Make sure you begin HIPAAcompliance for your billing office with the right set of questions. Karen Gulsrud at Medical Solutions Group offers these examples to get your brain spinning: 1.Do you have a client? (This question applies to billing companies only.) 3.If so, is your software compliant, and if not, did you file an extension? 4.If you have employees, do you have a privacy officer in your organization? (See article on page 13 for more on privacy officers.) Below is a list of policies that Gulsrud's office has drafted. Make sure you're familiar with similar policies in your own department.
2.Are you sending claims electronically?