HIPAA Claims Medical Billing Reporting: What Every Healthcare Practice Needs to Know
Most healthcare practices consider HIPPA in terms of what they are not allowed to do: patient information sharing without consent, insecure storage of patient information, unencrypted communication. But few practices consider the reporting aspect of HIPAA compliance. It's here that many expensive errors silently creep up. Medical billing reporting is not a tedious procedure, says HIPAA. The infrastructure is what will make or break how your claims are processed, whether your revenue cycle is auditable, and whether your practice would essentially be in financial ruin if it faced a compliance investigation with little to no financial exposure. If it's done correctly, it will run in the background without you ever knowing. Make a mistake, and the repercussions are quick to manifest — denied claims, audit timers, civil penalties. This guide covers everything a practice administrator or billing manager needs to understand about HIPAA compliant billing reporting: what it requires, h...