June Deal of the Month--Huge Discounts on our Ethical Standards!

For the entire month of June, we are blowing the doors off our Ethical Best Practices Standards! Not only are we offering over $25 off the price of the Resource Guide, but we’re offering Educational and Corporate members the opportunity to purchase the full manual at discounts ranging from $250 - $450 off the member price! If you have not purchased these guides, this is the time to do it. We may never have a deal this great again. Don’t let it pass you by.

The Resource Guide for Healthcare Documentation Specialists contains all content from the original Ethical Best Practices Manual for the Healthcare Documentation Sector that relates specifically to best practices for our workforce. Practice guidelines related to at-home HIPAA and regulatory compliance, compensation, employee vs. independent contractor status, and provision of services are all included in this resource guide for the working MT. Sample agreements and contracts, including business associate and noncompete/nonsolicitation agreements are included.

Note: This is a smaller supplement designed for medical transcriptionists and does not contain all contracts, guidelines, and customizable forms contained in the full Manual. MTSOs and independent contractors should refer to the full EBP Manual.

Fee: $49.99 for all AHDI members (Savings = $25.01 off regular list price)

Purchase Resource Guide!

AHDI congratulates those organizations that have incorporated the Manual of Ethical Best Practices for the Healthcare Documentation Sector into their business practices. For those who haven’t, there’s no time like the present. This vital standard includes the following:

• Best Practices Checklist
• Statement of Ethical Best Practices
• AHDI Code of Ethics
• CDIA Code of Ethics
• Best Practices in Operations
• Best Practices in Billing
• Best Practices in Compensation
• Best Practices in Marketing and Solicitation
• Employee vs. Independent Contractor Guidelines
• Exempt vs. Non-Exempt Guidelines
• Production Location Transparency Guidelines
• Sample Non-Solicitation & Non-Compete Agreement
• Best Practices in Legal and Regulatory Compliance
• Sample HIPAA Policies and Procedures
• Sample Business Associate Agreement
• Guidelines for Establishing a HIPAA-Compliant Home-Based Office
• U.S. 50-State Data Privacy Survey

Program documents included in this guide will help medical transcription companies ensure they are compliant with the new HIPAA regulations and operating in a manner consistent with ethical best practices. In addition, the program will help demonstrate to the healthcare industry and government officials that AHDI members are committed to safeguarding the privacy, security, and integrity of patient health information.

View a sample of the content Included in the manual. This sample shows the HIPAA Policy & Procedure Table of Contents and one of the actual policy documents. The HIPAA Policy & Procedures alone encompass over 170 pages of content out of the 18 sections within this manual.

This program carries a value that could easily cost a company tens of thousands of dollars. Click here to order your copy of the manual today.

Fee: $500 Educational/Corporate members (Savings = $250 - $450 on member pricing. This guide retails for $4000.)

Ethical Best Practices Manual: Resource Guide for MTs – Coming Soon!

The highly anticipated companion guide to the Manual of Ethical Best Practices for the Healthcare Documentation Sector is in the works! Our Professional Programs team is working around the clock to release this important resource, designed especially for the working MT. This Resource Guide for the Healthcare Documentation Specialist will be composed of all content from the EBP manual uniquely relevant to medical transcriptionists and editors working in an employment setting (MTs working as independent contractors should consider purchasing the full manual, as business associate regulations equally apply to ICs). The guide will provide ethical guidelines for addressing:

• Compensation structures.
• Employee vs. independent contractor status.
• Exempt vs. non-exempt definitions.
• Sample non-solicitation & non-compete requirements.
• Work assignment issues, such as “cherry-picking.”
• Requests for electronic signatures and/or “Dictated but Not Read” statements.
• Cutting and pasting within and between patient records.
• Unethical author requests.

Look for all of this and much more in this critical new resources for MTs. Keep watching your AHDI communications for more information about the product release.

Free Webinar: AHDI-MTIA Manual on Ethical Best Practices - Registration Ends Today!

A Program Your Company Cannot Afford to Be Without.

Date: February 11, 2010
Presenter: Gregory Doggett, JD
Time: 1:00 PM PST / 4:00 PM EST
Duration: 1 Hour
Registration Close: February 8, 2010
Cost: FREE
CE Given: N/A

During this webinar, AHDI-MTIA staff member Greg Doggett, JD will provide an overview of the associations’ new Manual of Ethical Best Practices for the Healthcare Documentation Sector. Heightened privacy and security concerns, increased calls for transparency of operations, and a growing home-based workforce have prompted AHDI and MTIA to create the manual. The manual will help medical transcription businesses and professionals to adopt policies and procedures for complying with HIPAA privacy and security laws and operating in a manner consistent with ethical best practices related to transcription billing, compensation, and outsourcing. The manual is part of the associations’ ongoing commitment to safeguarding protected health information and upholding the integrity of the profession and industry.

Greg Doggett, JD oversees government and board affairs for MTIA and AHDI. In addition, he serves as staff project manager for the compliance advisory council which was convened to provide input regarding areas that could benefit from the creation of ethical best practices and to assist in content development for the manual. Greg received his law degree, with a concentration in health law, from Case Western Reserve University School of Law.

Click here to register!

Webinar: AHDI/MTIA Manual on Ethical Best Practices: A Program Your Company Cannot Afford to be Without (Free) - Registration Ends 1/14/10!

Presenter: Gregory Doggett, JD
Time: 1:00 PM PST / 4:00 PM EST
Duration: 1 Hour
Registration Close: January 14, 2010
Cost: FREE
CE Given: N/A

During this webinar, AHDI-MTIA staff member Greg Doggett, JD will provide an overview of the associations’ new Manual of Ethical Best Practices for the Healthcare Documentation Sector. Heightened privacy and security concerns, increased calls for transparency of operations, and a growing home-based workforce have prompted AHDI and MTIA to create the manual. The manual will help medical transcription businesses and professionals to adopt policies and procedures for complying with HIPAA privacy and security laws and operating in a manner consistent with ethical best practices related to transcription billing, compensation, and outsourcing. The manual is part of the associations’ ongoing commitment to safeguarding protected health information and upholding the integrity of the profession and industry.

Greg Doggett, JD oversees government and board affairs for MTIA and AHDI. In addition, he serves as staff project manager for the compliance advisory council which was convened to provide input regarding areas that could benefit from the creation of ethical best practices and to assist in content development for the manual. Greg received his law degree, with a concentration in health law, from Case Western Reserve University School of Law.

Click here to register!

AHDI and MTIA Commit to High-Integrity Best Practices for the Transcription Industry: Release Compliance and Transparency Manual

WASHINGTON, DC, January 7, 2010 — Heightened privacy and security concerns, increased calls for transparency of operations, and a growing home-based workforce have prompted The Association for Healthcare Documentation Integrity (AHDI) and The Medical Transcription Industry Association (MTIA) to create their Manual of Ethical Best Practices for the Healthcare Documentation Sector. The manual will help healthcare documentation/medical transcription businesses and professionals to adopt policies and procedures for complying with HIPAA privacy and security laws and operating in a manner consistent with ethical best practices related to transcription billing, compensation, and outsourcing. The manual is part of the associations’ ongoing commitment to safeguarding protected health information and upholding the integrity of the profession and industry. Click here to read full release.