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Mitigating Risk and Reducing Costs with Smart Healthcare Records Management

Healthcare IT Today

Predominantly, the risk of fraud, theft, or abuse of customer or company information increases, which can cause regulatory violations resulting in significant fines and penalties. It involves strategic organization, secure storage, and seamless retrieval of electronic health records (EHRs). About Mitchell D.

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How to Conduct Effective Compliance Audits 

American Medical Compliance

Audits serve as a critical defense against fraud and inefficiency while fostering trust in your practice. It could target several key areas, such as patient privacy and security to ensure compliance with HIPAA guidelines, or billing and coding accuracy to prevent fraud and abuse under CMS regulations.

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What Are the HIPAA Shredding Requirements?

Compliancy Group

Non-compliance with Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) shredding requirements puts patients, employees, and your organization at risk for privacy breaches, fraud, and other threats. Removing old or invalid documents requires compliance with HIPAA. These regulations include HIPAA-compliant shredding requirements.

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