Medical Profession Responsibilities Medical Profession Responsibilities This paper will discuss the federal law that governs Protected Health Information (PHI) and the elements of compliance that must be met. This paper will also describe two examples of improper privacy disclosure and some challenges a medical office might have maintaining strict confidentiality. The federal law that governs Protected Health Information (PHI) is the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
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in a medical assistant’s decisions on a daily basis. The research includes three different situations where the medical assistant was influenced by laws and regulations and the release of patients personal and medical information. I will also be discussing the relevant components of a patient’s medical record‚ and what a physician looks for in it. There will be an overview of all the documentation that would be in these components. The first situation where the actions of a medical assistant
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Effective Financial Policies and Procedures Kayla Lysak HCR 230 October 11‚ 2012 Benita Fisher Effective Financial Policies and Procedures The basic elements of an effective medical office financial policy are that it must be easily to follow for both staff members as well as patients. These policies should be explained to staff and patients so that each understands what is expected of them. These policies should include explanations for the patient as to how the practice is going to handle
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Effective Financial Policies and Procedures Medical practices establish financial policies and procedures to control patient billing and the ability to collect money for services they provide. Successful billing practices start with thorough financial policies and procedures which explain patients’ payment responsibilities in terms that are easily understood. An effective medical office financial policy is one that both staff members and practice patients can easily follow and understand. Patients
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Effective Financial Policies and Procedures HCR/230 Week 7 Checkpoint Theresa Bowman In order to maintain the proper billing of patients and the process of collecting funds owed‚ medical facilities must create and use an established financial policy. Some of the elements required to ensure that the financial policy established will prove effective are; a financial policy that patients understand and one that staff members are able to interpret as well. The financial policy must openly state
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Effective Financial Policies and Procedures Andrea Muller HCR/230 November 9‚ 2014 Rebecca Robinson Bragg Effective Financial Policies and Procedures The basic elements of an effective medical office financial policy are that it should be clear and concise and leave no room for misunderstanding. These policies should be posted in the patient waiting room‚ given to patient in a paper form and explained to patient so that they know what is expected of them. An effective medical financial policy will
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Medical Office Procedures Assignment Week 4 Today I will talk about the most common amount of petty cash funds in a small medical office with forty employees. Sometimes when working in a medical office you may run out of office supplies like paper for the printer‚ labels for medical records‚ pens‚ pencils or envelopes. So a petty cash fund is used for just those reasons. The average amount of money that is kept in a petty cash fund is $50 - $100 for a smaller practice a larger practice may have
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Effective Financial Policies and Procedures A medical financial policy outlines the goals set by the medical facilities to provide quality care. In having a financial policy‚ the facility is informing their patients of the financial obligation that the patient has to the facility. Some facility objective is to provide services that are cost-effective which is essential since society is affected negatively from the economy (Valerius‚ 2008). In the event that a patient is uninsured‚ the patient
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Medical Office Procedures Unit 1 Discussion Thread What are some examples of the skills and education required of a medical office manager? The medical office manager is in charge of all the day-to-day operations for the practice to run smoothly. Medical office managers need to have exceptional communication and organizational skills. Medical office managers may act as a liaison for different parties. They need to be able to multitask because they may have to do several things at one time‚ or jump
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Running head: ECONOMIC POLICY RECOMMENDATION Assignment 3: Economic Policy Recommendation Dr. Camille Castorina ECO 405 – Economic Problems and Issues Briefly describe the economic problem you have selected. According to text in today’s American economy‚ poverty is essentially an income distribution problem. The U.S. economy generates enough income to go around so that no one really has to live in poverty. But enough income does not go to everyone‚ and some people do live in poverty
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