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Every day, pharmacies and their hardworking staff safeguard patients’ Protected Health Information (PHI), but breaches still occur.
After graduating from UW-Madison's School of Pharmacy with my PharmD, I spent my first eight years at an independent pharmacy dividing my time between both retail and long-term care. I fell in love with the independent pharmacy world and joined the PAAS team to help independents not only survive, but thrive.
I enjoy assisting pharmacy staff both pre- and post-audit and enjoy providing them with knowledge and tools to decrease audit risk going forward. I write articles for Third-Party Newsline each month and answer member questions daily. I look forward to building professional relationships with each of our members and assisting you with your next audit.
Every day, pharmacies and their hardworking staff safeguard patients’ Protected Health Information (PHI), but breaches still occur.
Be very cautious about what information is posted on social media because one slip up could land your pharmacy in the crosshairs of an Office for Civil Rights (OCR) investigation.
Our PAAS National® Analyst team is at it again! A new tool has been developed to address and correct a common audit recoupment issue. Insulin remains at the heart of nearly all audits.
Dexcom G6® sensors, transmitters, and receivers continue to be audit targets.
Use the following information when billing CeQur Simplicity TM patches and the rapid-acting insulin used within the patch to decrease your risk of recoupment upon audit.
There are many billing pitfalls related to insulin claims, which is why auditors love to target them. The claim can face recoupment for a missing or incorrect strength, formulation, substitution, days’ supply calculation and so on, but one recoupment many pharmacies never see coming is insulin for a pump being inappropriately billed.
According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services breach portal, the mail-order pharmacy Healthy Options dba Kroger Postal Prescription Services (PPS) reported a breach of information which affected 82,466 patients.
If your pharmacy has not had to deal with proof of copay collection on an audit, your time is coming.
If your pharmacy has recently been through an OptumRx® desk audit, you may have come across the OptumRx Provider Intent Form – Recoupment Waiver.
Anyone can file a complaint if they feel their rights under the HIPAA Privacy, Security, or Breach Rules have been violated.
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