Book Summary:
Faced with federally mandated deadlines, increasing patient awareness and concerns and fear over the impact of non-compliance, privacy officers, practice managers, physicians and administrators need concise answers and reliable guidance. Trust the AMA to bring you this clear, comprehensive, authoritative and thoroughly updated edition of our best-selling Field Guide to HIPAA Implementation. This resource provides the reader with: -Implementation dates -Compliance standards -Tips to scaling HIPAA requirements to individual practice environments -Worksheets, timelines, template forms and documents, sample policies and web links -New material on transactions and code sets, problem-solving tips for completing claims, inquiries and attachments -Instruction on making your practice run more efficiently using electronic transactions |