High AR (Account Receivable) days are red flags that
can negatively impact the bottom line of your practice. According to hospital
benchmarks, AR days for facilities are 47.5 days, and anything above that
means less money to hire quality staff, fewer margins, and capital for
expansion. Regular, proactive follow-up of outstanding claims is critical
Medical billing can be horribly tedious and very
time-consuming for HME & DME practitioners!
The problem appears to be getting worse! The number of
exposed records more
than doubled year over year, from 5,138,179 records in 2017 to 13,236,569
records in 2018. Moreover, the penalties for HIPAA violations can be severe. It
is difficult to kee
Patient records, 15,085,302 in total, were breached in 2018 as per the latest Protenus 2019 Breach Barometer Report. This total number of affected patient records is triple the 2017 data (5,59,438 affected patient records).
Stealing Protected Health Information (PHI) is fast becoming a lucrative business to cybercriminals. They have almost doubled
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