The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996 helped cut down on healthcare fraud and ensure that employees could maintain healthcare coverage while between jobs. Since its original creation, several updates have been made to HIPAA to help improve privacy protection for patients and health plan members.
What Constitutes a HIPAA Violation? 4 Mistakes to Avoid
Topics: Business Growth, Compliance, HIPAA, Practice Management
HIPAA Compliance Overview + Social Media HIPAA Violation Examples
As anyone who works in the healthcare industry knows, maintaining HIPAA compliance is one of the most important responsibilities you hold.
Topics: Marketing, Compliance, HIPAA, Social Media, Practice Management
How Online Reputation Management Can Make or Break a Medical Practice
When you’re running a medical practice, you’re constantly thinking about patients, medical inventory, and insurance claims - but are you paying enough attention to your online reputation?
Topics: Marketing, Business Growth, Operations, HIPAA, Social Media
Implementing Telemedicine Services? Here's How to Stay HIPAA Compliant
As the United States prepares to face a second-wave of COVID-19, many practitioners have begun transitioning to more telemedicine visits whenever possible to help flatten the curve and mitigate risk of spreading the virus.
Topics: Compliance, Liability, HIPAA, Social Media
What Medical Practices are Doing to Mitigate the Risk of HAI
It’s clearer each passing day that not only is the world changing, but the way healthcare is practiced is changing as well. Returning to the way things were before with crowded waiting rooms and little in the way of personal protective equipment (PPE) is unsafe and illogical.
Topics: Operations, Compliance, Liability, HIPAA, HR, Practice Management, Medical Billing
10 Aspects to Cover in your Annual Medical Practice Staff Training
As the year comes to a close, it’s time to start thinking about getting ready for your annual staff training. Training is the easiest way to make sure your employees are prepared for any situation that could come up in a medical practice.
Topics: Operations, Compliance, Liability, HIPAA, HR, Practice Management
Risks Associated with EHR Implementation & How to Mitigate Them
Electronic Health Record software is taking the country by storm, and for good reason. EHR can save money, increase productivity, and ultimately solve the biggest problem most practices face today: allowing doctors more time to spend with patients.
Topics: Business Growth, Operations, Compliance, Liability, HIPAA, Practice Management, Practice Start-Up, IT
The Ultimate List of Medical Practice Checklists, Tips, & Forms
Are you looking to start a medical practice? 99MGMT has compiled the ultimate list of medical practice checklists, tips, and forms to help you get your business up and running!
Topics: Marketing, Business Growth, Operations, Compliance, Liability, HIPAA, Social Media, HR, Practice Management, Patient Volumes, Financial, Practice Start-Up, Medical Billing, Consulting
10 Healthcare Marketing Trends to Have On Your Practice’s Radar
We've said it before, and we'll say it again - marketing is important in healthcare too! Want to get on board, but don't know where to start? Here's our list of 10 current healthcare marketing trends that should be on your practice or clinic's radar:
Topics: Marketing, Business Growth, Operations, Compliance, Liability, HIPAA, Social Media, HR, Practice Management, Patient Volumes, Practice Start-Up
Using Google My Business for a Medical Practice? Here's Your Playbook
Topics: Marketing, Business Growth, Operations, Compliance, HIPAA, Social Media, HR, Practice Management