Importance of HIPAA Regulations is Promoted by MTBC in Compliance Week

By Calvin Azuri
TMCnet Contributor

Rules and Regulations set up by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and its importance was emphasized to the employees by MTBC (News - Alert) in their first compliance week event. MTBC employees have always been exemplary at following set of protocols diligently and this event was to strengthen the same.

The company’s internal broadcast system ran a daily radio show throughout the week. It was not just essential information sharing, but games and entertainment were also part of the compliance week. Sudoku contests, Crosswords, Quizzes, and numerous other activities were also available. Senior staff members spoke about the importance of compliance and on-air contests were also available.

In a release, General Counsel Christine Salimbene said, “The purpose of such an event is to educate MTBC employees about the importance of maintaining the highest standards of ethical behavior within the company, with our clients and within the healthcare industry at large. Highlighting different compliance topics throughout an entire week gives MTBC employees the opportunity to focus on how each department, and individual employee, contributes to creating and maintaining a culture of compliance within the organization.” This year’s event motto was “Compliance Week – Lighting the Way.”

MTBC has an efficient business practice and a unique practice management system by leveraging state-of-the-art technology. MTBC has a fully integrated EHR program. Their system also has on-line access to patient and billing information, patient scheduling, automatic and on-demand insurance eligibility verification.

MTBC is one of the fastest growing medical billing companies in America. They provide practice management services and revenue cycle for healthcare providers across the country. Their medical specialties include but not limited to Internal Medicine, Cardiology, Nephrology, Pulmonology, Dermatology, Ear Nose and Throat, OB/GYN, Pediatrics, Podiatry, Psychiatry and many more.

MTBC has PracticePro and ChartsPro as their products for the various services they provide. In a recent Deloitte (News - Alert) 2010 Technology Fast 500, MTBC was ranked 353^rd fastest growing company in North America. Their process takes care from the initial scheduling of an appointment to billing and remittance for every patient. According to MTBC, an average practice can save $15,000 annually using their product PracticePro.