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HIPAA Violations and Small Practices

Nurse Practitioners in Business

HIPAA, aka the Healthcare Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, requires providers and healthcare organizations to protect patient health information. ” Before I go further, let me remind you that even though the I =Insurance, this is not about practices or businesses that take insurance.

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How to Make the Best of Your Health Insurance

Nurses Advocates

In this article, I talk about how to make the bet of your health insurance. I will start with health insurance and explain how it works and how you can make it work best for you and your family members. Having health insurance helps you pay for services to manage your health care.

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UnitingCare Qld considers cutting ties with health insurer

Nursing Review

After months of negotiations UnitingCare Queensland has given notice to health insurance conglomerate Australian Health Service Alliance (AHSA) that its contract will be terminated, should they not reach a reasonable funding agreement within three months.

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Building Trust with Your Health Insurance Company

Nurses Advocates

In this week’s post, I wanted to discuss building trust with your health insurance company. The first thing I suggest when you have a question for your insurance company is to look at your member handbook. The member handbook has information on how to use your insurance. You should find a PDF called member handbook.

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A Conversation with Hannah Glover

Josephine Ensign

Think about the last time you tried to access health care, like making an appointment with a primary care provider, or for updating your vaccinations. If it was easy, you likely are housed, have ready access to the internet, and have a job providing decent health insurance. Was it easy?

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Taking Action when Your Health Insurance Company Says DENIED

Nurses Advocates

So, how does the average consumer act when their health insurance company says DENIED? Explain in plain language how their health insurance works and how they can learn to manage their benefits/costs. Talk to them about their lifestyle and habits (good and bad) and how they can impact their health.

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Does private health insurance cut public hospital waiting lists? We found it barely makes a dent

Nursing Review

Yuting Zhang , The University of Melbourne ; Jongsay Yong , The University of Melbourne , and Ou Yang , The University of Melbourne The more people take up private health insurance, the less pressure on the public hospital system, including shorter waiting lists for surgery. Governments encourage us to buy private hospital cover.