Help is Here for Performing Your HIPAA Security Risk Assessment

Thursday, February 23rd, 2012

This week I’m pleased to introduce you to my business partner Kelly McLendon.  Kelly is the owner of CompliancePro Solutions™ and has created a software tool for the HIPAA security gap assessment required under Meaningful Use. RM: Kelly, can you tell us a little more about the software tool you’ve created? KM:  Yes. Our HIPAA Privacy and Security Gap Assessment software was created to help medical providers who are attesting to Meaningful Use fulfill the requirements of Measure 15.  This is an Excel-based assessment tool that evaluates the state of your Electronic Health Record (EHR) system to identify any potential [...]

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Resolving Conflict in our Medical Offices

Friday, July 1st, 2011

Did you know that there are over 7 million responses returned when you search Google for conflict resolution? It is even more surprising how sizzling this topic is within the medical field these days. More and more practice managers are commenting on how they are “dealing” with (and sometimes not dealing with) these unpleasant situations in the office.

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E-Prescribing Tools For The Medical Practice Manager

Thursday, June 9th, 2011

Have you ever tried to complete a task without all the tools? My husband is quite the handyman and he always needs tools for the job. He really hates it when he has to run out in the middle of completing something and get a tool or product to complete the job. Not having the proper tools can be so frustrating.

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Medical Office Managers Responsibilities For Change

Friday, April 23rd, 2010

As a medical office manager, you may find yourself overwhelmed these days with responsibilities.  Seems your position is not only full of patient interaction, employee conflicts, and provider issues, but now there are ever more increasing compliance mandates being placed on your checklist for implementation due to healthcare reform. Medical and Practice Managers are swimming through the acronyms of ARRA, EHR, EPHI, HITECH, OCR, PHI, TPO, HIPAA just to name a few.  You are now being required to be familiar with these terms, acronyms and their meanings.  If not already, you will be implementing these practices into your office policies [...]

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Healthcare Consulting Assists In Practice Issues

Thursday, April 15th, 2010

More medical practices are finding great use for healthcare or business consulting these days due to many changes going on in the healthcare industry.  Some of the well-known reasons for providers and practice managers to hire healthcare consultants include but are certainly not limited to: Help with negotiating profitable contracts Conduct reimbursement evaluations for the practice Operations Management Issues Train your staff in contracting Identify new revenue streams and market opportunities Perform billing company evaluations and RFP’s Develop practice marketing strategies Identify strategic partners Conduct market research and analysis Help position you in the market Marketing programs and events Develop [...]

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