ED Documentation and Coding Update 2003-02-01

HIPAA deadline approaches: Is your documentation ready?

With the April 14 deadline fast approaching, emergency departments must make sure their processes, procedures, and documentation are fully compliant with the requirements of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996. If theyre not, the consequences could be severe.

Notice of Privacy Practices: Required Elements

Direct treatment providers, including EDs, soon will be required to provide each patient with detailed information about their privacy practices. The notification must be written in plain language, and must contain the following elements.

JCAHO documentation: What new process requires

For every ED professional whos had to deal with the onerous and time-consuming preparations for a survey by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, some good news: The Joint Commission has announced a major overhaul of its survey process intended to reduce both the expense and the documentation burden usually associated with accreditation surveys.

HIPAA deadline approaches: Is your documentation ready?

Notice of Privacy Practices: Required Elements

JCAHO documentation: What new process requires

Joint Commission’s new survey process timeline

ED documentation system helps improve patient flow

The Documentation-Coding Connection - OPPS: The ED Challenge, Part II

The Documentation-Coding Connection: What to do now?

The Documentation-Coding Connection: Compliance with security rule to require vigilance

ED Documentation and Coding Update Archives – February 1, 2003

February 1, 2003