How Hippa Violations Affect the Medical Billing Process

How HIPPA Violations Affect the Medical Billing Process

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How HIPPA Violations Affect the Medical Billing Process

Through making sure that a patient demographics are accurate and kept confidential HIPPA is able to affect the medical billing process, this authorization which allows a practice to use the confidential information and to bill that patient information to carriers for services should be placed in the patient file. When pertaining to people infected with this deadly and sometimes fatal disease or virus, AIDS and HIV can be a very touching and secretive issue. This is mostly because those who are affected with the disease are fearful of a breach in confidentiality. The patient fear can directly affect his or her...