Disasters can affect a office at any time and to any degree of severity. In an effort to reduce or hinder the damage that can result from a disaster, while also keeping your office working, many have taken to adopting business continuity plans. Not only is having a plan like this a good idea, its REQUIRED by HIPAA. […]…
It’s impossible to know what will happen on October 1, 2014, but you can get a head start on your preparations by asking your payers some questions about their ICD-10 plans. Will you conduct external testing? Medicare says CMS contractors will not conduct full external testing with business partners, meaning you won’t know for sure […]…
It’s Monday morning and one of your employees notifies you that they lost their laptop at a Starbucks over the weekend, apologizing profusely. Aside from the cost and inconvenience of buying a new laptop, could you be on the hook for bigger costs, and should you notify all your clients? Maybe, depending on where you […]…
