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Community Health Options – New Pre-auth Procedure Training, Oct. 23 & 26

Community Health Options will implement new pre-authorization/notification requirements as of Nov. 1, 2018. Maggie Kelly, Assistant Vice President of Medical Management for CHO will be providing 2 on-line live training sessions that we recommend PTs and their billing staff attend. A recording of the session will be posted on the Webinars page of our website after the […]

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Find your State Privacy Laws

FAQs, HIPPA/Privacy/Security Laws / Gwen Simons

State Privacy and Confidentiality Laws Whether you are a covered entity under HIPAA (cash practices who do not submit electronic billing transactions may not be), most states have privacy and confidentiality laws that still protect patients without regard to whether the provider bills electronically. Therefore, we recommend that providers become familiar with their state laws

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Intellectual Property Protection

Webinars / Gwen Simons

Member Webinar September 19, 2018 https://vimeo.com/290614489 Resources Slides – Intellectual Property Protection_2018-09-19

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Is the use of Active Campaign HIPAA Compliant?

FAQs, HIPPA/Privacy/Security Laws / Gwen Simons

I have recently been looking into privacy and HIPAA issues related to the use of Active Campaign and other messenger bots. Active Campaign (AC) is not HIPAA compliant unless you are using their Enterprise Plan ($229/month). That’s the only plan that they will execute a Business Associate Agreement (BAA) on. You have to have a

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Incorporating Fitness Into Your Practice

Webinars / Gwen Simons

Member Webinar https://vimeo.com/290603327 Resources Slides

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Telehealth Issues

Webinars / Gwen Simons

Member Webinar https://vimeo.com/284751674 Resources Telehealth Slides

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Neuromusculoskeletal Treatment Considerations for Breast Cancer Survivors, Guest Speaker: Marisa Perdomo

Webinars / Gwen Simons

Member Webinar Guest Speaker: Marisa Perdomo, PT, DPT, MS, CCES https://vimeo.com/276088627

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Informed Consent

Webinars / Gwen Simons

Member Webinar https://vimeo.com/269713892 Resources Consent to Treat Template Slide Handout

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Payment Agreements, Discounts and the Truth in Lending Law

Webinars / Gwen Simons

Member Webinar https://vimeo.com/264313847 Resources Payment Agreement Template_revised 2018-04-10 – Use this template to avoid needing to comply with the Truth in Lending Law when you charge late payment penalties or set up payment plans. Payment Agreements, Discounts and the Truth in Lending Law_ Slide Handout

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Use of De-identified Testimonials

FAQs, HIPPA/Privacy/Security Laws, marketing and testimonials / Gwen Simons

Question: If I post a patient testimonial using only the patient’s first name and last initial, do I need to have the patient sign a HIPAA Authorization to Disclose PHI? Answer: It depends. You should not have to have a patient sign a HIPAA Authorization if the testimonial does not identify the patient. Whether the

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