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HIPAA Compliance

Panax Ginseng Claims, Coding, and Who Sees the PHI

When a patient reports panax ginseng on an intake form — or buys a bottle at your front desk — that line becomes PHI moving through coders, clearinghouses, fulfillment vendors, and portal APIs. Here is the administrative map.

Carl B. Johnson Carl B. Johnson
HIPAA Compliance

Splinting Carpal Tunnel: Referral and Records Rules

One wrist splint order can move a chart through four organizations in 72 hours. Here's how to route treatment disclosures, supplier orders, and workers' comp requests without an authorization form you don't need — or a leak you can't explain.

Carl B. Johnson Carl B. Johnson
HIPAA Compliance

Genesyte Data Leaves Your Practice: Vendor Exposure

A specialty test order like genesyte pulls in couriers, portals, interface vendors, and release-of-information services. Here is how to inventory that chain, decide who needs a BAA, and manage the breach clock when a downstream vendor fails.

Carl B. Johnson Carl B. Johnson