange Standards- According to Fenton, Giannangelo, Kallem, and Scichilone (2007) “documentation standards …show more content…
When it comes to billing and coding, integrity is an important asset. As a medical coder and biller, patients and employers trust you with their personal, private information as well as their insurance claims. Patients also trust you to code their diagnosis accurately, fairly, and legally. There may be times where an employee may be faced with a patient or employee to code wrongly and ignore professional standards. To be worthy of this trust, you must uphold your integrity as a medical biller and coder. Integrity is the reassurance that the information being accessed has not been changed represents what is intended
Information Security Regulations- Many medical offices promote security regulations to ensure safety of patient data. A type of security measure is authentication. This allows the system to know who they are by different factors such as ID and passwords. After a provider established authentication, they are still guarded by access control, which regulates what they can see, document or modify in a patient’s health