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Are you confused about HIPPA and how it can affect your public health agency? You’re not alone. HIPPA can be difficult to navigate when you’re working for yourself. In an era where healthcare records are increasingly being maintained online and by using the cloud, compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is becoming more important than ever to keep information from becoming vulnerable.
I’m pretty excited about the release of a new feature for NurseReferralPro called Dynamic Forms. As the name suggests, you can now create electronic forms based on your paper based documents. Imagine not having to lug around folders of cumbersome documents to have clients sign out in the field!
Charge capture is a vital part of the revenue cycle process, as all public health agencies that fail to appropriately and accurately document information on the care provided at their facilities can potentially lose millions in revenue.
Public health agencies today deal with many challenges from economic recessions, increases in uninsured care and growing competition for outpatient services. However, there are still tons of stops health agencies can undertake to increase their operations and profitability amid these troublesome conditions.
If you’ve recently discovered Public Health 3.0 and you are interested in learning more about it, you’re not alone. While there are tons of health departments all over the country already implementing the goals of Public Health 3.0, there are still many health agencies who are unsure where to begin or may have never even run into this term. For this article, we shall go through the basics of Public Health 3.0 and tell you everything you need to know about this recent development.