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HIPAA Privacy and Security Compliance

HIPAA Privacy and Security Compliance
Think B4 U Send Text Messages
02/07/2017
Roger Shindell, MS, CHPS, CISA, CIPM
Provider-to-provider and provider-to-patient text messaging continues to increase. The risks and penalties associated with HIPAA violations are also on the rise.  
Provider-to-provider and provider-to-patient text messaging continues to increase. The risks and penalties associated with HIPAA violations are also on the rise.  
Provider-to-provider and...
02/07/2017
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HIPAA Privacy and Security Compliance
HIPAA Privacy & Security Compliance: Dispelling Common Myths
01/05/2017
Roger Shindell, MS, CHPS, CISA
Roger Shindell, MS, CHPS, CISA
With the hundreds of pages that it takes to cover the breadth of HIPAA regulations, not to mention the regulations’ inherent complexity, it’s no wonder myths and rumors about compliance abound. Additionally, there are many “experts” who have...
With the hundreds of pages that it takes to cover the breadth of HIPAA regulations, not to mention the regulations’ inherent complexity, it’s no wonder myths and rumors about compliance abound. Additionally, there are many “experts” who have...
With the hundreds of pages that...
01/05/2017
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HIPAA Privacy and Security Compliance
Cyber Security & HIPAA: Taking Security Measures Beyond General Compliance in the Wound Clinic
10/07/2016
Lorna L. Hecker, PhD, LMFT, CHPS
Lorna L. Hecker, PhD, LMFT, CHPS ...
Editor’s Note: This article was reprinted with permission.   Threats to the security of electronic protected health information (ePHI) evolve constantly, in ways that could not have been envisioned in 1996, when HIPAA was enacted. Cyber...
Editor’s Note: This article was reprinted with permission.   Threats to the security of electronic protected health information (ePHI) evolve constantly, in ways that could not have been envisioned in 1996, when HIPAA was enacted. Cyber...
Editor’s Note: This article was...
10/07/2016
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HIPAA Privacy and Security Compliance
HIPAA Privacy & Security Compliance: Disclosures to Law Enforcement
09/15/2016
Roger Shindell, MS, CHPS
Roger Shindell, MS, CHPS
This article will discuss disclosures for law enforcement purposes permitted under HIPAA. Various scenarios will be introduced, with relevant HIPAA regulations integrated in the responses.
This article will discuss disclosures for law enforcement purposes permitted under HIPAA. Various scenarios will be introduced, with relevant HIPAA regulations integrated in the responses.
This article will discuss...
09/15/2016
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HIPAA Privacy and Security Compliance
Hippocrates & HIPAA: What’s the Ethical Involvement?
08/09/2016
Roger Shindell, MS, CHPS
Roger Shindell, MS, CHPS
Ethics focus on actions we should take — what we should and should not do. Ethics shape our values, cultures, and worldviews, and give us sensitivity to considering how our actions affect the welfare of others. In our society, we value...
Ethics focus on actions we should take — what we should and should not do. Ethics shape our values, cultures, and worldviews, and give us sensitivity to considering how our actions affect the welfare of others. In our society, we value...
Ethics focus on actions we...
08/09/2016
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HIPAA Privacy and Security Compliance
HIPAA Privacy & Security Compliance: Managing the Use of Photographs and Videos in the Wound Clinic
07/11/2016
Roger Shindell, MS, CHPS
Roger Shindell, MS, CHPS
Advanced digital technology has led to a proliferation of photo chronicling to help guide care and documentation. Is your wound clinic managing and protecting patient records appropriately?
Advanced digital technology has led to a proliferation of photo chronicling to help guide care and documentation. Is your wound clinic managing and protecting patient records appropriately?
Advanced digital technology has...
07/11/2016
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HIPAA Privacy and Security Compliance
HIPAA Privacy & Security: How Can Providers Legally Share Children’s PHI?
06/13/2016
Roger Shindell, MS, CHPS
Roger Shindell, MS, CHPS
This article discusses how wound care clinicians should approach requests for info related to minors.
