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Boyd Medical Billing Service can get your
office HIPAA compliant.
What you should know
As you may already be aware, October 16th, 2004 was the
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
(HIPAA)
deadline. This means that all electronic claims
submitted are required to be HIPAA compliant. In addition, any
office using electronic transmission of any means must be
compliant. Some of the requirements include:
 | HIPAA compliant patient information
forms. |
| Proper patient privacy notification. |
| Specific rules on electronic and paper
filing. |
| Procedures involving phone calls and
messages. |
Does any of this effect your office?
Even if you do not file claims electronically, your office
may be required to be HIPAA compliant. In fact, you may
be affected if you don't even have a computer if:
| You store any patient files
electronically. |
| You transmit information over the
internet, even from a remote location such as a hospital. |
| You are affiliated with another office
or company that files claims electronically. |
| You send or receive faxes. |
Contact us and we will help you determine
whether you are required to be HIPAA compliant. |
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