The below articles are all published in BC advantage
Magazine and written and contributed by Joanne
Byron, BS, LPN, CCA, CHA, CHCO, CHBS, CHCM, CIFHA, CMDP, COCAS, CORCM, OHCC, ICDCT-CM/PCS
Joanne Byron, BS, LPN, CCA, CHA, CHCO, CHBS, CHCM, CIFHA, CMDP, COCAS, CORCM, OHCC, ICDCT-CM/PCS CEO
at American Institute of Healthcare Compliance (AIHC)
Becoming a Resilient Leader During Trying Times
Resilience is the ability to confidently face challenges, embrace change, recover from setbacks, and bounce back from adversities. This can be extremely difficult for leaders in today's healthcare environment. Increasing your resilience is easi...
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Part 1: Basics of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Healthcare Compliance
Artificial intelligence (AI) technology has created new opportunities to progress on critical issues, such as health, education, and the environment. In some cases, AI may do things more efficiently or methodically than humans.
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Investigation of Hospitals Hiding Prices from Patients
The Federal Hospital Price Transparency Rule helps Americans know the cost of a hospital item or service before receiving it. Compliance is mandatory. The regulation aims to improve the affordability of hospital care by promoting price competition. H...
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Lichen Sclerosus and Vaginal Lichen Planus
Lichen planus and lichen sclerosus are both idiopathic conditions that affect your skin, especially mucus membranes. The difference between lichen planus and lichen sclerosus is that lichen sclerosus rarely affects the mucous membranes in your mouth....
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The Pain of Lichen Planus
This article is written for all those people Joanne knows who are suffering from this autoimmune disease. It is painful and life altering in many ways. After research, we found that many practitioners, coders, and billers know little about this disea...
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Monkeypox: Coding and Documentation for U.S. Cases
Monkeypox is a rare disease caused by infection with the monkeypox virus. Monkeypox virus is part of the same family of viruses as variola virus, the virus that causes smallpox. Monkeypox symptoms are similar to smallpox symptoms, but milder, and mon...
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You Play a Vital Role in Protecting the Integrity of the U.S. Healthcare System
The U.S. healthcare system relies heavily on third-party payers to pay the majority of medical bills on behalf of patients. Healthcare insurance fraud is a pressing problem, causing substantial and increasing costs in medical insurance programs. ...
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Sending Surprise Medical Bills to Patients? Think Again
"Requirements Related to Surprise Billing; Part I" is an interim final rule related to Title I (the No Surprises Act) targeting health care providers with the purpose of restricting excessive out of pocket costs to consumers from surprise billing and...
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