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What applications of an electronic health record system may have possibly helped avoid the auditing errors made by Medicare?

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To ensure that the electronic health record system made by Medicare may have possibly helped to avoid the auditing errors, they should implement policies and procedures EHR functions such as to determine when it’s acceptable and paste notes or how often they will audit the EHR system. The staff must also understand not just rely to heavily copy and paste or auto-fill functions and must Also include individualized information in claims. It is also important to limit access to records from third parties. And most importantly, they should have ensure records are being reviewed for discrepancies, changes or other errors.

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