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Patient Access Requirements

Consumer Empowerment Patient access is often referred to as the availability of healthcare, or the ability of consumers to access care and treatment. Patient access is an integral part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The ACA focused on increased access to affordable care, affordable health insurance, effective appeals, preventive services, and community based or…

Certified Chiropractic Clinical Assistant Training is now available as part of Library Membership! This official training is for those who wish to certify through the Federation of Chiropractic Licensing Boards (FCLB). The KMC University Library is an online resource for chiropractors and their teams that provides access to a vast array of educational materials and resources related to Medicare, documentation, billing, coding, compliance, and the business aspects of running a chiropractic practice. It can help chiropractors and their teams stay up-to-date on the latest regulations and best practices, as well as save time and money by avoiding costly mistakes. Click here to learn more.

What is a Business Associate?

Classifying Business Associates A “Business Associate” (BA) is a person or entity that performs certain functions or activities involving the use or disclosure of PHI on behalf of the Covered Entity (your office). A clinic will often use a variety of applications, software, or people to carry out daily chiropractic business functions. The Privacy Rule…

Treatment Payment & Operations (TPO)

Defining TPO The HIPAA Privacy Rule generally prohibits providers from using or disclosing Protected Health Information (PHI) unless authorized by the patient. This general rule has some exceptions that allow providers to function without having to report every disclosure or obtain authorization from the patient. The HIPAA Privacy Rule was not established to keep providers…

Key Components of HIPAA

HIPAA’s Language It is said that HIPAA has its own language. Sometimes it can be a challenge to decipher the acronyms and their meaning. Understanding Key Components Although HIPAA has many terms and acronyms, in this module we focus on three that impact several areas of HIPAA compliance. Healthcare providers and workforce members may think…

HIPAA & the Chiropractic Assistant

This tutorial supplies information on the key components of HIPAA that may impact the day-to-day activities of the chiropractic assistant. We start with a quick overview of HIPAA and then focus on Notice of Privacy Practices, Business Associates, role-based access, and identifying and tracking PHI (Protected Health Information). This is not meant to be all-inclusive…

What is HIPAA  

The History of HIPAA As healthcare systems evolved with technology advancements, the threat to patient privacy increased. Congress recognized a need to “improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the health care system” and therefore created the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). The main focus was to standardize the electronic exchange of…