Author: hcrsi

Do You Need to Hire Medical Coders? Keep These 5 Tips in Mind

You may need to hire medical coders but are unable to find qualified applicants. Because several health systems are facing the same issue, we recommend outsourcing these positions to an agency with experienced, certified coders. We also have five (5) tips we think you should keep in mind when evaluating that agency before a partnership. […]

Clinical Data Abstraction Is Key to Better Patient Outcomes

Is your organization looking for ways to improve its patient care and health outcomes? Clinical data abstraction is a main driver to accomplish both. Here are the reasons why, and what options are available to your team if you aren’t able to manage this service internally. Abstraction Benefits Clinical Review If you’re interested in identifying […]

Press Release: Brenda Doles, Principal of HCRS, To Attend WPO Conference in Las Vegas

Brenda Doles, principal of HCRS, is excited to attend the Women Presidents Organization’s Entrepreneurial Excellence Forum coming up May 10 – 12 in Las Vegas, Nevada. As noted on their website, this WPO event serves as “the premier gathering of women entrepreneurs who lead multi-million-dollar businesses,” with a focus on how to “build relationships, foster […]

Press Release: Adopting NIST SP 800-171 Saved Us From Losing a $900M IDIQ Contract

https://player.vimeo.com/video/818734167 Healthcare Resolution Services wants to stress how vital it is for all organizations that contract with the DoD to verify that they meet compliance for both FAR 52.204-21 and DFARS 252.204-7012, which have been in place since 2017. Failure to do so will lead to the loss of active and scheduled contracts. HCRS doesn’t […]

Press Release: HCRS Is Ready to Assist the 75% of Government Contractors That Are Not Cyber-Compliant

In an effort to protect controlled unclassified information (CUI), the Department of Defense (DoD) has heightened its auditing and enforcement of cyber requirements for government contractors. According to FutureFeed, this comes in the wake of audits where 75 percent of contractors that self-attested as meeting all DoD requirements were shown to be in error. What […]

Press Release: HCRS Achieves CMMC Compliance, Offers Strategies for Companies Looking to Certify

Healthcare Resolution Services is proud to announce that it has met the latest requirements for the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Level 2. As a registered provider organization (RPO), HCRS has a long history of assisting federal, state, and local government organizations achieve their own CMMC compliance.  According to Brenda Doles, Principal of HCRS, the […]

What to Do in a Healthcare Data Breach

Cyber threats have been considerably disruptive to the healthcare sector over the last decade. While we’ve outlined steps that organizations can take that will improve their defense, there’s still the question of what to do in the event that a bad actor finds a workaround. Those organizations that are also actively working toward the requirements […]

What You Need to Know About the DoD’s CMMC Assessment

As part of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification’s (CMMC) Version 2.0, the Department of Defense (DoD) is requiring all contractors to perform self-assessments to verify that they meet compliance. These must be submitted annually, both from those that have currently achieved CMMC status, as well as those that intend to apply. Why should your organization […]

Treat Your Healthcare Data Like Controlled Unclassified Information Under CMMC

While government contractors must adhere to the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification, the truth is that all healthcare agencies would have better data management by adopting CMMC. It offers the most comprehensive framework for organizing, protecting, and sharing your data, whether it’s what the government would consider classified (requiring security clearance), or controlled unclassified information (CUI) […]

What Is CMMC, and Why Do You Need to Prepare Now for 2.0?

The Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) has had its timetable updated. If you either currently work with the federal government, or you’re hoping to apply as a contractor, it’s important that you know when CMMC assessments are due, and how much time that gives you to make the necessary improvements. If you don’t work with […]