All across the country Public Health Departments and Community Health Centers including FQHCs experience many forms of HIPAA breaches and violations. Often, these breaches are unintended but not always. So, understanding where employees fall short can help your staff prevent many common breaches. Some of the most common breaches to be aware of are: […]
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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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The increase in medical technology including Electronic Health Records (EHR) has greatly increased the amount of available health data for both research and treatment. Many public health departments, community health centers (FQHC), and private practice have already made the move. HIV clinics are also seeing the benefits of increased data and treatment outcomes for patients […]
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Vendor demos are the tipping point in the selection process of finding a new Electronic Health Records system. Being prepared will help make the most of this process and make the decision clear. Comparing apples to apples will de-clutter the facts, and prevent the sales guy from selling the system based on one aspect alone. […]
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To end the year on a high note, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Final Rule on October 14, 2016, for the implementation of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA). The changes provide the most complex and significant change to reimbursement in over 20 years. But how soon will these […]
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