If you haven’t heard yet, North Carolina has taken a big step towards connecting and sharing health information for providers who bill to Medicaid. The North Carolina Health Information Exchange (NC HIE) is still enroute to its February 1, 2018 deadline that will require all Medicaid providers to connect to the NC HIE if they […]
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Four steps to do more with less for Family Planning Services
As the future of the Affordable Care Act and budgets for social services loom in the balance, it is more important than ever for clinics and health centers depending on federal funds or grant money to stretch their dollars as much as possible. Title X and Family Planning have been the most tenuous of grant-funded […]
Read MorePatagonia Health Forms Partnership with EHR 2.0 to Offer Security Risk Assessment to Customers
Cary, NC — February 4, 2017 – Patagonia Health, Inc., a provider of a cloud- and apps-based Electronic Health Records solution, announced a new partnership with EHR 2.0, HIPAA specialists and Security Risk Analysis consultants, also of Cary, NC. The two businesses serve similar markets and partnering will provide enhanced security and HIPAA compliance services […]
Read MoreDealing with Change: Managing the Uncertainty in Healthcare
Regardless of the size of your public health department, community health center, or practice, dealing with changes in regulations or workflow in your clinic can make any average staff member nervous. But change is both important and necessary. It ensures your practice remaining compliant to state and federal regulations and improving patient care […]
Read MoreCheck your Tables: Common UDS Reporting Mistakes
For HRSA Funded Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC) and Look-Alikes (FQHC-LA) who received their grants before October 2016, it is time to start filing your annual Uniform Data System (UDS) reports for the 2016 service year. The first due date for UDS is February 15, 2017 (although they are sometimes flexible with this date) and […]
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