This article discusses how wound care clinicians should approach requests for info related to minors.
This article discusses how wound...
06/13/2016
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HIPAA Privacy and Security Compliance
ICD-10-CM & HIPAA: Not Such Strange Bedfellows
02/10/2016
Roger Shindell, MS, CHPS
Roger Shindell, MS, CHPS
With implementation of ICD-10 on Oct.1, 2015, the obvious question for many wound care clinicians is, “How does ICD-10 impact my HIPAA practices?” Find out here.  
With implementation of ICD-10 on Oct.1, 2015, the obvious question for many wound care clinicians is, “How does ICD-10 impact my HIPAA practices?” Find out here.  
With implementation of ICD-10 on...
02/10/2016
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HIPAA Privacy and Security Compliance
How to Prepare for New HIPAA Privacy & Security Regulations in 2016
01/13/2016
Roger Shindell, MS, CHPS
Roger Shindell, MS, CHPS
Wound care clinicians must ensure they’ve appropriately established and implemented safeguards for protected health information. This article provides an overview of what’s needed to meet regulatory standards.   
Wound care clinicians must ensure they’ve appropriately established and implemented safeguards for protected health information. This article provides an overview of what’s needed to meet regulatory standards.   
Wound care clinicians must...
01/13/2016
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Letter From the Editor

From the Editor
The Future of Wound Care in the Quality Payment Program
03/13/2024
Caroline E. Fife, MD, FAAFP, CWS, FUHM
Whether we will be able to survive as wound care practitioners will, at least in part, depend on having quality measures that are relevant to what we actually do.
Whether we will be able to survive as wound care practitioners will, at least in part, depend on having quality measures that are relevant to what we actually do.
Whether we will be able to...
03/13/2024
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From the Editor
The Non-Pressure Ulcer Episode-Based Cost Measure "Field Test" Began Feb. 1
02/05/2024
Caroline E. Fife, MD, FAAFP, CWS, FUHM
For years I have been explaining how the QPP could be the end of wound care practitioners. The entire QPP is designed around recognized medical specialties and since there is no recognized specialty for wound care, we are all in trouble.
For years I have been explaining how the QPP could be the end of wound care practitioners. The entire QPP is designed around recognized medical specialties and since there is no recognized specialty for wound care, we are all in trouble.
For years I have been explaining...
02/05/2024
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Guest Editorial
The G-Code Solution to Skin Substitute Reimbursement
01/25/2024
Shaun Carpenter MD, CWSP
I am calling on CMS to adopt new G codes to replace Q code reimbursement and CPT 15000 codes for skin substitute application procedures and to establish skin substitute product code classes.
I am calling on CMS to adopt new G codes to replace Q code reimbursement and CPT 15000 codes for skin substitute application procedures and to establish skin substitute product code classes.
I am calling on CMS to adopt new...
01/25/2024
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Guest Editorial
Wound Size Matters: Analysis of the New Restrictive Skin Substitute LCD Policy
09/01/2023
Shaun Carpenter MD, CWSP, WMS
With so much ambiguity remaining, an immediate compromise on the number of applications to allow 7 is warranted both from an ethical and medical perspective. The current restriction of 4 applications is clearly not based on an accurate...
With so much ambiguity remaining, an immediate compromise on the number of applications to allow 7 is warranted both from an ethical and medical perspective. The current restriction of 4 applications is clearly not based on an accurate...
With so much ambiguity...
09/01/2023
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Guest Editorial
Wrestling With Implicit Bias to Deliver Better Care for Our Patients
06/01/2023
Monique L. Abner, MD, CWSP
For some, bias remains a sensitive issue, and some people are reluctant to admit to the need for introspection. However, to mitigate the ill effects of bias, everyone must first acknowledge that it exists.
For some, bias remains a sensitive issue, and some people are reluctant to admit to the need for introspection. However, to mitigate the ill effects of bias, everyone must first acknowledge that it exists.
For some, bias remains a...
