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Survey Gauges Medical Practices’ Attitudes toward ICD-10

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NueMD recently released findings from their April 2015 survey exploring small and mid-sized medical practices’ attitudes towards the pending transition to ICD-10, a more granular disease and diagnosis classification system.

With the October implementation deadline fast approaching, NueMD surveyed 1,000 medical practice professionals and billers about their stress levels, areas of concern, the general sense of preparedness regarding switching to the new coding standards.

When asked how confident they are that their employees will be trained by the ICD-10 deadline, only 11.4% of survey respondents indicated feeling “highly confident,” with the most common response being “Not at all confident” (35%).

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View NueMD’s ICD-10 survey findings report to learn more about survey participants’ attitudes, concerns, expectations and preparedness related to ICD-10 adoption.

About NueMD
NueMD is the leading provider of cloud-based medical practice management software for small practices. Powered by Nuesoft Technologies, Inc., NueMD offers practice management, electronic health record and medical billing software and services to help physicians maintain the clinical and financial well-being of their practice. For more information please visit www.nuemd.com.

Porter Research

Survey Highlights HIPAA Compliance Concerns as Audits Loom

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NueMD, in partnership with Porter Research and The Daniel Brown Law Group, announced the results of its recent survey on HIPAA compliance within small medical practices and billing companies, gauging respondents’ knowledge of HIPAA’s Privacy and Security regulations, compliance measures and communication methods.

Survey trends suggest billing companies may be doing better
with compliance compared to medical practices.

The survey of more than 1,100 healthcare professionals found that practices and billing companies are struggling to comply with regulations under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), revealing several areas of concern:

  • 66% of respondents were unaware of HIPAA audits
  • 35% of respondents said their business has conducted a HIPAA-required risk analysis
  • 34% of owners, managers and administrators reported that they were “very confident” that their electronic devices that contain PHI were HIPAA compliant

With a new round of HIPAA audits looming for both Covered Entities and their Business Associates, NueMD hopes survey findings will help medical practices and billing companies better prepare.

“Understanding HIPAA can be difficult for practices and billing companies, especially if they’re already scrambling to keep up with changes like ICD-10 and Meaningful Use,” said Caleb Clarke, Sales and Marketing Director at NueMD. “With audits looming, we wanted to get a sense of where the industry stands and provide resources to help those who may be struggling.

Survey analysis identified the biggest areas of risk and potential improvement, and offers tips for achieving compliance. NueMD has published the results in an easy-to-consume narrative that explains aspects of HIPAA compliance, presents the data and offers resources for practices and billing companies who want to learn more.

To view the results, please visit http://www.nuemd.com/hipaa/survey.

About The Daniel Brown Law Group, LLC
The attorneys at The Daniel Brown Law Group specialize in transactional and regulatory healthcare law offering expertise in Stark, Anti-Kickback, HIPAA, Medicare Audits and Appeals and a variety of other compliance issues. They also advise clients on how to structure new healthcare service lines and mergers, as well as consolidations and joint ventures.

About NueMD
NueMD is the leading provider of cloud-based medical practice management software for small practices. Powered by Nuesoft Technologies, Inc., NueMD offers practice management, electronic health record and medical billing software and services to help physicians maintain the clinical and financial well-being of their practice. For more information please visit www.nuemd.com.

Cynthia Porter, President

Porter Partner NueMD Goes to Market with 2014 HIPAA Compliance Survey

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NueMD, with the help of research partners Porter Research and The Daniel Brown Law Group, is conducting a survey of medical practices, billing companies, and business associates designed to gauge respondents’ knowledge of HIPAA’s Privacy and Security regulations.

Porter Research is excited to be a part of the team analyzing and preparing the HIPAA compliance industry report. We are always enthusiastic to helping clients develop and deliver thought leadership content on leading industry regulations, and establishing this baseline on health professional’s knowledge level with respect to HIPAA and the exchange of Personal Health Information (PHI) should offer great insight on where industry familiarity really hovers.

The research program that NueMD has lined up will offer medical practice professionals participating in the research a glimpse into how they stack up to peer professionals in the areas of HIPAA compliance familiarity, planning, training, and risk assessment, with some emphasis on common practices related to sharing PHI with third parties, across mobile devices, and in digital correspondence.

I encourage readers in physician practice settings to participate in the survey and lend your perspective and experience to the research. Participants will receive a benchmark report on the findings of where small practices are on HIPAA regulations.

Are you employed at a physician practice? Take the NueMD 2014 HIPAA Compliance Survey.