eMedicalFiles eNewsletter for December 2008

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Atlanta, GA - December 16, 2008 - eMedicalFiles® is in a great position to
share a solution on Medical Fraud and Abuse. When your wallet or purse Products
is stolen or lost most people are concerned with closing their financial
accounts and regaining a new drivers license. Services
Over a relative short period of time, your medical identity has become More About Us
just a valuable as your credit or ATM card. Thousands of dollars can be
charged to your insurance with all of the parties involved not even
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realizing that someone is creating medical fraud.
Fraud and Identity
Practice Managers, Hospital Administrators, Information Theft
Technology Managers and Physicians are constently dealing with the
growing need for decreasing financial loss. Not collecting a co-pay or not World Privacy Forum Report
getting paid for an emergency procedure adds up to a tremendous yearly 2006
loss.
Medical ID Theft
As we discussed in last months e-newsletter, Revenue Cycle Management
(RCM) is becoming understood to everyone who is involved in patient Coalition Against Insurance
care. Read the articles and column pieces for a better understanding on Fraud
how medical fraud and abuse effects everyone.
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Judson P. Bruno IntelliFinger™
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Do You Know Where Your Medical ID Card is?
by Michael Brandt Practice Management
If you think identity theft and Electronic Medical Records
fraud are only associated with
lost or stolen credit cards or IntelliFinger™
Social Security numbers think
again. As the fastest growing Practice Management
form of healthcare fraud, medical Reports
identity theft continues to be a
significant financial drain on the health system. Insurance Verfication
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Patients, Physicians and Hospitals become victims Our Partners
by Michelle Andrews
If identity thieves were to disregard
your financial accounts and instead
target your medical information, your email link
first thought might well be, "Take my
medical identity. Please." What nut
would want your high cholesterol, trick knee, and family history of
Alzheimer's? The answer is simple: one without health insurance who
needs surgery or prescription drugs, or someone who sees a medical ID as
the open sesame that will allow him or her to collect millions in false
medical claims.
Events
Find out more....
In January
American Academy of Pain
Medicine's
25th Annual Meeting
January 28-31
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Electronic Health Honolulu, HI
Record (EHR) Demonstration Project is a five-year, Medicare project that
will provide incentive payments to physicians for using certified electronic In February
health records to improve the quality of patient care. If you are
interested in this project please contact: Towards the Electronic
Patient Record (TEPR) 25th
Altamese Morris, Annual Conference
Executive Assistant February 2-5
Office of Health Information Technology & Transparency Palm Springs, CA
Office - 404-656-7282
Fax - 404-656-9655
Email - amorris@dch.ga.gov
If you would like information on the project please open these links and
please fill out the survey...
Georgia EHR Project
Georgia EHR Community Partnership
Georgia EHR Project Survey
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safe and Happy Holiday season.
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