3241175000 | administrative safeguards | policies and procedures designed to protect electronic health information outlined by the HIPAA Security Rule | 0 | |
3241175973 | audit/edit report | a report from a clearinghouse that lists errors to be corrected before a claim can be submitted to the payer | 1 | |
3241175974 | audit trail | a report that traces who has accessed electronic information, when the information was accessed, and whether any information was changed | 2 | |
3241175975 | autoposting | an automated process for entering information from a remittance advice (RA) into a practice management program | 3 | |
3241176687 | breach | the acquisition, access, use, or disclosure of unsecured PHI in a manner not permitted under the HIPAA Privacy Rule | 4 | |
3241176688 | clearinghouse | a company that receives claims from a provider, prepares them for processing, and transmits them to the payers in HIPAA-compliant format | ![]() | 5 |
3241178914 | CMS-1500 (8/05) | the mandated paper insurance claim | 6 | |
3241179433 | computer-assisted coding | assigning preliminary diagnosis and procedure codes using computer software | 7 | |
3241180418 | electronic data interchange (EDI) | the exchange of routine business transactions from one computer to another using publicly available communications protocols | 8 | |
3241180850 | electronic funds transfer (EFT) | the electronic routing of funds between banks | 9 | |
3241181598 | electronic medical records (EMRs) | the computerized records of one physician's encounters with a patient over time | 10 | |
3241181599 | electronic prescribing | the use of computers and hand-held devices to transmit prescriptions in digital format | 11 | |
3241182174 | evidence-based medicine | medical care based on the latest and most accurate clinical research | 12 | |
3241182175 | health information technology (HIT) | technology that is used to record, store, and manage patient health care information | 13 | |
3241183323 | Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH) | part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 that provides financial incentives to physicians and hospitals to adopt EHRs and strengthens HIPAA privacy and security regulations | 14 | |
3241184444 | Health Insurance Portability with Accountability ACT of 1996 (HIPAA) | federal act that set forth guidelines for standardizing the electronic data interchange of administrative and financial transactions, exposing fraud and abuse in government programs, and protecting the security and privacy of health information | 15 | |
3241184871 | HIPAA Electronic and Code Sets standards | regulations requiring electronic transactions such as claim transmission to use standardized formats | 16 | |
3241184872 | HIPAA Privacy Rule | regulations for protecting individually identifiable information about a patient's health and payment for health care that is created or received by a health care provider | 17 | |
3241185346 | HIPAA Security Rule | regulations outlining the minimum administrative, technical and physical safeguards required to prevent unauthorized access to protected health care information | 18 | |
3241185816 | National Provider Identifier (NPI) | a standard identifier for health care providers consisting of ten numbers | 19 | |
3241186510 | personal health records (PHRs) | private, secure electronic files that are created, maintained, and owned by the patient | 20 | |
3241186511 | physical safeguards | mechanisms required to protect electronic systems, equipment, and data from threats, environmental hazards, and unauthorized intrusion | 21 | |
3241187070 | protected health information (PHI) | information about a patient's health or payment for health care that can be used to identify the person | 22 | |
3241187071 | technical safeguards | automated processes used to protect data and control access to data | 23 | |
3241187995 | walkout statement | a document listing changes and payments that is given to a patient after an office visit | ![]() | 24 |
3241187996 | workflow | a set of activities designed to produce a specific outcome | 25 | |
3241189217 | X12-837 Health Care Claim (837P) | HIPAA standard format for electronic transmission of a professional claim from a provider to a health plan | 26 |
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