Can you tell me what you consider to be a staff physician's office? Do you look at who owns the medical records or if the doctor has active staff privileges at...
This is a tough question because it gets very confusing. We don't really follow the rules of medical record ownership or staff privileges. Instead, we kind of...
Hi--<br><br>In the example given, we would consider that a class 1 case. I'm in California, which may have different rules than most states, but the rule here...
I would like to know how HIPAA is affecting other registries. A local hospital registry has been advised that they will no longer have access to patient...
I am on the hosptial wide HIPAA committee. At our hospital, we are limiting access to patient data by other means such as by floor (for inpatient) or allowing ...
This local hospital may be over-reacting to HIPAA. HIPAA has not affected us. I checked with the Health Information Manager at our hospital and she said ...
Boy, is it nice to see THIS topic being covered here! I was called on the carpet two weeks ago for having 18 pages (randomly selected employees were chosen!)...
Hi there,<br><br>If you are planning to attend the NCRA Annual Meeting in Orlando, you may be able to assist the Program Committee. We are planning to have two...
For those of you who haven't gotten an NCRA Annual Meeting brochure, or who have not had time to review it....<br><br>The opening speaker on day 1 (Thursday)...
If the phy has staff priviledges at our facility, I would code that melanoma excised in his office as a class 1 case, and I also code the facility referred...
Actually being in California has nothing to do with it. We need to remember the rules we follow are national! If Calif tries to be different, then they destroy...
Does anyone have official documentation that states if the phy documented the T, N, M elements and dated/initialed the info, it is okay if the phy did not do...
Question # 1994 on the CoC's Inquiry and Response system says, " If the physician records the T,N, and M but does not stage the group, the registrar may record...
Our Oncologic Surgeon felt that in addition to the < 1mm depth, that certain subtypes of melanoma should be offered SLNB. The case that comes to mind was a...
I couldn't agree more with you about being consistent with national standards. The reason why this question is being raised is because we're now being told ...
Could you double check the question # for the COC's I&R for physician's not assigning the stage group? Question #1994 is not the right number, that is a ...
Our facility just found out that we have passed our ACoS survey, but with one contingency. "6.1.1 A formal mechanism functions to ensure and facilitate patient...
We put this booklet in our new patient packets so every new patient gets one. As for proving that we did it-- we cannot. However, we have a policy for patient ...
Who gets the new patient packet? Patient discharged from the hospital unit or in the oncologist's office? Currently, all new consults at the onoclogists office...
Our Cancer Center is part of the hospital and we do radiation and chemo there. All new patients to the Cancer Center get the packet. Our in-house hospital...
This is a copy of an email sent by NCRA today. For those who are not NCRA members and those members who do not have access to email, I thought I might post...
Would you mind also faxing me this patient education document? Our survey is April 24th and we're still trying to figure out how to comply with this standard....
Hello guys. I have a question and was referred to this club by the HIM listserv. Anyway, I am doing a research study on the legislation that is currently in ...
I would also like a copy of your patient education document regarding the Clinical trial booklets for patients<br><br>Thanks! My fax is (605) 882-6835 attn:...
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