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Bring health plans into a shared platform to s treamline health benefits management. U se additional data from insurers’ medicalbills to identify treatment gaps, manage costs, and meet quality performance targets.
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at least, we now expect that extensive medical treatment – whether that’s chemotherapy, ongoing dialysis visits or surgery to repair a broken femur – may involve significant medicalbills. Hospital stays, outpatient visits, tests and medications can all add up, even when patients have health insurance. In the U.S.
In the context of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), both covered entities and business associates play crucial roles in protecting the privacy and security of Protected HealthInformation (PHI). However, there are important distinctions between the two.
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agency responsible for monitoring claims and the use of personal data out-of-health-context. Article #3 in my deep dive here extends the second analysis into digital healthinformation, next focusing on Americans’ use of quality information on doctors.
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