3 Keys to Hospital Patient Identity Verification
CLIPPED FROM THE NEWS… From the Editor: Revenue360 Address and Demographic Verification Module utilizes LexisNexis patient identity verification services to provide a number of deep verification...
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Patient Identity Theft Concerns and Solutions
Identity Theft is costly to both the patient & the provider Medical Identity Theft has been big news this year – and for good reason. While the average cost to a hospital to resolve issues...
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Prevent Healthcare Fraud and Medical ID Theft at the POS
Back in January the Associated Press reported that there were 377 healthcare fraud cases filed by federal prosecutors in the Fiscal Year ending on October 2013. And it is precisely at Point of...
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Reducing Claim Denials Starts at Hospital Registration
The increasing complexity of the hospital payment collections process is creating pressure on the revenue cycle to the point that eventually, unless some of the steam is released, something is going...
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The ACA and Hospital Patient Identification Verification Software
Hospital patient identification verification is becoming more critical in preventing fraud and speeding collections. In an article titled, Why the ACA is Making Accurate Patient Identification Mission...
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ACA – Seniors and Newly Insured Targets for Medical ID Fraud
Medical ID Fraud is out there, and with all of the ACA newly insured come new forms of fraud. Medical ID Fraud was one of the hottest healthcare news stories of last year and so far in 2014 it shows...
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Medical ID Theft and Hospitals
The Medical Identity Fraud Alliance sponsored this survey on Medical Identity Theft which you can download now. A recent article from AARP got us thinking about how Medical ID theft affects the...
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Preventing Medical Identity Theft at POS
Problems created by common identity theft pale in comparison to issues that can be caused by medical ID theft. For anyone who has had their identity stolen, that moment when realization kicks in that...
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HIPAA Compliance & Data Breach Risk for Hospitals
Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Gary Pritts, President of Eagle Consulting Partners, a consulting firm in the areas of revenue cycle management, medical information systems, HIPAA compliance,...
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Brace Against the Breach – Protect Against Medical Identity Fraud
Verifying patient identity at the POS protects both hospital and patient from medical identity fraud. The fact that medical identity theft is a growing problem should not be a surprise to anyone in...
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Making Money Off Medical ID Theft
Criminals continue making money off medical ID theft, which is why it is essential to have a real-time patient identity verification system in place. Anytime a scheme is going down, you can safely bet...
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Avoiding a Medical Data Breach
Our Revenue360 Editor has the same name as a patient that uses this portal… and could potentially log in and see the other person’s date. She has written to the Hospital involved, but never received...
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What to Do About Increasing Risk of Medical ID Theft
Easily verify patient identity & current address based on the information you have on file (click to enlarge). Anymore it seems like you cannot turn on the news or open a paper without seeing...
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Costly Anthem Data Breach Brings Awareness
Anthem Health is likely on the hook for close to $100 million — not to mention all the costs for those with stolen identities. The president mentioned it in his State of the Union Address, and big...
View ArticleMedical ID Theft and Consumer Protection
With more and more victims of medical ID theft stacking up and hospitals incurring millions in related costs each year, what can each of us, as consumers, do to protect ourselves? Here, at the Revenue...
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Healthcare Cybersecurity Suggestions from Three Experts
Recently we wrote about the continuing and accelerating pace of healthcare cyber breaches. These occurrences cost hospitals millions of dollars, and while some CIO’s are delaying addressing proactive...
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Role-Based Access Software to Reduce Medical Data Breaches
No question about it, the increase in medical informatics including electronic medical records (EMR), electronic order entry, paperless charting and hospital floor practices has revolutionized the...
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Identify Patient Identity Theft during Registration
We recently interviewed a busy hospital registrar named Amanda, to take a closer look at her hospitals’ registration processes. When we evaluated our findings, we discovered some flaws that could...
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Audits, Security and HIPAA Compliance
When it comes to HIPAA enforcement for healthcare providers it looks like the game is stepping up. OCR has picked a new auditing firm, two recent reports from DHS are calling for a firmer hand to...
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Cybersecurity for Hospitals — the Road Ahead
When it comes to cybersecurity for hospitals, the headaches continue with breaches on the increase, while the government is passing legislation to mandate disclosure and also, (hopefully) to help share...
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