EXCLUSIVE BROADCAST: Under the COVID Spell: New Definition for PHI

Most of us are working from home now. That’s quite amazing. During the month of July 2019, an estimated total of 4.7 million folks telecommuted, either full or part-time.

Fast forward to the national stay-at-home edict, and now, according to Global Workplace Analytics, those working at home could possibly number 75 million.

So, what new privacy concerns are emerging, with healthcare professionals now working remotely as a result of the lockdown? How is it possible to stay alert, fit, and nimble, while at the same time, being conscious of your work product?
 
Reporting our lead story during this edition of Talk Ten Tuesdays, while remaining in self-isolation, is Rose Dunn, past president of the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) and the chief operating officer for First Class Solutions.

The live broadcast will also feature these other segments:

• Healthcare Data Report: Amid the coronavirus pandemic, the need for reliable health information has never been more immediate. Reporting the fourth iteration in his exclusive five-part series will by Joseph C. Nichols, MD, president of Health Care Data, who focuses on data analysis.  
  
  
• Tuesday Focus: How will you and your team manage the after-effects of coding and billing, as COVID-19 cases start to move through an organization’s billing cycle, while maintaining up-to-date information? Susan Gatehouse, founder and CEO of Axea Solutions, reports on this latest development brought about by the coronavirus.
   
• The Coding Report: Laurie Johnson has an update on the deadly coronavirus that continues to dominate international as well as domestic news headlines.
  
  
• News Desk: Timothy Powell, compliance expert and ICD10monitor national correspondent, anchors the Talk Ten Tuesdays News Desk.
  
  
• TalkBack: Erica Remer, MD, founder and president of Erica Remer, MD, Inc. and Talk Ten Tuesdays co-host, returns to the broadcast to report on another thought-provoking topic that has captured her attention.