HITRUST vs. SOC 2 – Why 91快播 Chose HITRUST

There are two main certifications for data security and confidentiality,聽SOC 2聽and聽HITRUST. Here鈥檚 why 91快播 opted to pursue the latter. SOC 2 Overview A Service Organization Controls (SOC) 2 audit examines the controls an organization has in place to protect and secure its system, or services used by customers or partners. An organization鈥檚 security is assessed

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Upcoding Crackdown: Federal Efforts Fail to Benefit Private Insurers

For more than a decade, taxpayer-funded health care programs have seen a steady uptick in higher-paying billing codes. Office visits, outpatient services, and emergency room care have all been billed at progressively higher reimbursement codes, raising fees by billions of dollars. Many providers contend the shift is the result of sicker patients coupled with the

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The Road to Optimal Opioid Prescription Length

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that the total economic burden聽of prescription opioid misuse in the United States is $78.5 billion a year. Most of that burden is related to workplace costs, such as lost productivity, prolonged time on disability, and increased work disability claim costs. To help combat this crisis, organizations

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The Future is Now – Telemedicine in the Marketplace

For years, telemedicine has been touted as the next frontier in healthcare. Based on data from multiple health systems, the future has arrived. Some of the country鈥檚 largest and most prestigious health systems such as Kaiser Permanente, NewYork-Presbyterian, and Johns Hopkins now boast robust telemedicine programs. At Kaiser Permanente, virtual patient encounters now outnumber in-person

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The One Litmus Test for Indispensable Employees

It鈥檚 no secret executives value employees who are smart, driven and lifelong learners. However, sometimes organizations can get bogged down with too many key performance indicators (KPIs), copious desirable employee traits and overly complex review processes, so it鈥檚 nice to have a quick, 鈥渂ack-of-the-napkin鈥 measure of employee value. According to businessman Mark Cuban, the secret

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Rest and Fewer Reps Hasten Learning

We all know the saying 鈥淧ractice makes perfect.鈥 According to Malcolm Gladwell鈥檚 Outliers, at least 10,000 hours is required to be a true expert. Many of us assume that aspiring experts must cram those hours into uninterrupted practice sessions and master one topic at a time before moving on. But the conventional wisdom of 鈥渂locking鈥

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The Paradox of Expertise

Why did no one in the聽taxi industry create a phone app to improve the ride ordering process (Uber)? Why didn’t Sear’s dominate online sales (Amazon)? 聽Why didn’t the Big Three auto companies design the first really innovative electric car (Tesla)? Expertise and experience should be a competitive advantage when it comes to innovation. Yet, the

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