about Billing Billing is published bimonthly for the members of the Healthcare Billing and management association, Inc. (HBma). editorial offices are located at the following address: 2025 m street, NW, suite 800 Washington, DC 20036 202-367-1177 202-367-2177 Fax billing@hbma.org www.hbma.org andre Williams, executive Director EDITOR madelon Berger, mPH, ma, CCs-P, CPC, CHBme ASSISTANT EDITOR emily schmitt GRAPHIC DESIGN rocket graphic Design PUBLICATIONS COMMITTEE CHAIR Cindy groux, CHBme articles in Billing are the work of the authors and do not reflect the position or opinion of HBma. No part of Billing may be reproduced without the permission of HBma. advertising of products or services in Billing does not constitute an endorsement by HBma of those products or services. HBMA BOARD OF DIRECTORS PRESIDENT jeanne a. gilreath, CHBme PRESIDENT ELECT/VICE PRESIDENT Phil ellis SECRETARY ron Decker, CHBme TREASURER Curt Cvikota, CHBme PAST PRESIDENT jud Neal, CHBme HBMA BOARD MEMBERS Cindy groux, CHBme Dorothy Henslee, CHBme Holly louie, CHBme john r. Outlaw, CHBme rich Papperman, CHBme mick Polo, CHBme Don rodden, CHBme LEGAL COUNSEL jim Wieland, esq. DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT RELATIONS Bill Finerfrock Table of Contents AROUND THE HBMA 3 . . . . . President’s Message By Jeanne Gilreath, CHBME 6 . . . . . Sound Off! 7 . . . . . Letter to the Editor 8 . . . . . The Commercial Payor Relations Committee By Greg Wehrman 9 . . . . . HBMA Calendar of Events 10 . . . . New HBMA Members 11 . . . . Education Is on Our Mind By Phil Ellis FEATURE ARTICLES 12 . . . . Keep Identities Safe By Ester Horowitz 18 . . . . The Payoffs and Perils of Working from Home By Yvonne Moncovich 24 . . . . Third-Party Billing Company Compliance in 2014 By Robert W. Liles, Esq. 29 . . . . New Audiocast Helps Physicians Manage HIPAA Security and Privacy By the American Medical Association 30 . . . . How the Threat of Data Breaches Can Make Billing Services More Secure By Mark Krapels 32 . . . . If Customers Are Now Assets, Are Employees Still Costs? By Kevin Herring DEPARTMENTS 34 . . . . CODINg CORNER: Keep Specialists Compliant By Melody W. Mulaik 37 . . . . ICD-10: Code Ulcers Appropriately By Valerie Fernandez 40 . . . . SOFTWARE: Remove Duplicates Quickly and Painlessly in Excel By Nate Moore 43 . . . . CHBME CEU Quiz Questions 44 . . . . EHRs: Medicare Connects the SgR Fix to EHRs By Ron Sterling 46 . . . . FROM THE ROAD: Medical Billing is Not Enough By Dave Jakielo, CHBME 4 HBma BIllINg • maY. juNe.2014
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