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What Is A Clearing House & Do You Need One?

Nurse Practitioners in Business

A clearinghouse or, in healthcare, a medical billing clearinghouse, acts as a middleman between your practice and health insurance companies. The clearinghouse reviews, formats, and securely transmits your electronic claims to payers (insurance companies) after youve submitted them through your EHR or billing system.

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HIPAA: What You Can and Can’t Disclose

Nurse Practitioners in Business

HIPAA, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, has been around since 1996. One of its primary directives is to protect the privacy and security of patients’ health information. Smaller organizations, including private practices, often unintentionally violate HIPAA regulations.

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Privacy Alert – Real Life Stories

Nurse Practitioners in Business

Most of us don’t think about HIPAA violations in the context of small, private practices. Because once the damage is done, it might result in a devastating blow to a small practice that is hard to recover from. When we hear of another HIPAA incident, many think of a hospital data breach or a hacked healthcare network.