Accountability

With the fast growing trend of physicians using PDAs or hand help devices in the field of health care, comes a concern of securing the data that are being transmitted between devices. As the physicians and patients continue to exchange data, the risk of protecting the information is high. Prevention of fraudulent activities on the patient records is one of the primary concerns. Main factors to be concerned about the health care data being transmitted are: • Privacy • Confidentiality Privacy and…

Performing my PPE helped me develop a better understanding of how a medical record is processed from the inception until it is filed in permanent records. I had no previous experience in a hospital setting so I was not sure of exactly how the entire operation is carried out. I have learned much in the classroom setting but after a while, it becomes difficult to truly understand how it all unfolds without seeing it in real time. When I am there, seeing things happen in real-time, it helps me to…

Patients: Gain consent from participant to be able to disclose information about injuries and illnesses as it pertains to athletic participation. They should have the option to choose who information may be disclosed too. They should have the option of coaches, parents, media and administrators. Each athlete has the right to withhold disclosure to any of the before mentioned positions. Physicians: Documentation will be recorded and used as needed with physicians. If information is needed in…

Does Aetna Health Insurance Cover Drug And Alcohol Rehab? Aetna does cover drug and alcohol rehab. Health insurance companies are required to cover addiction because of the Affordable Care Act. However, it is important to note that coverage can vary. You should check your insurance plan in order to see exactly how much coverage you will get. Some health insurance plans will cover the total cost of drug and alcohol rehab. Others will only cover a portion of the cost. About Aetna Aetna is a…

In order to achieve interoperability there are basic security standards that must be accounted for to ensure safe and secure exchange. Without adequate safe measures in place, personal health records cannot be safely transmitted electronically. Exchanging private health information electronically between medical partners comes with inherent risk however. Those risks include violation of HIPAA regulations and threats, vulnerabilities and malware that threaten electronic health records (EHR) or…

The importance of coding edits relates to compliance. Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) developed the National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI) to promote national correct coding procedures and control improper coding leading to inappropriate payment in Part B claims. The National Correct Coding Initiative contains two types of edits: The first edit is NCCI procedure-to-procedure (PTP) edits define pairs of Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) / Current Procedural…

Vulnerable Password Effect on HIPAA Introduction The University of Mississippi Medical Center suffered from multiple HIPAA violations. An unofficial visitor to their campus had stolen one of their laptops, and due to the fact that UMMC’s network was unprotected because they used a universal username and password.The active directory containing 67,000 files was exposed to danger! There was an estimation of 10,000 patients files dating back to 2008 and he optical character recognition affirms that…

Health Insurance Probability Act otherwise known as HIPAA was set in place in 1996 to make sure patient medical information is protected and safe. In today's world keeping medical information protected is extremely important especially that technology is ruling the world and people know how to access people personal information by hacking computer systems. Working in the human service or health field HIPAA and PHI should be taken seriously because working with clients we have to make sure that…

Protecting Electronic Personal Health Information in a Healthcare Setting The healthcare sector is faced by numerous challenges that have made it difficult to deliver health care services effectively. The challenges include patient’s expectations for improved and safe care, need for high quality of life aging society, shortage of healthcare professionals and high cost of compliance and new technological implementation. A survey done by the Ponemon Institute has shown that outdated means and…

Disaster plans are a very important part of designing a security plan. Disasters come in several types. There are physical disasters like earthquakes, tornados, hurricanes, and floods. Then you have non-physical such as data breaches and system failures. In order for us to complete our security plan we need to create a disaster plan to help us should an unfortunate event occur. The first step in creating a disaster plan is to conduct a business impact analysis (BIA). To conduct a BIA, we must…