Think about it, can everybody on your staff instantly name all 18 protected health information identifiers (PHI)?
That’s important information to know, particularly if your practice is increasingly using mobile phones and the like to communicate about patient information.
If you want to make sure all of your practice’s mobile communications stay complaint with HIPAA regulations, you should check out DocbookMD.
DocbookMD is a HIPAA-complaint messaging app that allows entire care teams to communicate securely with one another, even across practices. The app is free for TMA members (seriously!): All you have to do is claim your free DocbookMD profile.
With the app, physicians and practice staff have access to real-time lab reports, pager service responses, and discharge paperwork.
For access to enhanced app features – like a dedicated practice directory, message auditing, and remote wipe capability – DocbookMD is offering a 50-percent discount on team service plans to TMA members. Use coupon code: 50TMA100 on or before Dec. 31 to receive the discount (for one full year).
So join more than a quarter of your TMA colleagues who are currently using DocbookMD in their practice, and be sure to take advantage of the TMA-exclusive discounts on team pricing options.
Action, Dec. 15, 2017
The December issue of Texas Medicine focuses on Senate Bill 507, by Sen. Kelly Hancock, which expands balance billing mediation to all physicians and other practitioners who provide out-of-network services at certain in-network facilities, and also expands mediation to out-of-network emergency care. Other articles look into a constitutional challenge to the state's Advance Directives Act; reference pricing, which has emerged as a potential strategy for health plans to keep premiums low and address the problems that managed care plans are facing; and steps physicians can take to prepare for natural disasters and other sudden calamities.
Check out our digital edition.
Texas Medicine RSS Feed
Don’t want to wait for Texas Medicine to land in your mailbox? You can access it as an RSS feed on the TMA website (may not work with all browsers). Or, download an RSS reader, such as Feedreader, Sharpreader, Sage, or NetNewsWire Lite, to have the feed delivered to your desktop or mobile device. You also can subscribe to the RSS feeds for TMA news releases and for Blogged Arteries, the feed for Action.
E-Tips RSS Feed
TMA Practice E-Tips, a valuable source of hands-on, use-it-now advice on coding, billing, payment, HIPAA compliance, office policies and procedures, and practice marketing, also is available as an RSS feed. This is a valuable resource for your office staff, as well.
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Action, Dec. 15, 2017