06/01/2023
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From the Editor
Confessions of a Doctor With Lipedema
03/14/2023
Caroline E. Fife, MD, FAAFP, CWS, FUHM
It is hard to understand how demoralizing it is. Lipedema affects your entire life, starting in the teenage years.
It is hard to understand how demoralizing it is. Lipedema affects your entire life, starting in the teenage years.
It is hard to understand how...
03/14/2023
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From the Editor
Why Won’t the DME Provide Dressings for My Patient?
02/23/2023
Caroline E. Fife, MD, FAAFP, CWS, FUHM
Maybe Because Of My Documentation
Maybe Because Of My Documentation
Maybe Because Of My...
02/23/2023
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Guest Editorial
How Wound Care Providers Can Treat Patients Like People, Not Like Cases
02/01/2023
Morgan McCoy
Finding a skilled wound care professional comes down finding someone who is confident in their skill/craft—someone who treats the whole patient, not just the wound. Finding someone who would see me as a person and a whole being rather than...
Finding a skilled wound care professional comes down finding someone who is confident in their skill/craft—someone who treats the whole patient, not just the wound. Finding someone who would see me as a person and a whole being rather than...
Finding a skilled wound care...
02/01/2023
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Guest Editorial
Amputations in Pyoderma Gangrenosum Patients: Underreported or Very Rare?
01/11/2023
Shannon Kody, MD
Alex G. Ortega-Loayza, MD, MCR
Are providers missing the diagnosis of PG because they are anchoring on “positive” biopsy findings? Could we be missing cases in which PG patients underwent amputation, didn’t have a recurrence, and were never diagnosed? Or are we just not...
Are providers missing the diagnosis of PG because they are anchoring on “positive” biopsy findings? Could we be missing cases in which PG patients underwent amputation, didn’t have a recurrence, and were never diagnosed? Or are we just not...
Are providers missing the...
01/11/2023
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From the Editor
The Patient’s Perspective: Things I Wish Wound Care Doctors Would Consider When They See a Patient
12/20/2022
Caroline E. Fife, MD, FAAFP, CWS, FUHM
A patient sent me this message so I decided to post it. It speaks for itself.
A patient sent me this message so I decided to post it. It speaks for itself.
A patient sent me this message...
12/20/2022
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Coping With COVID-19

Business Briefs
Telehealth Use Continues and Receives Further Medicare Payment 
01/25/2023
Kathleen D. Schaum, MS
The COVID-19 PHE has been extended for 90 more days. This author reviews the Medicare telehealth flexibility extensions that may be important to wound/ulcer management professionals.
The COVID-19 PHE has been extended for 90 more days. This author reviews the Medicare telehealth flexibility extensions that may be important to wound/ulcer management professionals.
The COVID-19 PHE has been...
01/25/2023
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Business Briefs
The COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Waivers Q&A
09/07/2022
Kathleen D. Schaum, MS
This author answers more questions about what will happen to telehealth and other waivers when the COVID-19 PHE ends.
This author answers more questions about what will happen to telehealth and other waivers when the COVID-19 PHE ends.
This author answers more...
09/07/2022
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Business Briefs
The COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Extension Also Applies to Telehealth
08/15/2022
Kathleen D. Schaum, MS
The COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) is extended through October 13, 2022. Many wound/ulcer management professionals have been using telehealth and should be happy to know that the Medicare waivers pertaining to telehealth have also...
The COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) is extended through October 13, 2022. Many wound/ulcer management professionals have been using telehealth and should be happy to know that the Medicare waivers pertaining to telehealth have also...
The COVID-19 Public Health...
08/15/2022
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Business Briefs
The COVID-19 Public Health Emergency, Coding Changes, and Coverage Changes Continue
02/09/2022
Kathleen D. Schaum, MS
For this month, let us review the continuation of the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE), and the continuation of the ever-changing codes and coverage.
For this month, let us review the continuation of the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE), and the continuation of the ever-changing codes and coverage.
For this month, let us review...
02/09/2022
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