Health-Insurance: The Need for HIPAA Complaint Medical Billing Software

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
(HIPAA) includes seven sets of rules that will affect your practice.
The Department of Health and Human Services, or DHHS, issues these
in the form of the "Notice of Proposed Rule Making" or NPRM. Every
practice, regardless of size, must comply with HIPAA privacy,
security and transactional regulations. Moreover, adherence to all
subsequent regulations is also required. This covers most everything
in your practice, including your medical billing software.

When you are shopping for medical billing software, ask how and for
whom the system was designed, and whether the data will be safe and
secure on backed-up, protected, HIPAA-compliant servers accessible
only to authorized persons. Look for companies who provide free
updates to ensure continued efficiency and HIPAA compliance. The new
HIPAA standards require huge changes to how healthcare organizations
deal with their patient information, including coding, security,
patient record management, reimbursement and care management.
HIPAA‘s provisions include stringent codes for the unvarying
transfer of electronic data, including routine alterations and
billing.