Welcome to our two-part series on ransomware in orthopaedics. It's critical for offices to understand the threat that ransomware poses to the...
E/M Coding Changes Coming in 2021
June 3, 2020Coding changes scheduled to take effect January 1, 2021 will have far-reaching effects on the orthopaedic specialty. History and exam components...
What You Need to Know About the ONC Final Rule
March 17, 2020The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) has enacted legislation titled the Cures Act Final Rule...
AMA Playbook: Patient Record Access
March 9, 2020A new playbook recently released from the American Medical Association aims to facilitate patient data access. The four-part guide dispels HIPAA...
Epic Says No to Interoperability
February 12, 2020Epic CEO Judy Faulkner wrote an email to CEOs and presidents of hospital systems to sign a letter voicing disapproval for the interoperability and...
Lessons from Project Nightingale
February 3, 2020How far do privacy laws really go to protect patient identity? Existing protections may no longer be sufficient to address the public’s concern...
Combating Low Record Access Rates
January 27, 2020In November 2019, a study by Health Affairs found that only 10% of patients with online access to their electronic health records accessed their...
Information Blocking: ONC Penalties Coming Soon
January 17, 2020
Last February, ONC and CMS issued two new proposed rules that will affect health IT stakeholders nationwide. The combined proposals seek to...
A Patient's Holiday Wish List
December 18, 2019Christmas Day is only one week away! As the holiday season flies by, we’d like to share a piece originally found on OrthoServiceLine, called “What...
