With the advent of computer technology and the internet, Electronic Health Records (EHRs) have become an increasingly accepted and convenient way to keep track of important patient information. One of the main advantages of EHRs is their convenience, and major …
HIPAA was passed in 1996 with the goal of providing needed reforms in health care. The act had three primary objectives, the first being to make sure people could keep their health insurance when they were between jobs. Up through …
As with many professions, the advent of computers started what is continuing to shape the medical billing and coding industry. Technology has and will continue to change medical billing and coding, the skills associated with these professions, and the labor …
With recent news stories about NSA programs breaking sophisticated encryption codes and state-sponsored cyber terrorism, questions about the security of digital information cannot be far from the minds of any medical billing and coding professional. Especially since the 2009 Health …