Medical billing, a payment process in the United States healthcare system, is the process of reviewing a patient’s medical records and using information about their diagnoses and procedures to determine which services are billable and to whom they are billed.[1] This bill…
A hospital information system (HIS) is an element of health informatics that focuses mainly on the administrational needs of hospitals. In many implementations, a HIS is a comprehensive, integrated information system designed to manage all the aspects of a hospital’s operation, such as medical, administrative, financial, and…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is a federal agency within the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that administers the Medicare program and works in partnership with state governments to administer Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and health insurance portability standards. In addition…
Dental service organizations, known in the industry as dental support organizations[1] or abbreviated to DSOs, are independent business support centers that contract with dental practices in the United States. They provide business management and support to dental practices, including non-clinical operations.[2][3] Following the passage of the Affordable Care…
The American Medical Association (AMA) is an American professional association and lobbying group of physicians and medical students. This medical association was founded in 1847 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.[4][5] Membership was 271,660 in 2022.[6] The AMA’s stated mission is “to promote the art and science of medicine and the betterment of…
The United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is a cabinet-level executive branch department of the U.S. federal government created to protect the health of the U.S. people and providing essential human services. Its motto is “Improving the health, safety, and well-being of America”.[2] Before the separate federal Department of Education was…
The American Dental Association (ADA) is an American professional association established in 1859 which has more than 161,000 members. Based in the American Dental Association Building in the Near North Side of Chicago,[7] the ADA is the world’s largest and oldest national dental association. The organization lobbies on…
ISO/IEC 27001 is an international standard to manage information security. The standard was originally published jointly by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) in 2005,[1] revised in 2013,[2] and again most recently in 2022.[3] There are also numerous recognized national variants of the…
Practice management is the term used in General practice for the person who manages the finance and administration of a doctor’s office or an office of a medical professional in one of many types of specialties in medicine. This is distinct from other official titles such…
HMO In the United States, a health maintenance organization (HMO) is a medical insurance group that provides health services for a fixed annual fee.[1] It is an organization that provides or arranges managed care for health insurance, self-funded health care benefit plans, individuals, and other entities, acting as…