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An operations guide to the 99214 CPT code for administrators: how level selection is documented, how to run internal audits without creating new PHI exposure, and which vendors touching the claim need a signed BAA.
Carl B. Johnson
A practice-operations guide to billing physician assistant services: enrollment, supervision documentation, audit response, and the vendor agreements that have to be in place before claims data leaves your building.
Carl B. Johnson
Codes for CPT are protected health information the moment they attach to a patient. Here is how the annual changeover, your vendor list, and records requests intersect — written for administrators, not patients.
Carl B. Johnson
A practical walkthrough of the HIPAA right of access for practice owners and privacy officers: the 30-day clock, what you may charge, the only lawful denial grounds, and the documentation OCR asks for when a patient complains.
Carl B. Johnson
Section 164.308(a)(7) requires five contingency plan components, three of them non-negotiable. Here is what each one looks like in a real practice, who owns it, and what evidence survives an OCR request.
Carl B. Johnson