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Skip HIPAA Risk Analysis at Own Risk
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR), has reached a settlement with Health Fitness Corporation following a HIPAA violation involving the unauthorized online exposure of electronic protected health information (ePHI). The breach occurred due to a software misconfiguration, making sensitive health data accessible online. This violation highlights the importance of maintaining proper security controls and conducting regular risk assessments to prevent unauthorized data exposure.
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Coding Pearls - ABNs and CPT 11750
“I have a question concerning Medicare’s rules when billing for repeat CPT 11750. What is the recommendation for billing these for a regrowth following a previous CPT 11750? In another scenario, on the same subject, what if the procedure needs to be performed on a nail border that is adjacent to one that was already billed? Can and should we use an ABN and upon denial, bill the patient?”
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Coding Pearls - The Basics of Fracture Treatment Coding
“How are fracture care codes used? If a patient comes into the clinic with a fracture that you plan on eventually operating on, can you bill a closed fracture care code and then bill the surgical code when the open reduction and internal fixation is performed in the operating room?”
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