KEYPOINTS Diabetes is a chronic disease and can be prevented through exercise and diet. Diabetes causes kidney failure, blindness, and many health complications. Increased physical activities, weight loss, and a healthy diet have been known to delay the onset of type 2 diabetes. The pervasiveness of diabetes among people over the age of 18 rose …
HIPAA stands for Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. It is a United States legislation that provides data privacy and security provisions for safeguarding medical information. It has two main purposes: to provide continuous health insurance coverage for workers, who lose or change their job, and to reduce the administrative burdens and cost …
The World heart day is a globally celebrated campaign, during which individuals, communities, families, and government of various nations across the globe participate and become the custodian of their heart health or their loved ones. The campaign is organized every year to raise awareness about the Cardio-Vascular Diseases (CVD) among the general public and their …
Fraud is a way of committing a crime to gain financial benefits. It is the factor that does not only cause unrest in society but also leads to economic destabilization. Insurance fraud is one of the types which occur when any person, company, or organization plans to deceive to gain insurance benefits and it is …
The medical and healthcare field is not just about healing people, there are so many aspects involved. A lot of different sectors of life come together and aid the medical practitioners to make it happen. One such important aspect is insurance. Different terminology is used for the insurance policy involved in the health sector – …
The recently passed Tax Cuts and Jobs Act is debatable, to say the least. Looking at the situation as a physician, at first glimpse, it seems as though physician independent contractor tax deductions would actually go up. If you make money outside of your “regular” job, you will most likely have some related expenses that …
The healthcare system of the United States of America is prospering and progressing with each passing day, thanks to the dedication of the physicians, doctors, and the advent of technology that has made the lives easy of both the healthcare providers and the patients. Electronic medical records or the EMR system is one such example …
The purpose of Electronic Health Records EHR is to consolidate medical records into digital documents. As a result, authorized individuals have access to real-time updates of patient records in a digital format. A patient’s medical records include information on their treatments and medical history as well as their radiological images, allergies, test results, and treatment …
The healthcare law of Patient Protection and Affordable Care, as well as increased transparency and access to patient information on the quality of care providers, has transformed the whole system. Such a shift has paved the path for pay for performance programs. What is the incentive for enrolling in the programs, why should there be …
No matter what lies behind the name fraud, it’s an illegal activity that conceals the unlawful gain obtained by the unfair means and performed to deprive a victim of his legal right. According to recent statistics, the US economy had borne around 60 billion dollars annually in health insurance frauds. This is the high time …